Life Lessons #3: Suzanne Lacy & Wu Mali | Practice Makes Perfect
Life Lessons | Talk
Sat, 7 Mar 2020
Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 2020
Wikipedia Edit-a-thons | Workshop
Sat, 9 Mar 2019
Art+Feminism: Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Women in Art in Asia
Wikipedia Edit-a-thons | Workshop
Fri, 30 Nov 2018
Staging Gender
Performance
1 Research Collection
Photo Documentation of Om Swaha from the Sheba Chhachhi Archive
75 Records
Photo Documentation of Om Swaha from the Sheba Chhachhi Archive
46 Ideas
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | Speculation as Method
Merve Ünsal looks at artist books in Turkey that wrestle with narrating the unnarratable
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | Queer Art in Hong Kong
Recommended readings on queer art in Hong Kong
Essays
Yellow Skin, White Gold
Anne Anlin Cheng reconsiders Asiatic femininity, racialised embodiment, and the confusion between persons and things
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | Transformative Territory: Performance Art and Gender in Post-New Order Indonesia
Recommended readings on the history of performance art in Indonesia, with a focus on the practices of female artists
Essays
Women, Handicrafts, and Entrepreneurship in the Postcolonial World
Annemari de Silva addresses the gendered and postcolonial valuations of "art" and "craft" in Sri Lanka
Essays
Setting the Stage: Korean Women Artists on Performance and Beauty
So-Rim Lee examines how two emerging feminist artists stage and politicise a hair salon and a cosmetics store
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | The Defiant Fringed Pink: Feminist Art in Japan
Recommended readings that trace the development of feminism and feminist art in Japan from the 1990s to the present
Essays
Tomorrow Girls Troop: A Fourth-Wave Feminist Art Collective
Reflections on activism, gender equality, and visual representation in Japan from an emerging feminist art collective
Collection Spotlight
Off the Shelf | Zubeida Agha with President Ayub Khan
A look at a revealing photo from the Zubeida Agha Archive
Essays
Motherhood, Motherland: Photography, Representation, and Agency of the Filipina Overseas Worker
Alice Sarmiento asks whether exhibitions and artist-led initiatives can change how we connect space, citizenship, and acts of caregiving
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | Women in the Visual Arts in India and South Asia: Some Partial Maps
Recommended readings on women in the visual arts in India and South Asia
Notes
Writing and Weaving: Engendering Documents in History
Li Xiaojiang reflects on her work at the Women’s Culture Museum in Shaanxi, and the need for new ways of centring women’s cultural legacies
Conversations
Building Asia Art Archive, Part 3
How does AAA make decisions about what it collects? Jane DeBevoise and Anthony Yung discuss AAA’s China projects in relation to this query
Conversations
“Earth Drives Earth Along”: In Conversation with Nilima Sheikh
Nilima Sheikh discusses the histories and materiality of four natural pigments from her studio space in Baroda
Essays
Gendering Her Art: The Category of “Woman” in the Art History of Hong Kong
Christina Yuen Zi Chung looks at gender-themed art exhibitions and their relation to feminist discourse in Hong Kong
Collection Spotlight
Shortlist | Women Artists in Mainland China
Recommended readings on women artists practising after the end of the Cultural Revolution
Collection Spotlight
Off the Shelf | (In)Visibly Yours
Phoebe Wong selects five books on women artists in Hong Kong
Collection Spotlight
Off the Shelf | Country Paper — Pakistan
A look at Salima Hashmi's writing on women artists in Pakistan
Collection Spotlight
Off the Shelf | Photograph of Geeta Kapur, Meera Mukherjee, and Gogi Saroj Pal
A look at an image taken at the Kasauli Art Centre Artist Workshop in 1978
Essays
Elision, Excess, Parody, Disavowal: Justine Frank in the Museum
Roee Rosen discusses the challenge of allowing fiction to overwhelm through its excess
Conversations
Interview with Fang Lu
The artist reveals her interest in food as an artistic medium and discusses the reality of being a female artist in China today
Conversations
Interview with Phuong Linh Nguyen
