Join us for the launch of Art and Human Rights: Contemporary Asian Contexts by Caroline Turner and Jen Webb, with introductory remarks by Professor Jacqueline Lo Professor and Executive Director of the ANU Centre for European Studies, and Associate Dean (International), ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences.

This book focuses on contemporary Asian art through the lens of human rights discourse and practice. It explores the contexts for art including the impacts of decolonisation and globalisation, war, divided societies and the role of art in worldmaking.

The artists are those with a history of significant political activism, those whose work consistently reflects on or gives witness to human rights abuses and those who explore ethical relationships with others and with the natural environment. Art and Human Rights makes explicit the contributions of Asian artists within and beyond their region to these enduring issues of humanity.

Caroline Turner is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the Humanities Research Centre, ANU.

Jen Webb is Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research in the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra.