Following Art Wherever It Goes | Sama-sama Ikut Seni

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1. Sharon says
   03/04/2009 4:21 AM

   Great list. But missed out on Vision and Idea – Relooking Modern Malaysian Art. Published by Balai in 1997 in conjunction with the seminal exhibition of the same title. It featured a foreward by Anwar Ibrahim (still Deputy PM at the time, I believe). It’s difficult to purchase a copy of this book now, though you can find it in some libraries. At some point Balai should consider a reprint, or at least make the texts available on-line.

2. Yusuf Martin says
   10/04/2009 8:25 AM

   I think that Vision and Idea; Relooking……. was printed in 1994 by National Art Gallery, making it 15 years old and terribly out of date now. Malaysia needs a new arts tome to cover what has transpired since that date.

3. Sharon says
   10/04/2009 1:14 PM

   Yusuf: tomb or tome?

4. Yusuf Martin says
   10/04/2009 5:21 PM

   probably tome, though come to think of it…………

5. Adeline Ooi says
   17/04/2009 2:59 PM

   Thanks Guys!

   Was in a bit of a dilemma about ‘Vision and Idea’ as its been out of print and quite rare to get hold of these days. Nice Arteri people, please add Vision and Idea to list can? Thanks thanks

6. ~whats-art~ says
   18/04/2009 4:12 AM

   Been searching for some reading material from these here parts. MPH has zilch… This is awesome! Thanx Adeline!

7. Adeline Ooi says
   22/04/2009 2:59 PM

   Guys, Ibu Carla had kindly pointed out that we’ve missed out “Indonesian Women Artists: The Curtain Opens”.

   Indonesian Women Artists: The Curtain Opens
   by Carla Bianpoen, Farah Wardani Et Al
   Yayasan Seni Rupa Indonesia, 2007
   ISBN-13: 9789791656207

8. admin says
   22/04/2009 3:16 PM

   oh iya, lupa dong!

   – simon

9. Yu Ye says
   22/04/2009 10:44 PM

   If any of you are feeling super nerdy or if you are doing some in depth research this is a great site

   http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/arthistory/documents/MCAABIBFINAL2007. pdf

   its the Art History and Theory department at the University of Sydney’s working bibliography which covers contemporary art across Japan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and so forth. I wrote an honours thesis at Sydney last year and found this to the be the most comprehensive blbliographic resource to that.

   Your main problem will probably be trying to track down a copy !

10. admin says
    22/04/2009 10:52 PM

    oh my god… inner nerd surfacing…

    this is fantabulous! what a great resource! invaluable. thanks for sharing yu ye!

    what was your honours thesis on?? :)

    now i wanna go to sydney :P

    -simon

11. Yu Ye says
    22/04/2009 11:01 PM

    The evolving strategies of Huang Yongping and Xu Bing.

    I wish I had enough time to come up with a better title though.

12. Yu Ye says
    22/04/2009 11:07 PM

    Simon you should if you are planning to do a phd one day, there are lots of resources on South East Asian art and its growing. I’m not too familiar with Malaysian or Indonesian art and whether resources are available at University library collections. I think that is also part of the problem in terms of being able to access enough relevant material to embark on serious research.

13. Simon says
    23/04/2009 12:13 AM

    Hi Yu Ye,

    I was going to apply to do a phd with the Centre of Contemporary Art and Politics over at UNSW! I wanted to write on the land project in chiangmai. but another three years in uni after my honours???? that puts things into perspective.

    in hindsight, I’m glad I didn’t and came back to the region instead… figure i would’ve been too immature to understand what i was to undertake if i were to do it then. learning something new everyday. sometime in the future i’ll go back to school but now it’s intense fieldwork every single bloody day! :D

    give us a shout out if you’re coming our way ya? i’m going to be based half in bangkok and half in KL for the next half of the year :)

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