This volume challenges existing notions of what is “Indian,” “Southeast Asian,” and/or “South Asian” art to help educators present a more contextualized understanding of art in a globalized world. In doing so, it (re)examines how South or Southeast Asian art is being made, exhibited, circulated and experienced in new ways in the United States or in regions under its cultural hegemony. The essays presented in this book examine both historical and contemporary transformations or lived experiences of monuments and regional styles (sites) from South or Southeast Asian art in art making, subsequent usage, and exhibition-making under the rubric of “Indian,” “South Asian,” “or “Southeast Asian” Art.
Author(s): Bokyung Kim, Kyunghee Pyun
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 305
City: Cham
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: Unity and Multiculturalism: Pedagogical Context for South and Southeast Asian Art
Part I: Spirituality and Religiosity in Art Making
Chapter 2: Many Lives of Ancient Khmer Sculpture: From the Pre-Angkorian Period to Contemporary Cambodia
Contexts, Past to Present
Khmer Sculpture as Art
Collecting Ancient Khmer Sculpture
Tragic Loss and Partial Recovery: Homecoming of the Gods
Chapter 3: Beyond the Buddha Image: Buddhist Textiles in Mainland Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian Buddhist Practice and Religious Contexts for Buddhist Textiles
Tung/thung3
Hol Pidan
Shwe Chi Doe
Expanding Surveys of Buddhist Art
Inclusiveness in Approaches to Southeast Asian Art
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Locating Filipino Art in U.S. Museums: The Enduring Legacy of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
No, I Have Never Eaten Dog Meat…
Teaching a Survey on the Arts of Southeast Asia
The Philippines in American World’s Fairs
Studying Racist Imagery in a time of Anti-Asian Sentiments
Locating Filipino Art in the Museum
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Spirituality and Modern Art in India and the Himalayas: Neo-Tantra, Tibet, and the Goddess
Neo-Tantra, 1960s–1980s: Constructing a Movement
Gonkar Gyatso & the Tibetan Diaspora
Painting the Goddess: Durga and Kali in Modern Indian Art
Part II: Politics of Public Art: Communities of Negotiation
Chapter 6: Teaching Borobudur (ca. 790–850) as a Living Monument
Śiva at Borobudur
How Is Borobudur Taught?
Peaceful Coexistence of Buddhism and Hinduism
Understanding Syncretism in Ancient Indonesia
Borobudur as a Living Monument
Chapter 7: A Tale of Two Temples: The Rajarajeshvara Temple, Tamil Nadu (c. 1010) and the Sri Ganesha Temple in Nashville, TN (1990)
Introduction
The Rajarajeshvara Temple (1010 CE) in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
The Sri Ganesha Temple (1990) in Nashville, TN
Epilogue: The Politics of Belonging
Chapter 8: Negotiating the “Living” with the Historical: Teaching the Two Views of the Hindu Temple
Introduction
Two Ways of Seeing Hindu Forms
The Two Trajectories of Narrating and Preserving the Past
Spatial Negotiations of the Two Views at Srirangam
Conclusion: The Insider-Outsider Views of the Hindu Temple
Part III: Contested Cultural Identity: Building National Heritage
Chapter 9: Gandhara Revisited: From Pamir to Uighur
Positioning Gandhara in South Asian Art
Contested Cultural Identity
Building National Identity: Countries in Central Asia
Chapter 10: Mughal Matters, or Making the Mughals Matter
Presentism and Personalization in History
Why Mughals Matter
Chapter 11: Telling Stories Through Art: Remapping, Retelling, and Reconstructing Histories
Untold Stories of South Vietnamese Refugees
Learning from South Vietnam-Born Contemporary Artists
Remapping Histories13: Personal and Collective Stories
Retelling Histories: Conflicted Social and Historical Memories
Reconstructing Histories: Dislocation, Displacement, and Discrepancy
Incorporating Stories of South Vietnamese People in Art Education
Artmaking: Interweaving Histories and Stories
Part IV: Dissemination and Accessibility in Digital Ages
Chapter 12: From Horse-Drawn Carriages to Internet Searches: How Teaching the Art of India Has Changed in the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 13: Who Speaks for South and Southeast Asian Art?
The Bamiyan Buddhas
The Experts in the Classroom
The Popular Media
The art Museum
Conclusion
Selected Bibliography for Further Readings1
Popular Surveys of South and Southeast Asian Art
Notable Exhibition Catalogs of South and Southeast Asian Art
Modern and Contemporary Periods of South and Southeast Asian Art
Major Themes of South Asian Art
Religion
Buddhist and Hindu Art (ca. 300 BCE–1700 CE) in South Asia
Islamic Art and Architecture in South Asia
Rajasthani and Pahari Kingdoms (ca. 1700–1900)
Colonial Art and Architecture in South Asia
Major Themes of Southeast Asian Art
General
Mainland Southeast Asia
Insular Southeast Asia
Index
