THINKING CURRENTS A signature exhibition of video, film, & sound by artists based in The Pacific Rim and beyond! Curated by Leeza Ahmady As part of Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW), Curatorial and Educational Platform July 30 – August 2, 2015 At the Inaugural Seattle Art Fair Jawshing Arthur LIOU (Taipei & Indiana). Crossing, 2009, single-channel video, color, sound,... Read More
Asia Contemporary Art Week’s FIELD MEETING in Venice – an energizing & intimate afternoon held in the cozy Arsennale Navy Officer’s Club on May 8th, 2015, with performances, talks, and discussions by a roster of renowned artists, curators, and art professionals and an equally inspiring and captivated audience. FIELD MEETING Take 2: An Afterthought was sparked... Read More
ACAW 2014 (Oct 22-Nov 3)
FIELD MEETING October 26-27
Urgency and Relevance: A Curatorial Perspective Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum A Prelude to Asian Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) 2014, Oct 22 – 31! Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 6:30 pm Presented as part of Asian Contemporary Art Week’s critical “Dialogues in Contemporary Art” series, select curators give voice to diverse identities within a landscape of new... Read More
ACAW, San Francisco 2014
ACAW, San Francisco 2014 September 20 – 28, 2014 Asian Contemporary Art Week 2014 (ACAW 2014) San Francisco is a weeklong series of events that aims to celebrate, promote and sustain interest in Asian contemporary arts and design in the San Francisco Bay Area. ACAW 2014 features programs from 30 local institutions, ranging from exhibitions, screenings, to conferences, talks,... Read More
The seventh edition of Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York City successfully closed on March 31, 2011 after ten days of exhibitions, screenings, receptions and public programs. If you missed the events or would like to experience them again, many of the programs are recorded and archived as part of Dialogues in Asian Contemporary Art in collaboration with online radio station... Read More
Interview with Amina Ahmed
…In a conversation I had with my dear friend Allison. 1. How did you start making art? My art has become such an organic part of me that I don’t know exactly how, when, or where it started. I do know that many people have inspired me throughout my life. The list is long, so I will just write about a few of them. The first was Bapa, my father. He loved to take long... Read More
Interview with Qin Feng
Qin Feng grew up as a shepherd in China’s Northwestern frontier region. His strong features and curly beard coupled with his dark tan and powerful build give him the air of a Chinese cowboy. Qin (b. 1961), recalls fondly that his first canvas was based on the open prairie, where he cut hay into square patches and peed circles into fresh snow. Qin left home in his early 20s and... Read More
Interview with Ali Van
1.How did you start making art? On dew-damp days, just before the rain, I would sit outside and make things. There was always a mess made, unconscious and unencumbered. The surrounding fauna and temperature of ground on which we played often inspired various woolly gestures and thought. An awareness to the onset of a foggy deluge provided mental padding for artful play, as... Read More
