Claire Watson
Peter Hill reviews 'The Revolutionary Century: Art in Asia 1900–2000' by Alison Carroll and 'Every 23 Days: 20 Years Touring Asia' edited by Sarah Bond, Alison Carroll and Claire Watson
Peter Hill
Monday, 01 November 2010
If you were to tell me that a book had been written that covered a century of art in Asia, from 1900 to 2000, and that its geographic range moved from Japan to Pakistan and Indonesia, to Nepal, the Australian outback, and Cambodia, I would initially ask how many volumes it contained. That such a book exists, in a fairly slim volume, is tribute to the skills of its author, Alison Carroll. How has she done it?
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November 2010, no. 326