JAN/FEB 2017
VOLUME 48 - NUMBER 1
Our January/February 2017 issue marks our transition to a bi-monthly publication. Look out for our new categories, including a series on gardens, to cover both actual sites and representations; ‘Art in Context’, looking at art as it is used, experienced, or studied in the field; and ‘Curator’s Choice’, in which curators discuss their all-time favourite pieces. We hope you enjoy our new offerings, and that our new font makes them easier to read!
This issue’s lineup starts with an article on the modern artist Y. G. Srimati. John Guy examines the merging of art forms in her paintings, which embody the search for a new Indian identity. Continuing the theme of Indian painting, Marika Sardar introduces the show ‘Epic Tales from Ancient India’. We then move to Tibet, for a look at two murals at Meru Sarpa Monastery by Christopher Bell, and from there to Japan, with Stephen Salel’s discussion of the roots of Takaya Miou’s manga. Raphael Wong traces the origins of the decoration on some Western Rong chariots, while Emily Byrne Curtis presents the Lazarist contribution to cloisonné production in Beijing.
Our garden series kicks off with the story of a Japanese garden in Pasadena, related by Meher McArthur, and ‘Art in Context’ with Theresa Leung’s journey to Ladakh to witness the donning of Naropa’s bone ornaments. James Watt shares his favourite pieces, and we interview Sam Myers, whose collection is on view in Montreal.
FEATURES
John Guy. Art and Independence: Y. G. Srimati and the Indian Style
Marika Sardar. ‘Epic Tales from Ancient India’: Paintings from The San Diego Museum of Art
Christopher Bell. The Mythic Murals of Meru Sarpa
Stephen Salel. From Japan to Europe and Back Again: Art Historical References in the Manga of Takaya Miou
Raphael Wong. Carpets, Chariots and the State of Qin
Emily Byrne Curtis. Cloisonné: The Lazarist Legacy
Meher McArthur. The Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena, California
Curator's Choice. 'Poets and Pots' by James C. Y. Watt
Art In Context: 'Liberation through Sight: The Six Bone Ornaments of Naropa' by Theresa Leung
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Rui Oliveira Lopes. Book Review: 'Christianity in Asia: Sacred Art and Visual Splendour'
Exhibition Review: ‘Alternative Dreams: 17th-Century Paintings from the Tsao Family Collection’ by Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres
INTERVIEWS
‘From the Lands of Asia’: An Interview with Sam Myers
NEWS
Announcements
COMMENTARY
Anthony Wu. Commentary: Representing Current Market Trends in the Modern Asian Art Institution