ArtReview Asia Spring 2025 Issue Explores History, Storytelling, and Power
The Spring 2025 edition of ArtReview Asia delves into the transformation of stories into history, showcasing artists who reshape narratives for future possibilities. Featured on the cover, Ayoung Kim addresses labor exploitation through her trilogy, 'Delivery Dancer' (2022–24) and its sequel, 'Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse' (2024). An essay by Mark Rappolt critiques the cultural exchanges between South Asia and the Gulf, stressing the importance of confronting historical injustices. Joydeb Roaja, a Tripuri artist, highlights the violence experienced by Indigenous communities in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts. Additionally, this issue reprints Okakura Tenshin's 'Ideals of the East' (1903) in 'Eternal Returns,' with annotations by Yuwen Jiang and Mark Rappolt, alongside features on Diljit Dosanjh, Thailand's 'art forest,' contemporary art in Oman, and reviews of various art events.
Key facts
- ArtReview Asia Spring 2025 issue is now available.
- Cover artist Ayoung Kim uses generative AI and game engines in her work.
- Ayoung Kim's trilogy 'Delivery Dancer' (2022–24) includes 'Delivery Dancer’s Arc: Inverse' (2024).
- Mark Rappolt's essay addresses cultural exchanges between South Asian and Gulf countries.
- Joydeb Roaja is a Tripuri artist from the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.
- Joydeb Roaja's series 'The Future of Indigenous Peoples' (2024) is at the Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane.
- The 'Eternal Returns' series republishes Okakura Tenshin's 'Ideals of the East' (1903).
- Zamanbap is a collective of performers operating in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- The issue includes reviews of the 7th Bangkok Experimental Film Festival and the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.
Entities
Artists
- Ayoung Kim
- Joydeb Roaja
- Munem Wasif
- Okakura Tenshin
- Diljit Dosanjh
- Chingiz Aidarov
- Jerzy Grotowski
- Ramis Ryskulov
- Yuwen Jiang
- Mark Rappolt
- Tyler Coburn
- Deepa Bhasthi
- Max Crosbie-Jones
- Sarah Jilani
- Lorenza Pignatti
- Harry Choi
Institutions
- ArtReview Asia
- Art Group 705
- Zamanbap
- Asia Pacific Triennial
- 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
- Bangkok Experimental Film Festival
Locations
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Chittagong Hill Tracts
- Bangladesh
- Bishkek
- Kyrgyzstan
- Thailand
- Oman
- Vietnam
- Kanazawa
- Japan
- Bangkok