New Currents in ArtAsiaPacific Issue 135

ArtAsiaPacific, Hongkong, 1 September 2023
Whether through sight, sound, or textures, humans are always receiving, and reacting to sensory data. Exploring the abject and extreme limitations of our bodies as physical and emotional entities is artist Mire Lee, who spoke with curator Billy Tang (@billytanng), director of the Hong Kong nonprofit Para Site, for our cover Feature. In our second Feature, ArtAsiaPacific caught up with sound artist Tarek Atoui after his performance in April and ahead of his upcoming new exhibition at the MCA Australia (@mca_australia) in September. For Inside Burger Collection (@burger_collection), curators Elisa R. Linn (@elisa_r_linn) and Lennart Wolff (@lennart_wolff) reflect on the creative output of the pioneering German media artist KP Brehmer. In three Up Close articles, we offer perspectives on Corinne de San Jose (@corinne_desanjose), Yooyun Yang (@yangyooyun), Elvis Yip Kin Bon.

This issue’s two Profiles look at artists Jean Shin (@jean.shin) and Jose Tence Ruiz. In Essays, art lawyer Ryan Su (theryanfoundation) looks at the fair-use implications of the United States Supreme Court decision in favor of the photographer Lynn Goldsmith (@lynngoldsmith) against the Andy Warhol Foundation (@warholfoundation). For One on One, painter Jin Meyerson (@jinmeyerson) reflects on his relationship to veteran Korean artist Park Seo-Bo (@parkseobo). In Dispatch, curator Li Zhenhua (@lzhenhua) reflects on the contemporary art world in Zurich. For The Point, we hear from pioneering Indonesian contemporary artist FX Harsono (@ini_fx_harsono) about working on sociopolitical issues in Indonesia. In our New Currents, we spotlight Seoul-based painter Jung Soojung (@sooj.jung), Tainan ceramic-sculptor Tsai Jia Hong (@home_red), and Indonesian performance artist A. Sebastianus Hartanto (@a.sebastianus).

Our Reviews span the recent posthumous Pacita Abad exhibition in Minneapolis along with museum and gallery shows from Japan to Hong Kong and London. Finally, for Where I Work, Seoul-based curator Valentina Buzzi (@cenestpasvale) visited the Paris studio of leading Korean artist Lee Bae (@studioleebae).