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Eye on Asia: Tensions in Contemporary Asian Art |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Scarlet Cheng |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1997 |
| Size: 2,350 Words, 14,585 Characters |
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Several years ago, when the Asia Society of New York announced plans to exhibit contemporary Asian art, it was greeted as good news. It was high time that a prominent cultural institution in the United States took the lead in showing the art of a region that has become increasingly important on the world stage. While the ancient and traditional arts of Asia--from the art and artifacts of Chinese dynasties to the output of the rich folk traditions of Southeast Asia--have often been on display, art that reflects the modern sensibilities of Asian countries has been slow to be recognized. This is often true, it must be said, even in the countries themselves.
"Because Western influences were seen as somehow contaminating the purity of Asian art, everything recent was dismissed as 'unauthenti...
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...and rapid industrialization." He allows that this show does not tell the whole story, but "rather, it attempts to bring a whiff of contemporaneity from living Asia."
After closing in New York in January, Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions travels to the Vancouver Art Gallery April 23--July 6, then to India in autumn 1997, Singapore in late 1997 and early 1998, and Seoul in mid 1998.
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