JAPAN

FUKUOKA ART MUSEUM
1-6, Ohori Park
Chuo-ku
Fukuoka City, 810
Tel: +81-92-6051

Sept. 10 - Okt. 16, 1994: "Realism as an Attitude", the 4th Asian Art Show,
devoted to contemporary Asian art. The Asian art show has been held by the
Fukuoka Art Museum at roughly five-year intervals since 1979. Participating
countries are: Bangladesh, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Laos,
Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri
Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Japan. 
Since the last exhibition in 1989, the world has undergone tumultuous
changes. The world order has been radically altered by the collapse of the
cold war; the Asian economies have continued to expand; development and
destruction, urbanization and the collapse of traditional communities, have
become a problem. The destruction of the global environment is also a
critical concern. Along with the arrival of the information age and
increasing internationalization of society, ethnic and religious conflicts
seem to be intensifying.
What are artists thinking and expressing as Asia undergoes a metamorphosis
in the 1990s amid this turmoil? Through roughly 130 works by 49 artists,
the 4th Asian Art Show explores how Asian artists, confronted with this
upheaval in society and daily life, relate to and express the reality that
surrounds them.


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