After Darkness: Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History considers how contemporary art from societies in transition may be read as an expression of the ambiguous and sometimes contentious relationship between individual artistic practice and sociopolitical context. This publication explores the development of contemporary art movements and the artistic repercussions of political ruptures through the work of seven contemporary artists and one artist group from Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

Featured artists: FX Harsono, Angki Purbandono, Tintin Wulia, Htein Lin, Nge Lay, Dinh Q. Lê, The Propeller Group, Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai.