ArtReview Asia Autumn 2022
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ArtReview Asia’s Autumn issue looks at art’s entanglement (both deliberate and accidental) with economic and political systems, from Singaporean artist Ho Rui An’s ‘performance-lectures’ on the pervasiveness of neoliberal logic to the evolution of collective practice in Thailand’s art scene as its very existence comes under political threat. Plus South Korean collective Rice Brewing Sisters Club’s explorations around the concept of ‘social fermentation’, and Agus Suwage’s deployment of satire and irony across a four-decade body of work grappling with the political changes in Indonesia’s modern history. Elsewhere in this issue, does the election of tribal leader Droupadi Murmu as president of India signal any real change for tribal communities in the country? And what is it about the intimate, wry and enigmatic films by Seoul-born director Hong Sang-soo that so rewards repeat viewing? Plus reviews of shows including Farah Al Qasimi’s first survey in her native Abu Dhabi, the eros-themed exhibition I Love You a