by Loredana Paracciani - Scholarly focus on contemporary Thai art in English is relatively recent and mostly conducted within a regional framework where Thai Art is approached as part of the wider Southeast Asia. This paper extends the study of Thai art towards local invesitgation, that is, to focus on emerging Thai artists in order to examine which are(if any) the common themes and methodologies Read more....

by Jessica Lai - Donna Ong is an artist, educator and arts administrator. In her practice, Donna uses found objects in elaborate installations that are more akin to stage sets. There is a theatrical quality to her work—almost like the objects could come alive or we anticipate actors to appear. Looking at works such as Secret, interiors: Chrysalis (20-22) (2006) and Landscape Portraits (In a Beautiful Read more....

by Iola Lenzi - In Southeast Asia, art has traditionally been connected intimately with life. Wayang kulit, wood-block prints, sacred murals and architecture, and more recently twentieth century social realism, have directly and indirectly described society and its ills. In the late twentieth century however, visual art in the region moves beyond commentary to adopt a more activist stance. Read more....

by Paul Khoo - I begin my essay with this rather extended quote from one of Indonesia’s most thoughtful curators, Enin Supriyanto. 2011 has been a great year for Indonesian art, especially on the global front. Not since the AWAS! (BEWARE!) show traveled the world in the late nineties has Indonesian art found such a large audience abroad outsides the niches of the Asian biennale circuit. But celebrity Read more....