OCT 2011
VOLUME 42 - NUMBER 7
The cover image for this issue is a large painting on silk by Kim Eunho, one of the last court painters of Korea’s Joseon dynasty, in the Asian art collection of the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida. As of March 2012, the entire collection will have a permanent home in the new David A. Cofrin Asian Art Wing, thanks to the generosity of the museum’s founding donors, David A. and Mary Ann Harn Cofrin. In preparation for the move, each work in the collection was documented and photographed, revealing some hidden treasures, as well as fresh perspectives on old favourites, as Cofrin Curator of Asian Art Jason Steuber tells us in our interview.
A series of articles by Unsok Song and Hyonjeong Kim Han, Shawn Eichman, Nick Pearce, Ling-en Lu, Laura W. Allen and Sona Datta introduces recent research on selected works of Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Indian art within the collection.
Olaf Czaja reviews two recent books on Himalayan art. We revisit the Abegg-Stiftung Foundation following its reopening, and take a look around the soon-to-be-completed Central Asian Museum Leh. We also preview the upcoming Fine Art Asia fair in Hong Kong. Finally, Deborah Klimburg-Salter and Cheryl Benard comment on endeavours to conserve the unique cultural heritage of Afghanistan.
FEATURES
Sona Datta. National Treasures: Jamini Roy's Quest for a Modern India
Laura Allen. The Most Superior Association of Engravers: Sosaku Hanga Artists and the Rebuilding of Post-war Japan
Ling-en Lu. Talented Brushes in the Garden: Four Qing Dynasty Women Painters
Nick Pearce. In a Perfect World: Jade Landscape Carvings
Shawn Eichman. The Art of Collaboration: Tomioka Tessai and a Chinese Rubbing of the Orchid Pavilion Gathering
Hyonjeong Kim Han. Three Korean Masterpieces from Three Centuries
Unsok Song. Reading a Bodhisattva Image from 17th Century Korea
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Fair Preview: Fine Art Asia 2011
Abegg-Stiftung Re-opens with Silk Road Exhibit
Olaf Czaja. Book Review: Wonders of Lo - The Artistic Heritage of Mustang, edited by Erberto Lo Bue, Mumbai, 2010; and Heavenly Himalayas: The Murals of Mangyu and Other Discoveries in Ladakh by Peter van Ham, 2010
INTERVIEWS
The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art: An Interview with Jason Steuber
NEWS
First Glimpse: The Central Asian Museum Leh
COMMENTARY
Deborah Klimburg-Salter and Cheryl Benard. Commentary: Before Tomorrow: Excavating the Past, Building the Future in Afghanistan