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Volume 18 No.4 December 2009
ED ITOR IAL
TA A S A RE V I E W
W HITE R ABBIT
Elizabeth Keenan
SO WHAT IS CO N T E M P O R A R Y ? Q U E E N S L A N D S A P T 6
Russell Storer
Helen Holmes
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design / layout
Martin Polkinghorne
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GREAT PERFECTE D B E I N G S
Jackie Menzies
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Alexandra Crosby
Enquiries: admin@taasa.org.au
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S Y D N E Y S B L A N K E T O F C L A Y: A V I E W O F T H E A U S T R A L I A N C E R A M I C S T R I E N N A L E
Merran Esson
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Leigh Mackay
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Russell Kelty
printing
Claire Roberts
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Christina Sumner
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Jocelyn Chey
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COVER
OBJECT OF DESIRE by WANG ZHIYUAN, China, 2008,FIBREGLASS, BAKING PAINT,
LIGHTS, SOUND, 355 x 356 x 70 cm
$850
$725
$484
$364
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T A A S A committee
EDITORIAL
Min-Jung Kim
Hon. Auditor
WHITE RABBIT
Elizabeth Keenan
RED MEMORY SMILE by Chen Wenling, China, 2007,bronze and vehicle duco, 290 x 120x 200cm
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EXUVIATE II WHERE HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN GONE by Jin Nu, China, 2005, cotton, muslin
WORKS REFERRED TO
Chen Wenling (b. 1969), Red MemorySmile (2007)
Jin Nu (b. 1984), Exuviate IIWhere Have All the Children Gone? (2005)
Dai Hua (b. 1976), I Love Beijings Tiananmen (2006)
Gu Fan (b. 1980), Find Light in the Rain (2007)
Jiang Jian (b. 1953), The Orphan Files (2004)
Xiao Lu (b. 1962), Sperm (2006)
Liu Haizhou (b. 1971), Gorgeousness Overripe No. 11 and No. 21 (2007)
Du Jie (b. 1968), Green, 2007.01.18 (2007)
Zhu Jinshi (b. 1954), Diary: 25.12.2006 (2006)
Lu Zhengyuan (b. 1982), Mental Patients (2006); quotation from
personal interview, August 2009
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957), Oil Spill (2007)
Lin Tianmiao (b. 1961), Focus Series No. 1 and No. 2 (2007)
Dong Yuan (b. 1984), Sketch of Family Belongings (2008)
I LOVE BEIJINGS TIANANMEN by Dai Hua, 2006, GICLEE PRINT, 110 X 635CM
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Tandem bicycle (from Sharing knowledge series) by Svay Ken, Cambodia 2008. Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 80cm.
On show at APT6, Queensland Art Gallery. Collection Queensland Art Gallery, purchased 2008 through
the Queensland Governments Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund
Immortalis (from Effugio series) by Thukral & Tagra, India, 2008. Acrylic and oil on resin, 76 x 72cm. On show at APT6, Queensland Art Gallery. Courtesy the artists
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The new book of mountains and seas (part 1) (still) by Qiu Anxiong, China, 2006. Digital hand-painted animation,
AVI file, 3 channel projection exhibited from PC, mediaplayer 11, 4:1, black and white, sound, ed. 1/10, 30:15 minutes.
On show at APT6, Queensland Art Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
R & V Tregaskis
Oriental Antiques Pty Ltd
30 years experience
by appointment only
buying & selling quality objects
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Phone 9979 7162
Email rtregaskis@gmail.com
Member of the Aust Antique Dealers Assoc
Approved to Value Oriental Antiques for the Aust Govt's Cultural Gifts Program
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From the series Flowers, fruits & portraits [Schaedel-01-2007] by Shirana Shahbazi, Iran, 2007. Type C photograph,
90 x 70cm. On show at APT6, Queensland Art Gallery. Courtesy Bob van Orsouw Gallery, Zurich, the artist
REFERENCES
Groys, B, 2008: The Topology of Contemporary Art, in Terry
Smith, Okwui Enwezor and Nancy Condee (eds), Antinomies of
Art and Culture: Modernity, Postmodernity, Contemporaneity, p.71.
Duke University Press, Durham.
Maharaj, S, 2009: Philosophical Geographies, in Making Worlds:
53rd Biennale of Venice (exhibition catalogue), p.280. Marsilio
Editori, Venice.
