Yishu Journal's July/August 2018 Issue Focuses on Women Artists and Cultural Hybridity

The July/August 2018 edition of Yishu, a journal with seventeen years of publication history, presents a special feature examining women artists across Asian contexts. Contributors include Eliza Gluckman and Phoebe Wong, who employ conversational methods to study Hong Kong-based women artists; Margarida Saraiva, who analyzes how museums in Macao and other locations can curate innovative exhibitions representing women artists; and Quincy Ngan and Lingling Amy Yao, who discuss mainland Chinese artists Xiang Jing and Cui Xiuwen, noting their bold and sometimes controversial artistic directions. Feminist discourse emerges throughout these texts, though authors acknowledge its unresolved nature within Asian art historical frameworks. Additional content explores cultural hybridity: Mai Mang examines Zhang Hongtu's ink paintings that reinterpret Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits through Bodhidarma's style, creating cross-cultural dialogues. Alexandra Grimmer interviews filmmaker Sun Xun about his animated feature film, which juxtaposes diverse cultural, geographical, and political references from various historical periods. Romain Maitra reviews the second Gallery Weekend Beijing, an event designed to establish a distinctive contemporary art celebration in Beijing, differentiating itself from traditional biennials or art fairs through a profitable yet festive format. The issue includes an image of Xiang Jing's 2007 acrylic on fiberglass sculpture, 'Are a Hundred Playing You? Or Only One?'.