The 3th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005 Parallel Realities: Asian Art Now

The Fukuoka Triennale is a triennial international art exhibition that introduces the most up-to-date art movement in 21 countries and regions in Asia. The 1st Fukuoka Triennale was held in 1999 commemorating the inauguration of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and this is the third exhibition.

The 1st Fukuoka Triennale, under the theme of “Communication: Channels for Hope,” featured art works which referred to the interconnections between people and which employed contemporary communication technology such as computers. The 2nd Fukuoka Triennale highlighted works generated through a process of collaboration using original and indigenous material, or the skills of handicraft under the theme of “Imagined Workshop.” The previous two exhibitions thus introduced expression created both by using the latest technology and by using indigenous materials and traditional skills the features which coexist in Asian contemporary art. Both of the exhibitions sought cohesiveness in and among communities via the channels of communication and collaboration.

However, these directions were originally sought after in response to the fact that poor relations among people, between individuals and wider society as well as between social groups were raising a number of issues in contemporary society. The conflicts of the post 9.11 world and crimes committed in our vicinity pose not only great challenges but an imminent security risks to all of us. Facing the reality squarely, we set the theme of “Parallel Realities” for the 3rd Fukuoka Triennale.

In Asia where the high-tech moving images and communication technology permeate to every corner of the daily life, the global/the local, physical reality/virtual reality, people or groups who have different ideas and different ways of feeling live together or side-by-side. Indifference and incomprehension towards the different worlds result in confrontation. The artists who gaze seriously at these Parallel Realities, however, never represent their society pessimistically. Instead they try to suggest the potential of such parallel or isolated cultures and societies to mingle and resonate in harmony. We believe the works that manipulate the technology and popular culture in this exhibition will generate in us the strength to face the reality. We may be able to find a method to transgress the boundaries of cultures and societies that exist in parallel.

A number of Asian artists are invited to Fukuoka during the exhibition to present collaborative art-making, performance and workshop. We hope many people will have an opportunity to experience the excitement and warmth of Asian art and culture.

We are delighted that this exhibition will be showcased in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen in the United Kingdom. We sincerely wish the exhibition will be of some small help in fostering understanding between people of different cultural backgrounds in a place where a large population of Asian origin resides. It is also our hope that this exhibition will lend momentum to people to cross the boundaries lying between the “Parallel Realities” in the British society.

Participating Artists

－Pakistan－
Rashid Rana　1968-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2

Bani Abidi　1971-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3

Masooma Syed　1971-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2

－India－
Shibu Natesan　1966-

Hema Upadhyay　1972-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3/4

Shilpa Gupta　1976-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Sri Lanka－
Pala Pothupitiya　1972-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3

－Nepal－
Sujan Chitrakar　1974-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Bhutan－
Kama Wangdi & VAST

Tashi Wangchuk　1979-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2

－Bangladesh－
Nazlee Laila Mansur　1952-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3/4

Abdus Salam　1971-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3/4

－Myanmar－
Wah Nu　1977-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2

Phyoe Kyi　1977-

－Thailand－
Thaweesak Srithongdee　1970-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3/4

Deang Buasan　1974-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3

Chakkrit Chimnok　1978-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Malaysia－
Bibi Chew Chon Bee　1969-

Chang Yoong Chia　1975-

Azliza Binti Ayob 1975-

－Singapore－
Kill Your Television

Zai Kuning　1964-　FAAM COLLECTION

Ho Tzu Nyen　1976-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Laos－
Kanha Sikounnavong　1957-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3

－Cambodia－
Marine Ky　1966-　FAAM COLLECTION1/2/3/4

Ly Daravuth　1969-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Vietnam－
Tiffany Chung　1969-　FAAM COLLECTION1/2/3

Dinh Thi Tham Poong　1970-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2/3/4

－Indonesia－
Agustinus Kuswidananto

Tiarma Dame Ruth Sirait　1968-

Pius Sigit Kuncoro　1974-

－Brunei－
Ali Haji Abd Rahim　1955-　FAAM COLLECTION1/2

－Philippines－
Alwin Reamillo　1964-　FAAM COLLECTION

Nona M. Garcia 　1978-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Mongolia－
Sereeteryn Dagvadorj　1955-　FAAM COLLECTION

－China－
Yang Zhenzhong (楊振忠)   1968-　FAAM COLLECTION

Yang Fudong (楊福東)　1971-　FAAM COLLECTION

Cao Fei (曹斐)　1978-　FAAM COLLECTION1/2

Chi Peng (遅鵬)   1981-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2

－Taiwan－
Wu Mali (呉瑪悧)　1957-

Chen Chieh-jen (陳界仁)　1960-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2

Tseng Yu-chin (曽御欽) 　1978-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Korea－
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES

Hong Sungmin　1964-　FAAM COLLECTION 1/2

Jo Seub　1975-　FAAM COLLECTION

Ham Jin　1978-　FAAM COLLECTION

－Japan－
Yamaguchi Keisuke　1962-　FAAM COLLECTION

Ito Ryusuke　1963-　FAAM COLLECTION

Sumi Takamasa　1968-　FAAM COLLECTION1/2/3

Shiota Chiharu　1972-　FAAM COLLECTION

The 3th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005 Official website
The 3th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2005 catalog