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O N B E I N G A R T: D A D A N G C H R I S T A N T O S S U R V I V O R
Helen Holmes
Volunteers stage Dadang Christantos performancework Survivor
atGallery 4A, Sydney, on 15 August 2009. Photo Garry Trinh
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REFERENCES
www.4a.com.au
Gallery 4A, About the project Survivor, information sheet for
volunteers. www.crossart.com
Decorative lintel from Lolei, Hariharalaya, showing the technical mastery and sublime beauty
of Khmer sculpture , late 9th century. Photo: Martin Polkinghorne
Master Him Tuo and apprentice of the Banteay Srei Rachana workshop put the final touches to a replica of
the 7th century pre-Angkorian Buddha from Phum Thmei, Kompong Speu. Photo: Martin Polkinghorne
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Stone sculpture, Borobudur, Java. 780-850 CE. Royal couple wearing golden
jewellery in the Indian style. Photo: Dr Robert Parker, 2008
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REFERENCES
Chan Vitharin and Preap Chanmara. 2005. Kbach. A Study of
Khmer Ornamentation. Translated by I. Muan. Reyum Publishing:
Phnom Penh.
Coral-Rmusat, G., de. 1934. De lorigine commune des linteaux
de lInde Pallava et des linteaux khmrs prangkoriens, Revue des
Arts Asiatiques 8(3):242 - 251.
Coral-Rmusat, G., de. 1951. Lart khmer. Les grandes tapes
de son volution (2nd dition). Van Oest, Les ditions dArt et
dhistoire: Paris.
Dupont, P. 1952. Les linteaux khmers du VIIIe sicle, Artibus
Asiae 15(1-2):31 - 83.
F. Caro, J. G. Douglas, Im Sokrithy, in press. Towards a
Quantitative Petrographic Database of Khmer Stone Materials
Koh Ker Style, Archaeometry.
Groslier, G. 1921 1923. tude sur la psychologie de lartisan
Cambodgien. Arts et archologie khmers, Revue des recherches
sur les arts, les monuments et lethnographie du Cambodge, depuis
les origines jusqu nos jours 1(2):205 220.
Groslier, G. 1921. Recherches sur les Cambodgiens. Daprs les
textes et les monuments depuis les premiers sicles de notre re.
Augustin Challamel: Paris.
Hartley, L. P. 1953. The go-between. Hamish Hamilton: London
Marchal, H. 1951. Le dcor et la sculpture khmers. tudes dart et
dethnologie asiatiques. Vanoest: Paris.
Polkinghorne, M. 2008a. Khmer decorative lintels and the
allocation of artistic labour, Arts Asiatiques 63: 21 35.
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The Practice of Yoga, folio 5 from the Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati attributed to Bulaki, India (Rajasthan), 1824.
medium OPAQUE WATERCOLOUR ON HAND MADE PAPER 46 x 122 cm. courtesy Mehrangarh Museum Trust, India
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Jallandharnath and Maharaja Man Singh on Diwali by Shivdas Bhatti, India (Marwar, Rajasthan), c1820-before July 1825.
Opaque watercolour on handmade paper (wasli), 50 x 33 cm. courtesy Mehrangarh Museum Trust, India
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The Equivalence of Self and Universe, folio 6 from the Siddha Siddhanta Paddha,
by Bulaki, India (Rajasthan), 1824. Opaque watercolour on handmade paper ,
122 x 46 cm. courtesy Mehrangarh Museum Trust, India
REFERENCES
Diamond, Debra et al, 2008: Garden & Cosmos: The Royal
Paintings of Jodhpur. Thames and Hudson, London.
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Life of Imitation by Ming Wong, from installation at the Singapore Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2009,
curated by Tang Fu Kuen. Image courtesy of the artist
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Life of Imitation by Ming Wong, from installation at the Singapore Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2009, curated by Tang Fu Kuen. Image courtesy of the artist
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Four Malay Stories by Ming Wong, from installation at the Singapore Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2009, curated by Tang Fu Kuen. Image courtesy of the artist
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S Y D N E Y S B L A N K E T O F C L A Y: A V I E W O F T H E A U S T R A L I A N C E R A M I C S T R I E N N A L E
Merran Esson
TAKESHI YASUDA
Everyone benefits from exchanges that occur at
events such as the Australian Ceramics Triennale,
held Sydney in July this year, where Japaneseborn ceramic artist Takeshi Yasuda was a generous
presenter and demonstrator, offering a quiet
philosophy developed over many years of practice
in three very distinct cultures.
I own a few of Takeshis pieces and I continue to
be delighted by his work. I use his ceramic vessels,
something I know would please him as he sees
his pots as a focus in our daily lives, not just as
visual objects. His work has luscious thrown rims
and generous curves and is all about touch as he
converts this soft material with masterly confidence
into exuberant and exaggerated forms.
On his website, Yasuda states: After 40 years of
handing this strange material called clay it continues
to amaze me. You only need your bare hands to
form it. It responds to the touch of a feather or the
blow of a hammer accurately and proportionally,
and remains thus unless any other force is applied.
