SEP 2012
VOLUME 43 - NUMBER 6
Global interest in art has never been stronger, and Adele Schlombs’s article honours the significant scholarly contributions made to the field by Lothar Ledderose, who recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Reflecting on the expanding cultural engagement between East and West are articles related to collections and exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic.
In the UK, Beth McKillop and Pauline LeMoigne summarize twenty years of the V&A’s dedicated Korean gallery, while an exhibition centred on practices of ritual and revelry is the focus of essays by Sascha Priewe and Ainsley M. Cameron.
Over in the US, Nancy Tingley and Nutandhar Sharma discuss highlights of an exhibition of Nepalese art on view at the Crocker Art Museum. Ahead of an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Liu Yang presents findings on the shift from symbolic to realistic imagery of animals that occurred during the Qin period; and in connection with the Met’s ongoing show on Rinpa aesthetics, Sadako Ohki examines a six-panel folding screen created by Konoe Nobutada, using waka poems by six female Japanese poets.
Other features include Margaret Tao’s and Carol Conover’s respective tributes to Edie Frankel and Lilly Schloss. Finally, Bao Pu and Renee Chiang comment on the case of a forged Han period jade burial suit and its wider implications for China’s antiques market.
FEATURES
Sadako Ohki. Konoe Nobutada's Waka Byobu: Kana Calligraphy and the Triumph of a Displaced Courtier
Liu Yang. Qin Bronze: From Symbolic Art to the Quest for Realism
Nancy Tingley and Nutandhar Sharma. Celestial Realms: The Art of Nepal from California Collections
Ainsley M. Cameron. Sacred Water, Sacred Vessel: The Use of Water in Hindu Ritual
Sascha Priewe. 'Ritual and Revelry: The Art of Drinking in Asia': An Exhibition at the British Museum
Beth McKillop and Pauline Le
Moigne. Tradition and Transformation: Two Decades of Korean Art and Design at the V&A
Adele Schlombs. Lothar Ledderose: Innovations in the Discourses of East Asian Art History
PREVIEWS & REVIEWS
David Vetter. Fair Review: ART HK 12: Walking the Line
Wendy Teasdill. Exhibition Review: 'Visions of the Divine'
Fair Preview: Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris
Patricia Frick. Consummate Craftsmanship: Korean Lacquer Art at the Museum fur Lackkunst, Munster
Eleanor S. Hyun. Symposium Report: Workshop: 'Impossible Purities: Modern East Asian Art and the Question of Artistic Medium', University of Chicago, 28 April 2012
Regina Krahl. Book Review: The RA Collection of Chinese Ceramics: A Collector’s Vision.
NEWS
Paris Auctions - Spring 2012
Anne Nicholson. UK Auctions - Spring 2012
Christie's Auctions in Hong Kong - Spring 2012
Bonhams Auctions in Hong Kong - Spring 2012
Tiffany Beres. Beijing Auctions - Spring 2012
Margaret Tao. Obituary: Edith Frankel (1939-2012)
Carol Conover. Obituary: Remembering Lily Schloss (1922-2012)
COMMENTARY
Bao Pu and Renee Chiang. Commentary: The Case of the Bogus Burial Suit