Southeast Asian Art Today

By Joyce Van Fenema

This lavishly illustrated and authoritative volume introduces the works and ideas of the most promising artists of the region. Southeast Asia is on the verge of entering the international art scene. Steeped in a rich heritage of religious and secular arts and crafts, painters and sculptors have begun to explore forms and functions borrowed from Western cultural traditions. And yet, as this book clearly demonstrates, contemporary Southeast Asian art has its own special qualities, blending unique interpretations of Western concepts within a vibrant ethnic context. The texts in this book follow each artist's concept from idea to form and explore how concepts are conveyed within the artforms themselves. The authors also consider the techniques and technical skills employed in creating the artworks of the different regions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295975385
• ISBN13: 9780295975382
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 1.0" x 9.5"