See www.takeshiyasuda.com
very large pots thrown for him, and the Chinese
workers are learning the tools of the modelling
trade honed in the creative workshops of
Spitting Image in 1990s England.
Roger was also a keynote presenter at the
Ceramics Triennale conference. He presented
a paper titled The Long March to Jingdezhen,
very much in keeping with Facing Asia,
one of the themes explored during the four
day conference. Australias proximity to Asia
and the wealth of knowledge and skills of
Five stemmed cups by Takeshi Yasuda (Japan/UK), 2009. Porcelain, each ht 6.5cm x diam 7cm. Exhibited Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney, 14 July-8August 2009. Photo Terence Boque
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Teapot by Takeshi Yasuda, Japan/UK, 2009. Porcelain, ht 23cm x diam 20cm. Image courtesy the artist
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T H E P A Z Y R Y K C A R P E T, 6 0 Y E A R S O N
Leigh Mackay
The Pazyryk Carpet, c 328-250 BCE, discovered in an Iron Age tomb in southern Siberia in 1949. Wool warp, wool weft, 1.83m x 2.00m.
Collection Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Photo courtesy HALI
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St Petersburg
REFERENCES
Aruz J., Farkas A., Alekseev A., Korolkova E. (eds), 2000: The Golden
Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian
Steppes. Metropolitan Museum NY & Yale University Press 2000.
Azerpay, G. 1959: Some Classical and Near Eastern Motifs in the
Art of Pazyryk, Artibus Asiae 22, pp 313-339.
Barkova, L. 1999: The Pazyryk -- Fifty Years On, HALI 107, pp 64-69.
Barkova, L. 1999: Pazyryk Felts, HALI 113, pp 74-79.
Bohmer, H., Thompson, J., Bunker, E.C., Learner J. et al, 1991: in
Source: Notes in the History of Art, 10.4 Summer 1991 (devoted to
the Pazyryk carpet).
We offer over 20 study tours each year, of which the following scheduled during
2010 may be of interest to TAASA members.
Jordan and Syria
04 - 24 February 2010
Jordan and Syria have seen the birth of civilisations and have experienced the movements of successive
nations across their soil. Trace the story from Neolithic times, to sites like Ugarit, to Roman Jerash in
Jordan and Dura Europas in Syria. The Christian west becomes involved with the ill-fated Crusades but
also leave their mark with crusader castles like Kerak in Jordan and Crac des Chavaliers in Syria.
Of course fabled Petra and Wadi Rum are included. Tour leader is Ancient Historian Leonie Hayne.
Land Only price per person, twin share: $6,595
EGYPT: FROM ALEXANDRIA TO ABU SIMBEL
15 FEBRUARY 08 MARCH 2010
This comprehensive tour of Egypt includes the usual cruise from Luxor to Aswan, with time to explore
the Luxor temples and Valleys of Kings and Queens. You will also visit Abu Simbel. There will be time to
explore both the ancient sites around Cairo but also the Islamic medieval city as well. You will visit the
UNESCO Library in Alexandria and travel to the fabulous Siwa Oasis. The tour is led by Ben Churcher.
Land Only price per person, twin share: $7,450
Iran
26 March 16 April 2010
John Tidmarsh (Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation) leads his second tour to Iran for us, exploring
pre-historic sites, the cities of the Persians and Sassanians, whose sophisticated society challenged
the Byzantines and laid the foundations for an advanced Islamic succession. Includes fabled Isfahan
and Shiraz.
Land Only price per person, twin share: $7,395
For a brochure on any of the above tours, or to receive our quarterly newsletter Bon Voyage, please phone:
(02) 9290 3856 or 1300 799 887 (outside Sydney metrop.), fax: (02) 9290 3857, e-mail: robl@alumnitravel.com.au; www.alumnitravel.com.au
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Russell Kelty
Pair of temple guardians [nio], Japan Edo Period (1615-1868), 17th-18th century. Fukui, wood, lacquer, cloth, paint, glass,
iron; left figure 192.0 c 120.0 x 65.0 cm, right figure 200.0 x 95.0 x 65.0 cm. Gift of Andrew and Hiroko Gwinnett through the
Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2009, collection Art Gallery of South Australia
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REFERENCES
www.powerhousemuseum.com/heddamorrison/
catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1585946?lookfor=yallourn&offset=
218&max=220
hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/harvard-yenching/collections/morrison/
rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM04516.html
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TAASA QLD
Asian Textiles Seminar
Book launch
TAASA NSW
TAASA Textile Study Group
On Wednesday December 9 TAASA NSW will be holding its annual Christmas Party.
from 6.00 9.00 pm. This year the venue will be in The Briefing Room at the Powerhouse
Museum, Harris St., Pyrmont. As this party is a way for all TAASA members to get together
after a busy year, there is no charge for the drinks and nibbles for members. Access to the
Briefing Room is from MacArthur Street, which runs off Harris Street to the side of the
Powerhouse building.
