di'van Issue 7
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d iˈv a n | A Journal of Accounts offers critical interpretations on contemporary art and culture, and its broader historical, socio-political, and theoretical contexts, from the greater Asia (Middle East, South/Southeast/East Asia and Asia-Pacific) regions which determine historical and current socio-cultural affinities with contemporary Australian art and society.
CONTENTS
Parergon
ALAN CRUICKSHANK
Every Step in The Right Direction: Singapore 1819-2019
YAO SOUCHOU
Sotto Voce: What If We Haven’t Yet Asked The Right Questions?
SUSIE LINGHAM
Writing on The Run: A Midpoint Rumination on Curating The Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2020
SHUBIGI RAO
Latent Images: Vanghoua Anthony Vue’s Mediated ‘Photography’
TIM RILEY WALSH
Beyond The Pale: Critical Reflections on Society, Politics and Aesthetics Within and at The Borders of China
PAUL GLADSTON
Many Undulating Things
HERA CHAN
Garden of Forking Paths: Performance Art Without Performativity
DAVID TEH
The 2019 Aichi Triennale: Notes on 'After "Freedom of Expression?"'
REUBEN KEEHAN
Contemporary Worlds and The Great Debate
ELLY KENT
Published by DI'VAN ART JOURNAL (Alan Cruickshank) and UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
Editor: Alan Cruickshank
Design: Alan Cruickshank
ISSN 2207-1563
© Copyright 2019 Alan Cruickshank in conjunction with UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, Sydney, the authors, and artists.

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