Artistic Art Histories in Southeast Asia: Modernisms in Contemporary Practices

In Artistic Art Histories of Southeast Asia, Roger Nelson asks what knowledge is produced when contemporary artists engage—within their artworks—with overlooked histories of modern art. Through close readings of artworks by artists living and working across Southeast Asia and in the region's diasporas, Nelson argues that their practices contribute to decolonizing art history, drawing on the discipline's distinctive qualities in Southeast Asia. Chiefly concerned with contemporary art of the ...