SEP 2003

VOLUME 34 - NUMBER 7

Hidden treasures are revealed in the main features of this issue. Stephen Little throws the spotlight on a Korean gilt-bronze sculpture of Kshitigrabha, soon to go on show at the Asain Art Museum of San Francisco, and on a number of previously unpublished Japanese paintings at The Art Institue of Chicago; Robert Clark discusses an unusual set of 84 mahasiddha portraits specially commissioned in the 1920s for an important Tibetan official, and still held by his descendants today. Gardens past and present are also addressed here: Anita Chung presents her views on the issue of pictorial fidelity in Chinese garden paintings, while collector and landscape designer Terry Welch introduces the Japanese-inspired garden he created new Seattle.

As the fall season kicks off, we preview shows and fairs in Paris and New York and look back on events of the summer.

FEATURES
Anita Chung. The Construction of a Chinese Garden Image
Robert Warren Clark. The Tethong Portraits of the 84 Mahasiddhas
Stephen Little. Hidden Japanese Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago
Stephen Little. A Korean Gilt-Bronze Sculpture of Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva
Sallie E. Fischer. Book Review: Gotz Hagmuller: Patan Museum: The Transformation of a Royal Palace in Nepal, Serindia Publications, Chicago, 2003
Anita Chung. The Construction of a Chinese Garden Image
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
Jane Casey. Book Review: Pratapaditya Pal: Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection, Walters Art Museum, 2001
J. May Lee Barrett. Exhibition Preview: 'Passion for the Mountains: 17th Century Landscape Masterpieces from the Nanjing Museum', China Institute Gallery, New York
INTERVIEWS
Michiyo Morioka. An Interview with Terry Welch
NEWS
Margaret Tao. Gallery News
Edmund Capon. Obituary: Goldie Sternberg (1921-2003)
Arnold Chang. Obituary: C.C. Wang (1907-2003)
Joan B. Mirviss and James Ulak. Obituary: Robert O. Muller (1911-2003)
Margaret Tao. Gallery News
Edmund Capon. Obituary: Goldie Sternberg (1921-2003)
Arnold Chang. Obituary: C.C. Wang (1907-2003)
Joan B. Mirviss and James Ulak. Obituary: Robert O. Muller (1911-2003)
COMMENTARY
Pamela Kember. Commentary: On The Face of It: Contemporary Art from Hong Kong