Binghui Huangfu

Published together with the exhibition catalogue of the same title, ‘Text & Subtext’ is a collection of essays on international Asian women’s contemporary art. The focus, as declared by the editor and curator, Binghui Huangfu, was to begin a dialogue on the issues confronting woman involved in contemporary art in Asia.This publication also seeks to introduce the conceptual thinking and conceptual work of the various geographically separated practitioners to each other. The essays presented here cover issues such as the image of woman as expressed by fashion, comparisons between contemporary art practice of men and that of women, the view of a changing diaspora art practice, and the differences of understanding inherent in the practice of a non-indigenous art form.

Written by noted specialists in the field of contemporary Asian art, these essays provide an insightful study and interesting perspectives on issues facing contemporary Asian female artists.

Artists of the Text & Subtext exhibtion:
Yasmin ALMONTE, Arahmaiani, Bunga Jeruk Permata Pekerti, Chila Kumari BURMAN, Jin CAI (蔡錦 b.1965), Imelda CAJIPE-ENDAYA, Kyungia CHEON (천경자), Kyungsook CHO (조경숙), Thi Tham Poong DINH, Francesca ENRIQUEZ, Kyungah HAM (함경아), Lucia HARTINI, Hening Purnamawati, Lulu Shurtzy HOU (侯淑姿 b.1962), Maggie HSU (徐洵蔚 b. 1956), Leiko IKEMURA (イケムラレイコ), Hiroko INOUE (井上廣子), Tari ITO (伊藤塔莉), IUM (이윰), Jie JIANG (姜杰 b.1963), Felicia KAN, Nanyoung KIM (김난영), Sora KIM (김소라), Sooja KIM (김수자), Myunghee KIM (김명희), Wonsook KIM (김원숙), Takanobu KOBAYASHI (小林孝亘), Sowon KWON (권소원), Bul LEE (이불), Nikki S. LEE (리니키), Lindy LEE, Eunsan LEE (이은산), Meeping LEUNG (梁美萍), Junhwa LEW (류준화), Joyce Vyvyann LIM, Peychwen LIN (林珮淳 b.1959), Tianmiao LIN (林天苗 b.1961), Chunju LIN (林純如 b.1946), Shihfen LIU (劉世芬 b.1964), Hung LIU (劉宏 b.1948), Nalini MALANI, Mrinalini MUKHERJEE, Varsha NAIR, Hanh NGO, Thi Chau Giang NGUYEN, Ni Made Sri Asih, Chieko OSHIE (押江千衣子), Yufen QIN (秦玉芬 b.1954), Yoshie SAKAI (坂井淑恵), Uap SANASAN, Sekar Jatiningrum, Judy Freya SIBAYAN, Nilima SKEIKH, Phaptawan SUWANNAKUDT, Cristina TANIGUCHI (b. 1952), My Le THI (施美里), Shigeo TOYA (戸谷成雄), Suzann VICTOR, Nobuko WATABIKI (綿引展子), Paula WONG, Mali WU (吳瑪悧 b.1957), Minghuei YAN (嚴明惠 b.1956), Shufang YE (葉素芳), Xiuzhen YIN (尹秀珍 b.1963), Hyojun YOON (윤효준), Suknam YOON (윤석남), Yeonhee YU (유연희), Xin ZHANG (張新 b.1967)… (more)

Catalogue for a touring group exhibition of the same name, first held in conjunction with Singapore Arts Festival 2001, focusing on the latest video art from China.

Through the works of five Chinese artists, this exhibition presents the current concerns of Chinese artists on socio-political and aesthetic issues of contemporary artistic practice.

The accompanying essays provide an insightful study of the history and development of Chinese video art from the perspective of a mainland Chinese curator (Huang Zhuan), a Singaporean curator and educator (Binghui Huangfu), and a Dutch art historian (Johan Pijnappel).… (more)