The Vietnamese artist talks about salt workers, her shift away from provocative imagery, and her work with Nhasan Studio in Hanoi
Conversations
Interview with Tintin Wulia
The Indonesian artist discusses global citizenship, the prevalence of maps in her work, and the secret that haunts her family
Conversations
Interview with Duan Yingmei
Duan Yingmei discusses influences on her performance artwork, her interest in fairy tales, and her experiences studying with Marina Abramovic
Conversations
Interview with Huma Mulji
The Pakistani artist discusses taxidermy, art schools in Pakistan, and the outside world’s perception of art from her country
Conversations
Interview with Kyungwon Moon
The Korean artist examines her interest in the historical memory of space and her reasons for using media in her artwork
Conversations
Interview with Phoebe Hui
The Hong Kong artist discusses the evolution of her work, as well as her practice in relation to audience, literature, and sound
Conversations
Interview with Alice Kok
The Macanese artist discusses her projects exploring language, family, and meditation
Conversations
Interview with Wu Mali
Wu Mali talks about her work, her collaborations with communities, and the art scene in Taiwan
Collection Spotlight
Off the Shelf | Readings from Elsewhere
Ringo Bunoan highlights three female artists who came to prominence in the 1970s–1980s
Essays
Theertha: A Journey by a Collective of Restless Artists
Anoli Perera examines how artists-led initiative Theertha responds to sociopolitical circumstances and the art ecology in Sri Lanka
Conversations
Interview with Aiko Miyanaga
The Japanese artist discusses the sense of time and change in her work, her use of unconventional materials, and her future plans
Conversations
Interview with Jean Shin
The Korean American artist discusses her experiences working with everyday items collected from communities and the challenges of carrying out long-term projects
Conversations
Interview with Chaw Ei Thein
The Burmese artist discusses art activism, performance art, a career spent living under a military junta, and the challenges of being an artist in exile
Conversations
Interview with Cheng Yee-man and Clara Cheung of C&G Artpartment
A conversation with the founders of the art collective and alternative art space C&G Artpartment
Conversations
Interview with Bani Abidi
The Pakistani artist discusses the development of contemporary Pakistani art, her work, and her personal experience of Pakistan and India
Conversations
Interview with Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
The Thai artist discusses her latest series, her views on female artists, and the use of the corpse in her work
Conversations
Interview with Donna Ong
The Singaporean artist speaks about her works and artistic practice, her country, and her diverse background
Conversations
Interview with Tomoko Yoneda
The artist speaks about her photography, her view of history, and the stories behind her work
Notes
Photologue | A Chance to Be Poetic
Thai artists seeking respite from a dysfunctional political and social landscape
Conversations
Interview with Varsha Nair
The Thailand-based artist discusses her mixed background, her views on female artists, the art scene, and recent turmoils in Thailand and India
Conversations
Interview with Cao Fei
The Chinese artist discusses her Second Life project, her view on the virtual world, and her generation
Conversations
Interview with Jompet
The Indonesian artist discusses his home of Yogyakarta, his Yokohama Triennial work, and the idea of 'Javanese Syncretism'
Conversations
Interview with Wong Hoy Cheong
Diaaalogue Editor Susan Acret spoke to the artist about the universal themes in his work and his views on Malaysian art
Conversations
Interview with Imran Qureshi
Diaaalogue Editor Susan Acret spoke with the Pakistani artist about miniature painting and his world view from his home in Lahore
Essays
Positionings: A Round-up of Perspectives for 2007
Deeksha Nath is an art historian, critic, and curator based in New Delhi
1 Resource
Sat, 26 May 2018
From Ladies at Leisure to Internet Avatar: Women in the Arts in China
WATCH: This talk discusses the position and representation of women in the visual arts in Mainland China from the late Qing dynasty to the present day.