TAASA ACT EVENT
On Saturday March 13th (tbc) TAASA is planning to hold a Study Day with curators to
view the Asian photographic collection at the NGA and the artworks of East Asia at the
National Library. Members will also be invited to a talk on Islamic calligraphy by the
Australian - Iranian artist Nasser Palangi on Sunday 14th.
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B O O K R E V I E W: C O M M U N I T Y A N D M E M O RY
Jocelyn Chey
Kashgar: Oasis City on Chinas Old Silk Road profiles the history and everyday life of the town
and its residents and provides a brief introduction to the ongoing research project being undertaken by Monash Universitys Asia Institute
in the Kashgar/Yarkand region. Photographer
John Gollings visited in 2005 and took thousands
of photographs of archaeological sites, mosques,
tombs, bazaars, streets, and Kashgar residents at
work and play. An illustrative selection of photos
is accompanied by an excellent introduction by
the Monash team and their Chinese collaborator,
Prof Tsui of Xinjiang University in Urumqi.
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Zhongjian: Midway
Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth
15 Jan - 28 Feb 2010
Go to www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au for
further information
2010 Arts of Asia Lecture Series Powerful Patrons
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Tuesdays 1-2pm from 2 March - 12 October 2010
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JAPAN: AUTUMN,
ISLANDS AND ART
BURMA: THE
ESSENTIAL
EXPERIENCE
CAMBODIA:
ANGKOR WAT
AND BEYOND
07 November
29 October
17 October
24 November 2010
17 November 2010
02 November 2010
Japan is a two-sided coin: one Designed and hosted by TAASA Angkors timeless grandeur is
unmissable, an unforgettable
post-modernist side embraces contributor Dr Bob Hudson, our
travel memory. Yet Cambodia
longstanding annual Burma
cutting-edge technology; the
program features extended stays offers a host of other important
other reveres and preserves
cultural and travel experiences:
in medieval Mrauk U, capital
fine artistic and cultural
outstanding ancient,
of the lost ancient kingdom of
traditions. Ann MacArthur,
vernacular and French colonial
Arakan (now Rakhine State)
Senior Coordinator of Asian
architecture; spectacular riverine
and Bagan, rivalling Angkor
Programs at the Art Gallery
environments; a revitalising
Wat as Southeast Asias
of NSW, is our experienced
urban capital in Phnom Penh;
Japanophile leader. Kyushu and richest archaeological precinct.
and beautiful countryside.
Shikoku predominate including Exciting experiences in Yangon,
Join our team of Gill Green,
Inle Lake, Mandalay and a
the Setouchi International
art historian, author and
private cruise down the mighty
Art Festival on the island of
Vice President of TAASA plus
Ayeyarwady are also included.
Naoshima on the Inland Sea.
expatriate museologist, Angkor
A lengthy stay in Kyoto is our
Land Only cost per person
resident and TAASA contributor
spectacular autumn finale.
ex Yangon $4750
Darryl Collins on this latest,
Land Only cost per person
updated version of our highly
ex Fukuoka $5000
evaluated 2008 and 2009
programs.
Land Only cost per person
ex Phnom Penh $4700
HERITAGE DESTINATIONS
BACKROADS
OF BURMA
16 November
02 December 2010
One trip to Burma is never
enough. Backroads of Burma is
ideal for the second-time visitor
or indeed first-time travellers
desiring remote and rustic
locations. Starting and finishing
in Yangon, our schedule wends
south into Mon State, visiting
Kyaiktiyo and Moulmein
before heading north to Sri
Ksetra, the ancient Pyu capital.
Mystical Mount Popa, Bagan,
Monywa and the spectacular
cave temples of Po Win Taung,
Sagaing and Mandalay follow.
Dr Bob Hudson is program
leader.
Land Only cost per person
ex Yangon $4150
27 January
10 February 2011
Enigmatic and relatively
undeveloped, landlocked
Laos offers travellers an
intimate glimpse of traditional
Southeast Asian life. Gradually
emerging from tumultuous
recent history, Laos is a gem of
Indochina with interesting art,
architecture, French and Lao
cuisine, intricate river systems,
and rugged highlands. Darryl
Collins, long term Southeast
Asian resident, has designed
and will guide a comprehensive
tour of Laos which includes the
wonderful historic royal city of
Luang Prabang and Wat Phu
Champasak.
Land Only cost per person
ex Vientiane $4400
N AT U R E B U I L D I N G S P E O P L E T R AV E L L E R S
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