Cover of ArtAsiaPacific Magazine Issue no.50, Fall 2006

Overview

ArtAsiaPacific Magazine is perhaps the leading English-language periodical solely dedicated to covering contemporary art and culture from Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East. It is published five times a year along with an annual almanac edition that recounts the past year in Asian and Pacific art, and is distributed internationally. A typical issue will include news events in Asian contemporary art, i.e. major auction results, museum openings, appointments, awards, and obituaries, along with profiles of up-and-coming artists, gossip (in the "Whispering Gallery" section), feature articles on important artists, themes, or events, and reviews of exhibitions, films, and books. The current incarnation of the magazine also includes a "Where I Work" series of articles where an artist describes their studio or workspace, and a "Projects in the Making" series where artists will preview works-in-progress. Contemporary art is recently produced visual art. ... Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... An almanac (also spelled almanack, especially in Commonwealth English) is an annual publication containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar. ...

History

Art and Asia Pacific Issue no.1, June 1993

The magazine first launched as Art and Asia Pacific in June of 1993 in Australia. Published quarterly, it began more as an academic journal than a standard consumer magazine and each issue would focus on a different country or theme; a tradition that is continued in the magazine's current incarnation - albeit in a much looser fashion. While the first issue was published by Janet Gough, it was then published and edited by Dynah Dysart/Fine Art Press Pty Limited, Sydney until October 2003 and was then purchased by Gang Zhao and moved to New York. The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people, and 151,920, in the city limits. ...

In the fall of 2004 Elaine Ng took over as Editor-in-Chief, and eventually purchased and co-published the magazine along with author Simon Winchester in March of 2005, effectively re-launching it under the slogan "Today's Art From Tomorrow's World". This marked a dramatic movement in the magazine's design and focus, shifting from its original small size to a standard magazine format while also changing the style of the articles to both a more journalistic and reader-friendly tone than the previous academic content. In February 2006 the first almanac edition of the magazine was released with the goal of covering the past year in Asian art and culture along with profiles and informational listings of each of the sixty-seven countries covered by the magazine. Simon Winchester, OBE (born September 28, 1944), is a British author and journalist. ...

As of January 2007 Elaine Ng is the sole publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the magazine, and it is currently produced in an office in the gallery district of Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Manhattan is a borough of New York City, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... Chelsea is located on the West Side of Manhattan, New York City. ...

Scope of Coverage

ArtAsiaPacific currently covers modern and contemporary art, film, fashion, design, and architectural artists and happenings within the sixty-seven countries, territories, and Chinese Special Administrative Regions that it considers to be within Asia and the Pacific, essentially based on those countries traditionally considered "The Orient" by Western civilization. Dejeuner sur lHerbe by Pablo Picasso At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892 The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893 I and the Village by Marc Chagall, 1911 Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, 1917 Campbells Soup Cans 1962 Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two... Contemporary art is recently produced visual art. ... The Bath, a painting by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Fashion illustration by George Barbier of a gown by Jeanne Paquin, 1912, from La Gazette du bon ton, the most influential fashion magazine of its era. ... All Saints Chapel in the Cathedral Basilica of St. ... Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, a master builder, from αρχι- chiefs, leader , builder, carpenter)[1] is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... A Special administrative region (SAR) is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... The Orient is an antiquated term traditionally used in Western culture to refer to the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia. ... For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ...

These countries are: Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Fiji, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea (North), Korea (South) , Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, The Maldives, The Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue,The Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, the Palestinian territories, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Samoa, Singapore, The Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, The United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and Yemen. The Republic of Maldives is a country consisting territorially of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India. ... This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Motto: To Lead is to Serve Anthem: God Save Our Solomon Islands Royal anthem: God Save the Queen Capital Honiara Official languages English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Elizabeth II  - Governor-General Nathaniel Waena  - Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare Independence from the UK   - Date 7 July 1978  Area  - Total 28,896 km... UAE redirects here; for other uses of that term, see UAE (disambiguation) The United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain. ...

The magazine also covers notable art events by ethnically Hawaiian artists, events held throughout the rest of the world involving Asian art, and works by artists that are of Asian descent. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

List of Notable Contributors

A number of important figures within the contemporary art world have contributed to ArtAsiaPacific, including:

• Takashi Murakami - Japanese artist, founder of Kaikai Kiki
• Rirkrit Tiravanija - Thai artist and director
• Cai Guo-Qiang - Chinese artist best known for his work in gunpowder
• Christopher Doyle - Australian born, Hong Kong-based cinematographer
• Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky - American DJ, music producer, artist
• Uli Sigg - Former Swiss ambassador to China, noted collector and curator of Chinese contemporary art
• Barbara London - Video and Media Curator, New York Museum of Modern Art
• Hou Hanru - Curator of the 2007 Istanbul Biennial
• Jack Persekian - Curator of the 7th Sharjah Biennial
• Arto Lindsay - American musician and artist
• Baiju Parthan - Indian painter
• Michael Shaowanasai - Thai artist and actor
• Fumio Nanjo - Artistic Director, 2006 Singapore Biennial; Director of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
• Alexandra Munroe - First Senior Curator of Asian Art, Guggenheim Museum

My Lonesome Cowboy // Takashi Murakami (村上隆 むらかみ たかし) is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist. ... Kaikai Kiki Co. ... Of Rikrit Tiravanijas art could be said that it is very typical for the type of contemporary expression that emerged in the mid-1990ies that is sometimes referred to as relational aesthetics, a term invented by French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud, or simply social art. Tiravanijas art is... Contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou City, Province, China. ... Christopher Doyle (Left to right) Christopher Doyle, William Chang, Wong Kar-wai on 2046 set in Shanghai, China Christopher Doyle (born May 2, 1952 in Sydney, Australia; Chinese name: 杜可風) is an Australian cinematographer and member of the HKSC. Doyle has worked with Chinese directors like Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou... DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid (born Paul D. Miller, 1970), is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called illbient or trip hop. He is a turntablist and producer. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... Installation from Istanbul 2005 Biennale Istanbul Biennale, a contemporary art festival, held every two years in Istanbul, Turkey since 1987. ... Sharjah Central Souq - Shopping Mall The flag of Sharjah The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة ash-shaariqah) extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emiratess Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. ... Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist and singer. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Michael Shaowanasai is a Thai performance artist. ... The front of the Guggenheim Museum from 5th Avenue This article refers to the Guggenheim Museum in the upper east side of Manhattan (New York). ...

Notable Cover Appearances

Each issue of ArtAsiaPacific features work by a different artist, designer, or architect. Many of these featured artists have had their work appear on an ArtAsiaPacific cover long before they achieved wider international recognition, including:

• Zhang Xiaogang - Chinese painter, creator of renowned "Bloodlines" series (Vol.3 No.1, 1996)
• Atul Dodiya - Noted Indian painter (No. 33)
• Ai Weiwei - Chinese sculptor, performance artist, curator and architect; co-designer of the Beijing Olympic Stadium (No. 40, Spring 2004)

Zhang Xiaogang (born 1958) is a contemporary Chinese symbolist/surrealist painter, well known for his Bloodline series of paintings, which are haunting, often monochromatic, slightly stylized portraits of Chinese people, usually with large, dark-pupiled eyes, posed in a stiff manner deliberately reminiscent of family portraits from the 1950s and... Atul Dodiya (born 1959, Ghatkopar, Mumbai, India) is a well known Indian artist. ... Ai Weiwei (艾未未), born in 1957 in Beijing, is one of the leading artists as well as independent curators and architectural designers in China. ...

External Links

ArtAsiaPacific's official website