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Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia
Volume 2, Number 2, October 2018
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Terminologies of "Modern" and "Contemporary" "Art" in Southeast Asia's Vernacular Languages:Indonesian, Javanese, Khmer, Lao, Malay, Myanmar/Burmese, Tagalog/Filipino, Thai and Vietnamese

Thanavi Chotpradit, J. Pilapil Jacobo, Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, Roger Nelson, Nguyen Nhu Huy, Chairat Polmuk, San Lin Tun, Phoebe Scott, Simon Soon, and Jim Supangkat
Figure 1. "Old Time versus New Era". Source: Lao Nhay, 15 May 1941.
Figure 1.

"Old Time versus New Era". Source: Lao Nhay, 15 May 1941.

Introduction

Roger Nelson
Copyright © 2018 Roger Nelson

Vietnamese

Phoebe Scott and Nguyen Nhu Huy
Copyright © 2018 Phoebe Scott and Nguyen Nhu Huy

Thai:Keeping Up with the Times and the West

Thanavi Chotpradit
Copyright © 2018 Thanavi Chotpradit

Tagalog/Filipino

J. Pilapil Jacobo and Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez
Copyright © 2018 J Pilapil Jacobo and Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez

Myanmar/Burmese

San Lin Tun
Copyright © 2018 San Lin Tun

Malay:The Hikmat [Inner Workings] of Seni [Art]: Gambar [Picture], Lukis [to Paint or Draw], Moden/Moderen [Modern], Sezaman [of this Age], Baru [New], Kontemporer/Kontemporari [Contemporary], Kagunan [Beneficial Refinement], Imajan [Imagery]

Simon Soon
Copyright © 2018 Simon Soon

Lao

Chairat Polmuk
Copyright © 2018 Chairat Polmuk

Khmer

Roger Nelson1
Copyright © 2018 Roger Nelson

Indonesian and Javanese

Jim Supangkat
Copyright © 2018 Jim Supangkat

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