Present Encounters : Papers from the conference of the Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, 1996

Asian art - would incl ude, to recall the examples coming out of the discussions i n the last two days, T. K. Sabapathy's 'h istory of art writing within the region ' , Jim Supangkat's concern with the meanings of 'modern art' and 'contemporary art' at various h istorica l points within the region , Niranjan Rajah's call for the engagement with diachronic local art history, and Wang Youshen's emphasis on the 'reality of the history of art'. Editor's Note 1 'Modernity and Beyond' was the inaug ural exhibition presented at the new Singapore Art Museum in 1 996, and comprised two components: 'Themes i n South-East Asian Art' and 'A Centu ry of Art in Singapore'. 94