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SEPTEMBER 2016

SEPTEMBER 2016
Cover: World Heritage Committee Inscribes New Sites in Asia. Profile: the painter Lu Chao. Feng Mengbo at home in Beijing. Singaporean master potter Iskandar Jalil. Korean Contemporary art, the Dansaekhwa movement. Christian art in Asia, on show in Sinagpore. Six Dynasties China comes alive in New York at the new China Institute. New York gallery shows. New York auction previews. New York exhibitions at Asia Society, the Metropolitan Museum of art, and the Rubin Museum of Art. Fairs in Paris and Hong Kong. Hong Kong auction previews. Listings. Islamic Arts Diary.

Christianity in Asia: Historical Perspective

September 1, 2016Heather
Pietà (Mother of Sorrows), India, Kerala, 18th century, painted wood, Asian Civilisations Museum

Just as the historian Edward Gibbon could imagine a Europe shaped by Islam, Asia could also have developed very differently. Gibbon saw a battle in central France in 732 as being the factor that prevented Muslims from eventually taking over… Continue reading →

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Six Dynasties China: Art in A Time of Chaos

September 1, 2016Heather
Mounted Drummer from a tomb dated to the Northern Qi dynasty, second year of Wuping (571), earthenware with pigments, height (total) 28.5 cm, (horse) 26 cm, length 23.1 cm.Unearthed in 2000 from the tomb of Xu Xianxiu at Wangjiafeng village in Taiyuan, Shanxi. Collection of the Shanxi Museum

Willow Weilan Hai, Director, China Institute Gallery, and chief curator of the exhibition commented that recent excavations in China due to an unprecedented building boom have been an amazing gift to the archeological community, adding greatly to our knowledge of… Continue reading →

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ISKANDAR JALIL

September 1, 2016Heather
Iskandar Jalil at work.

UNTIL THE master potter Iskandar Jalil (b 1940, Singapore) came along, the making of pottery languished in relative obscurity as a minor craft in his birthplace.  During a 40-year career, he worked to give it the recognition it deserved. Iskandar’s… Continue reading →

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Monumental Lhasa: Fortress, Palace, Temple

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Lhasa Old Town and Potala by Kanwal Krishna, commissioned by Hugh Richardson.Tibet, October 13 (1939), watercolour on paper. Collection of Anthony and Marie Laure Aris

‘Architecture is deeply connected to our impression and experience of places. While we may never visit these sites ourselves, we often become acquainted with them through encounters with images on postcards, souvenirs, and various forms of media. In Lhasa, Buddhist… Continue reading →

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