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MARCH 2008

Cover news: Fire Destroys National Treasure in Seoul, Korea

Interview with Cai Guo-Qiang about his latest exhibition at the Guggenheim in NY and his role in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Kana Calligraphy of Saigyo, on show at the Idemetsu Museum in Tokyo. Our annual, pull-out colour guide to Asia Week in New York, including listings, map and useful addresses. Chen Chieh-jen, the Taiwanese video artist. What’s happening in the world of Southeast Asian contemporary art. Previews of fairs in Maastricht and Tokyo. Hong Kong auction previews.

Chen Chieh-jen Video Artist

March 1, 2008Heather
LINGCHI - ECHOES OF A HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH (2002) super 16mm transferred to DVD, projections, black and white, sound 21 minutes 04 seconds, loop.

SELDOM DOES AN artist meld social consciousness and graphic sensibility with the adroitness of Taiwan’s Chen Chieh-jen. While Chen’s work deals with such issues as the economic and social dislocations of modern life and man’s inhumanity to man, it does… Continue reading →

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Monk Saigyo and Kana Calligraphy

March 1, 2008Heather
SOTAN-SHU (Poem Anthology of Poet Sotan), detail, artist Unknown (Cartouche Attribution is Saigyo), mid/late 12th century, 15 x 14 cm. Important Cultural Property. Shigure-tei Bunko Library of the Reizei Family. On display from 14-30 March.

SAIGYO HOSHI, β€˜Monk Saigyo’, ranks among the greatest of Japanese poets. Born an artistocrat in Heian-kyo, presentday Kyoto, Sato Norikiyo was the scion of a military family who became an attendant to the emperor Toba. He lived almost 1,000 years… Continue reading →

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