Photo credit: Thomas Chang, Tengwang Pavilion, Splendid China Theme Park, Orlando, Florida from the series %u201CWon Ton Lust: The Chinaman as we see him%u201D (Click image to view larger)
In the hands of 31 contemporary artists from China and throughout the U.S., San Francisco’s Chinatown becomes a laboratory of diverse ideas about contemporary Chinese culture in a new exhibition at the Chinese Culture Center.
Thirty-one contemporary artists from the Bay Area and beyond interrogate the phenomenon that is modern Chinese culture in the Chinese Culture Center’s Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character exhibition. Presented in collaboration with Kearny Street Workshop and guest curated by Kevin B. Chen, program director for Intersection for the Arts, the exhibition features a wide array of media including photography, video, painting, animation, sculpture and installation art displayed at both the Center’s downtown San Francisco gallery and in a number of satellite storefront windows throughout Chinatown.
Featured artists include Tamara Albaitis, Nancy Chan, Anita Wen-Shin Chang, Julie Chang, Thomas Chang, Sergio de la Torre, Cui Fei, Khiang H. Hei, Justin Hoover, Bu Hua, Arthur Huang, Suzanne Husky, Larry Lee, Sean Marc Lee, Liting Liang, Lucy Kalyani Lin, Ken Lo, Fang Lu, Maleonn, Elizabeth Moy, Ming Mur-Ray, Tucker Nichols, Nadim Sabella, Zachary Royer Scholz, Indigo Som, Charlene Tan, Patrick Tsai, Imin Yeh, Xudong Yu, David and Michelle Yun.
WHAT:
Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character an exhibition of artwork that
focuses on modern Chinese culture by 31 contemporary artists from China and throughout the U.S.
WHEN:
May 1 - August 23, 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 2 at 1 p.m.
GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesdays Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sundays 12 4 p.m.
ADMISSION:
FREE
Venues
Happening today
September 2nd, 2010
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Mary V. Marsh
Everyone Needs a Story
through 9/25/2010 at Mercury 20 Gallery
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Laura Van Duren
Not For Sale
through 9/25/2010 at Mercury 20 Gallery
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Maya Kabat, Charlie Milgrim, Joan Weiss
Strange Nature
through 9/25/2010 at Mercury 20 Gallery
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Jeremiah Jenkins
Blue Collar Bushido
through 9/30/2010 at Ever Gold
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Tom Lieber
Descend Ascend
through 10/2/2010 at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
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David Buckingham
Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful
through 10/2/2010 at Cain Schulte Gallery
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Group show
Everyday
through 10/2/2010 at 111 Minna Gallery
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Group show
Residency Projects Part II
through 10/9/2010 at Kala Art Institute and Gallery
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Bella Feldman, Nancy Otto, Monica Steiner
Bella Feldman, Monika Steiner, Nancy Otto
through 10/30/2010 at Micaëla Gallery
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Allison Smith
Pitcher Collection
through 10/30/2010 at Haines Gallery
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Tokihiro Sato
Trees
through 10/30/2010 at Haines Gallery
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Group show
On View: New Work from Kala
through 11/27/2010 at Kala Art Institute and Gallery
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Jerome Reyes
Until Today: Spectres for the International Hotel
through 12/4/2010
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Craft Bar with Etsy Labs
6:00pm - 9:00pm at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
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Exploratorium After Dark – Cosmological Constructs
6:00pm - 10:00pm at Exploratorium
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Joshua Short
Josh Short
6:00pm - 10:00pm at Ever Gold
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Artists Leading Artists Opening Reception
7:30pm - 9:00pm at Swell Gallery
What’s new
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Group show
Fall 2010
9/7/2010 - 10/30/2010 at Aurobora Press
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Group show
You Knew This Was Coming
9/17/2010 - 10/18/2010 at Park Life
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With Love from Mabel (ongoing tours of the SFADM) at SC13
9/5/2010 2:30pm - 3:00pm
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Beast
10/1/2010 - 10/23/2010 at Million Fishes Gallery
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Physics of Toys
9/18/2010 11:00am - 3:00pm at Exploratorium
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Anoka Faruqee
The Longest Day of the Year
9/7/2010 - 10/16/2010 at Hosfelt Gallery
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Marietta Hoferer
Drawings
9/7/2010 - 10/16/2010 at Hosfelt Gallery
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Scott Kildall, Victoria Scott
Gift Horse
9/18/2010 3:00pm - 5:00pm at San Jose Museum of Art
Happenstand is a lackadaisical venture
Support for this program is provided by Southern Exposure's Alternative Exposure Grant
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