ArtReview Asia Summer 2022

In ArtReview Asia’s Summer issue: London-based filmmaker Lawrence Lek’s enduring preoccupation with what it means to be ‘alive’; the stories told around Indian Partition, whose 75th anniversary approaches; the production of outsider anime director Masaaki Yuasa, whose latest genre-deconstructing film, Inu-Oh, has just been released; the nature and influence of diasporic living on artists of Philippine heritage, including Carlos Villa, Paul Pfeiffer and Josh Kline; the histories of collective practice in Indonesia and the ways in which they have shaped the trajectory of the country’s artists today; and an artist project by Chicago-based Xu Guanyu. Also in the issue, previews from around the world, plus book, film and exhibition reviews, including the Biennale of Sydney, Mounira Al Solh in the UK, Ruangsak Anuwatwimon in Bangkok and Uuriintuya Dagvasambuu in New York.

Art Previewed
Previews by Oliver Basciano, J.J. Charlesworth, Adeline Chia, Max Crosbie-Jones, Nirmala Devi
Points of View by Dina Ramadan, Deepa Bhasthi

Art Featured
Lawrence Lek by Fi Churchman
Here, There or Everywhere? by Mark Rappolt
Collectivity and the Social in Indonesian art by Elly Kent
An Assemblage of Resident Aliens Project by Guanyu Xu
Tradition and Invention in Filipino Diasporic Art by Marv Recinto
Masaaki Yuasa by Claire Cao

Books
India: A History in Objects, by T. Richard Blurton, reviewed by Mark Rappolt
All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami, reviewed by Alexander Leissle
Time Is a Mother, by Ocean Vuong, reviewed by David Terrien
Bold Ventures: Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy, by Charlotte Van den Broeck, reviewed by John Quin
Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat, by Veeraporn Nitiprapha, reviewed by Max Crosbie-Jones
Cursed Rabbit, by Bora Chung, reviewed by Fi Churchman
Cold Enough for Snow, by Jessica Aw, reviewed by Adeline Chia
Pop Song, by Larissa Pham, reviewed by Chris Fite-Wassilak

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