InFlux
Contemporary Art in Asia
- Parul Dave Mukherji - School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Naman P. Ahuja - School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Kavita Singh - School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Art/Music Therapy
InFlux: Contemporary Art in Asia brings together essays by leading 
critics and curators to examine modern and contemporary art practice and its discourses in Asia. Covering diverse regions spanning China, India, Thailand, Iran, West Asia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Cambodia, the book examines their multiple modernities and the arrival of many Asia's upon the contemporary art scene.
Some centers have become celebrated in the international exhibition circuit and the art market, but there is also an Asia beyond their ambit, and the book throws light upon major and minor, established and emergent geographies of art. Asia’s own internal minorities fracture any unified sense of place, and representing this diversity has become a major challenge for today’s curator.
What is the impact on contemporary art of state power and burgeoning economies, or the persistent stereotypes of Asian craftsmanship, exoticism, and religiosity or the new ones of terrorism and tourist paradise? The book aims to challenge some of these perceptions by viewing modern and contemporary Asian art not as a given field but as a project in flux, constantly under revision via art practice and curatorial interventions.
A pleasure to browse...it defines a lifetime of service and thought. It can stimulate our minds, footnotes and ambition.... beautifully designed...the images are uniformly well reproduced...provides an intriguing glimpse into three important stands in the growing discourse on contemporary art as it churns in India, challenging readers to come to terms with the concerns central to this vibrant scholarly discussion.