di'van Issue 2

July 2017

 

 

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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.

 

Published by DI'VAN ART JOURNAL (Alan Cruickshank) and UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
Editor: Alan Cruickshank
Design: Alan Cruickshank
ISSN 2207-1563
© Copyright 2017 Alan Cruickshank in conjunction with UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, Sydney, the authors, and artists.

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Image: Khadim Ali, 'The Arrivals No. 6' (detail) 2016. Courtesy: the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane

Contents
Editorial by Alan Cruickshank
The Arrival of the Demons by Hoda Afshar
(Partisans) Kick the Corpse: Post-Truth and the Contemporary Art World by Paul …
The Specter of the Soviet Union by Charles Merewether
The Super-Modernism of the Festival of Arts, Shiraz-Persepolis by Vali Mahlouji
Comparative Monument (Shellal): Steadfastness and the Temporal Body... by Bridg…
An Assertion of Continued Presence by Djon Mundine
Colour Section
Unpacking Ranbir Kaleka's Toolbox: the Artist as Artificier by Nancy Adajania
Rebranding the Mahathir Era by Ray Langenbach
The Loss of Centre by Robin Peckham
Art is Not Magic by Alex Gawronski
Demons and Deliverance by Salima Hashmi
Image Notations
Contributors