Postnational Art Histories: Rebordering the Archipelago: Asia-Pacific Exchanges

Postnational Art Histories: Rebordering the Archipelago: Asia-Pacific ExchangesRather than imagining a scattering of small, defined island states, Tongan scholar Epeli Hauofa (19392009) wrote of the Pacific Ocean as a Sea of Islands, a vast oceanic continent full of movement, exchange, and cultural flow. That notion permeates this collection of texts and images, which weaves an interconnected dialogue spanning art practices, knowledges, and research traversing the Asia Pacific region. Inherently generative and post national in

If death is an amplification of living

To comprehend a story

“Railing” explores these unique metalworking techniques embedded in Taiwan’s street railings

The second half features images and short descriptions of her past projects

the book employs along with rational arguments a series of artworks that are used both to illustrate the argument and to challenge the unconscious links between the market and the subject

the spherical joint reveals itself as a brilliant invention

tradition and innovation as well as myths and histories

Initially reluctant to leave behind her best friend Ellie

recording time

ethos-bending fundraising exercises

shows whether the warp or weft will be on top at any particular intersection of threads—thereby providing a “preview” of the completed textile

Mr Chang is an experienced and knowledgable visual art critic