Artistic Art Histories in Southeast AsiaModernisms in Contemporary Practices\nAuthor(s): Roger Nelson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University\nISBN-13: 9781501788840, 978-1501788840\nSynopsis\nIn 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 twenty-first century, the book also considers modern art made since the 1940s as a precursor to more recent practices. \n\nNelson demonstrates that many contemporary artists in and affiliated with Southeast .