2. Stearns, Robert (ed.)
Photography and Beyond in Japan: space, time and memory
The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 1995.
This catalogue is the first comprehensive survey of the impact of photography on contem-
porary Japanese art. It also provides an introduction to traditional Japanese art, offering a
context for understanding the innovations of today's artists. The 100 works shown have
been created in the past 20 years by 12 Japanese artists. They range from conventional
photographic prints to sculptural pieces and other inventive works that reassess every
convention of the medium. The related exhibition was organized by the Hara Museum of
Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
3. Zijlstra, Sybrand and L. van der Linden
Nederland-Indonesië, een culturele vervlechting
(Z)OO producties, 1995 isbn 90 74009 11 5.
Published to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Indonesian proclamation of
Independence in 1945. This book aims to make visible the cultural influences which have
passed between the Netherlands and Indonesia in the 50 years since the 1945. All sorts of
contributions, i.e. personal accounts, interviews and essays, from the Netherlands and
Indonesia, covering a wide range of cultural interaction, can be found in this publication.
(see review)
4. Faulkner, Dr. Rupert
Japanese Studio Crafts: tradition and the avant-garde
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1995 isbn 1 85669 062 8.
This book serves as an introduction to the richness and diversity of activities in the
different areas of contemporary Japanese studio crafts. There have been two distinctive
trends in Japanese studio crafts since the 1970s:a rapid diversification of avant-garde
tendencies in fields such as ceramics, metal and fibre art; and the continuation of the
more traditional ceramic heritage, for example, demonstrated by family potteries built up
over successive generations. The writer examines these different approaches to studio
crafts, and uses a broad range of examples to describe in some depth the sophistication of
the making processes in Japan.
5. Gillow, John
Traditional Indonesian Textiles
Thames and Hudson, 1995 paperback edition isbn 0 500 278202.
Over 200 photographs illustrate the beautiful cloud shapes, geometric forms, human and
animal figures, Indian symbols, and even Dutch Art Deco designs that have been used as
textiles motifs. Based on first-hand research, often conducted in remote areas, John
Gillow's account comprises a complete history of textile production in the Indonesian
Archipelago, from Balinese double-ikats and Javanese silks to the gold-thread brocades of
Sumatra.
6. Jose, Nicholas and Yang Wen-i (eds.)
Art Taiwan
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 1995 isbn 976 6410 53 4 (sc), 976 6410 21 6
(hc)
This catalogue was published on the occasion of the first significant showing of
contemporary art from Taiwan in Australia. This book is intended as a timely contri-
bution to the burgeoning of literature on the art of this region. Beside colour plates of
contemporary Taiwanese art, this catalogue contains essays on the development of
Taiwanese art.
7. Dagens, Bruno
Angkor: heart of an Asian empire
Thames and Hudson, 1995 isbn 0 500 300542, paperback.
Cambodia is home to one of the most intriguing ancient cities in the world. For over five
centuries Angkor, ancient seat of the Buddhist god-kings, was capital of the Khmer
empire. Abandoned in the 15th century, this magnificent city was swallowed up by the
jungle and almost forgotten until, four centuries later, it was uncovered by European
explorers. This book traces the origins of the mysterious ruins and brings the story of
their rediscovery alive through documentary photographs, paintings, drawings, and maps.
8. Murray, Sarah and Suwarno Wirosetiotomo
Contemporary Indonesian Art
Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, 1995.
This catalogue has been published in connection with the exhibition of contemporary art
of the Non-Aligned Countries. Forty-nine contemporary artists from Indonesia are
presented in this catalogue, and there are articles on contemporary art in the Non-Aligned
Countries, modernism and modernity in contemporary art in Indonesia, and contemporary
Indonesian art in a global perspective.
9. Lasschuyt, Helga (ed.)
Weather Report
Weather Report, The Hague, 1995.
Catalogue of a project that started off in 1991, when Rienke Enghardt, a Dutch artist, set
off on her first trip to Asia. Several other trips followed. Among the countries she has
visited are China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, and Laos. During her
journeys, she made drawings, which she then cut into four parts. Each part was sent, like
a postcard, to a Dutch artist and an Asian artist, whom she met along the way. Each artist
extended the received fragment, creating a new work of art, the same size as the original
drawing. Afterwards, the four original fragments were again put together. The fascinating
new pieces of art thus created are being exhibited in a travelling exhibition, that will be
seen through Asia and the Netherlands. The catalogue contains contributions of, among
others, Michel Maas and Jeffry Hantover.
10. Heraty, Toeti
Choices of the Heart: modern Indonesian paintings from Toeti Heraty's
collection
Cemara 6 galeri Kafe, Jakarty 1995
Catalogue which accompanied an exhibition at the Rotterdam Museum of Ethnology, from
June 1 to August 27, 1995. The exhibition shows work from the private collection of the
psychologist, philosopher, and poet Toeti Heraty who plays an important part in the
cultural life of Jakarta. She has built up a major collection of modern Indonesian art. The
exhibition shows some twenty-five paintings from this collection, selected by Toeti Heraty
herself, together with a number of poems and fragments of literature. The result: a
personal view of someone who is an Indonesian art professor, of the director of the
Jakarta art academy, and of a famous Indonesian art collector
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