Contemporary Art Symposium 1994
The Potential of Asian Thought

Symposium

Against the backdrop of growing interest in the incredibly rapid economic development of Asian countries in the mid-1990s, the first comprehensive international symposium on contemporary art in Asia was held in Japan. Fifteen art critics and writers from China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Japan gathered for four sessions held across two days, while 200 observers from Japan and other countries also participated. In addition to exchanging information on the current situations in countries across Asia, the participants discussed ideas and cultural contexts that could not be communicated by their introduction through artworks alone, in the hope that the Asian fever would not end as a mere boom.

Data

Dates	October 14–15, 1994
Venue (Tokyo)	The Japan Foundation Conference Hall
Organizers	The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center

[Program]

Day 1 October 14, 1994

18:00–20:00	Session ⅠThe Contemporary Art Scene in Asia
	Chairman	Nakamura Hideki (Art Critic)
	Presentations	Southeast Asian Art in the 1990s
		Ushiroshoji Masahiro (Curator, Fukuoka Art Museum)
		Three Generations of Artists After the Cultural Revolution
		Li Xian Ting (Art Critic)
		Minjoong Misul People's Art and Later Contemporary Korean Art
		Ono Ikuhiko (Official, First Cultural Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
		The Japanese Art Scene
		Shioda Junichi (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo)

Day 2 October 15, 1994

10:15–13:00	Session ⅡHistory: Steps Towards the Present
	Chairman	Tani Arata (Art Critic)
	Panelists	Li Xian Ting
		Jim Supangkat (Art Critic)
		Alice G. Guillermo (Associate Professor of Art Studies, University of the Philippines)
		Ozaki Masato (Curator, Itabashi Art Museum)
14:00–16:30	Session ⅢProposals from the Present
	Chairman	Shimizu Toshio (Artistic Director, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito)
	Panelists	Kuroda Raiji (Curator, Fukuoka Art Museum)
		Apinan Poshyananda (Art Critic)
		Zulkifli B. Yusoff (Artist)
		Cai Guo Qiang (Artist)
		Miyajima Tatsuo (Artist)
16:45–18:30	Session ⅣThe Potential of Asian Spirit
	Chairman	Nakamura Hideki
	Panelists	Shioda Junichi
		Apinan Poshyananda
		Shimizu Toshio
		Tani Arata

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Report

Remarks by symposium attendees and summary

Contemporary Art Symposium 1994: The Potential of Asian Thought
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko; Kobayashi Izumi

• Publisher:
  Tokyo: The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center
• Year:
  1995
• Total Number of Pages:
  136
• Size:
  30 cm
• Language:
  Japanese (jpn)
• NCID:
  BN14490209

[Contents]

p. 3	Hajimeni [Foreword]
	The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center
p. 4	Sukejuru [Schedule]
	Paneru disukasshon [Panel Discussion]
p. 5		Session ⅠAjia no gendaibijutsu jijo [The Contemporary Art Scene in Asia]
p. 31		Session ⅡRekishi kara genzai e [History: Steps Towards the Present]
p. 67		Session ⅢGenzai kara no hatsugen [Proposals from the Present]
p. 99		Session ⅣAjia shicho no potensharu [The Potential of Asian Spirit]
p. 121	Zadankai: Sinpojium o oete [Wrap-up]
	Attendance: Nakamura Hideki, Shimizu Toshio, Tani Arata / Moderator: Furuichi Yasuko
p. 132	Panerisuto no purofiru [Profiles of the Panelists]
p. 134	Owarini [Conclusion]
	The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center

※Report is only available in Japanese. Please visit the Japanese site for further information.

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Handout

Materials created by the symposium attendees for presentations and other purposes were distributed at the event.

Contemporary Art Symposium 1994: The Potential of Asian Thought
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko; Kobayashi Izumi

• Publisher:
  Tokyo: The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center
• Year:
  1994
• Total Number of Pages:
  136
• Size:
  30 cm
• Language:
  English (eng)

[Contents]

p. 7	Session ⅠThe Contemporary Art Scene in Asia
p. 9		Suggestions for the Symposium
		Nakamura Hideki
p. 13		Southeast Asian Art in the Nineties
		Ushiroshoji Masahiro
p. 15		Three Generations of Artists Following the Cultural Revolution
		Li Xian Ting
p. 17		The Contemporary Art Scene in the Republic of Korea
		Ono Ikuhiko
p. 19		The Art Scene in Japan
		Shioda Junichi
p. 21	Session ⅡHistory: Steps Towards the Present
p. 25		History: Steps Towards the Present
		Tani Arata
p. 30		Major Trends in the Development of Chinese Modern Art
		Li Xian Ting
p. 53		Indonesian Contemporary Art, a Continuation
		Jim Supangkat
p. 69		The History and Current Situation of Modern Art in the Philippines
		Alice G. Guillermo
p. 85		Western-Style Painting in Japan and the Development of Modernism and Avant-garde Art
		Ozaki Masato
p. 95	Session ⅢProposals from the Present
p. 97		Proposals from the Present
		Shimizu Toshio
p. 99		The Other Side of the Other: Asian Artists in the West
		Kuroda Raiji
p. 112		Asian Art in the Posthegemonic World
		Apinan Poshyananda
p. 124		How Far Can an Artist's Work Be Affected by the West?: Cultural Aspects of Western and Asian Arts
		Zulkifli B. Yusoff
p. 127		On Thought and Action
		Cai Guo Qiang
p. 130		The Possibilities and Impossibilities of Asia
		Miyajima Tatsuo

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Contemporary Art Symposium 1994 "The Potential of Asian Thought" Handout

• Handout 1 (PDF:7.64MB) Kuroda, Apinan, Zulkifli, Cai, Miyajima, Supangkat
• Handout 2 (PDF:8.75MB) Guillermo, Ozaki, Li (1), Shimizu, Nakamura, Ushiroshoji, Li (2), Ono, Shioda, Tani