Posts in category SFAQ 17
In Conversation: Lawrence Ferlinghetti With John Held, Jr.
This conversation between Lawrence Ferlinghetti and John Held, Jr. appeared as four installments in issues 15, 16, 17, and 18 of SFAQ, over the course …
On Point 2.03
I still don’t know what identity means, and it is possible that I never will. With that much said, I can now confess that I …
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Korakrit Arunanondchai is a multi-media artist from Thailand who now lives and works in New York. As I am writing these words, Korakrit is filming …
Sàn Art
When one thinks of the buzzing interest of Asian contemporary art hot spots, Ho Chi Minh City is rarely at the top of the list. …
Contemporary Art in Indonesia: From Solo to Mass, Spiritual to Social
Deborah Iskandar was born in the United States but has lived in Indonesia for many years. She established the first Indonesian international auction house for …
The State of Chinese Art Education and Contemporary Chinese Art
On June 18, 2014, I was invited to deliver a lecture at Hangzhou’s China Academy of Art, one of China’s two premier national art schools. …
Building a Monument to Nothing: A Fantastic Interview with Makoto Aida
A while ago I came across Makoto Aida while changing trains at my station in the Yokohama suburbs. He was wearing his trademark green camouflage …
The Losers of Chinese Contemporary Art
We have become familiar with the psychological condensation of political events and their media representation, with the changing dynamics of social welfare that lead to …
Ai Weiwei
“The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land …
Achievement, Failure, Aspiration: Three Attempts to Understand Contemporary Art (Part 1)
At the invitation of SFAQ’s magnificent publisher Andrew McClintock, I have made the following selection from my little book Logro, Fracaso, Aspiración: Tres Intentos de …
Takashi Murakami, Mememe no kurage (Jellyfish Eyes)
Branded delivery systems are Takashi Murakami’s stock in trade. He’s got his own production company, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., and a tiered sales system that …
The Inaccessible Other: The Inside-Out Approach as Curatorial Framework
During the 1990s, contemporary art from China received increased attention outside of the country, principally in the West, through a growing number of exhibitions and …
Hou Hanru
The September issue of SFAQ comes out a month and a half before the third edition of the Asian Contemporary Art Week 2014 (ACAW) organized …
Danh Vō
Artists of all nationalities, all creeds, and all backgrounds have discussed the continual movements and redevelopments of diasporas in an aesthetic context. Of these practitioners, …
Print Issue 17 Pullout: Who’s Afraid of the New Abstraction?
Who’s Afraid of the New Abstraction? Alex Bacon in conversation with Jarrett Earnest *Note: This exchange was printed as a pullout insert in the …
SFAQ Issue 17 // Out Now
Features GEZI PARK: ONE YEAR LATER by ARIE AMAYA-AKKERMANS / THE INACCESSIBLE OTHER by MARIE MARTRAIRE / SÁN ART: VIETNAM’S LEADING CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER by COURTNEY MALICK /NEW …