Introduction: Who speaks for Southeast Asian art?/? Nora A. Taylor The Southeast Asian modern: Three artists /? John Clark Vietnamese modern art: an unfinished journey /? Boitran Huynh-Beattie The Cultural politics of modern and contemporary islamic art in Southeast Asia /? Kenneth M. George Thai artists, resisting the age of spectacle /? Sandra Cate Many returns: Contemporary Vietnamese diasporic artists-organizers in Ho Chi Minh City /? Viet Le Of trans(national) subjects and translation: The art and body language of Sopheap Pich /? Boreth Ly Titik pertama, titik utama first dot, main dot: creating and connecting in modern/?indigenous Javanese/?global batik art /? Astri Wright Turns in tropics: Artist-Curator /? Patrick D. Flores The assumption of love: Friendship and the search for discursive density /? Lee Weng Choy Uncommon sense: “Empty the visual from eyes of flesh” /? Flaudette May V. Datuin Contents note continued: Mnemotechnical politics: Rithy Panh's cinematic archive and the return of Cambodia's past /? Ashley Thompson Interview with Jay Koh and Chu Yuan /? Grant Kester.