"Identity"
AAWAA Gallery Alternative Space, 136 15th Street, Brooklyn, NY
11215
February 3 to March 6, 2005
Press Release (For immediate release)
FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS ALLIANCE
YAN KONG
TEL(FAX) 718-788-6170
www.aawaa.org
A visual arts exhibition featuring nine artists (Gallery I) and
a Solo Exhibition of Digital Prints by Tocha Alberts (Gallery
II)
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AAWAA Gallery Alternative Space
136 15th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 |
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Thursday through Sunday
12 6 PM by appointment only |
| Opening reception and Lunar New Year Celebration:: |
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Saturday, February 5,
1 - 6 PM: Come celebrate the Year of the Rooster
Dumpling Eating Event: Make Your Own Dumpling and Eat It Too
Fortune Telling Palm Readings by Yim Hung Chu, a Chinese traditional
Feng Sui and Fate Calculation figure
4 PM: New Year Lion Dance performance by the Golden Lion Club |
| Admission: |
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Admission: $10 for the Lunar New Year Celebration |
| Travel directions: |
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F train and get off at 4th Ave. Walk 5 short
blocks to 15th Street and make right; or R/M train and get
off at Prospect Ave. Walk back 2 blocks to 15th Street. |
"Identity" will feature an eclectic scope of work–ranging
from paintings, mixed media, drawings and digital artwork–that
explores the notion of ethnic and social identity in an ever-changing
America.
Within our community, especially in New York City, we find varying
ethnicities and a growing number of people of mixed ethnic heritage.
The nine artists participating in this exhibition, in varying degrees,
correlate ethnicity to identity, and each imbue their art with aspects
of their heritage mixed with their individual experiences and passions.
Mija Jung Bryan, an immigrant from Korea, uses her visual language
of architecture and food to make sense of her new and changing environments.
Seema Christie's paintings of the energetic centers of the body are
meditative mark-makings informed by her Indian heritage as well as
her ongoing life practice of yoga, meditation and holistic healing.
Soonok Jung, of Korean descent, makes relationships between the machine
and the organic, finding symbolism in how the forms of tubes and
pipes relate to gender and the power of gender roles. Hee Jung Kim,
a Korean American, uses her personal imagination and Eastern philosophies,
especially Buddhism, to create maps of emotion. Her Karma series
draws inspiration from Mandala paintings of Tibet. Wheiza Kim's work
employs her Buddhist influence and Korean heritage to reflect her
search for spiritual enlightenment and harmonious self-transformation.
Risa Kojo communicates her Japanese background through the character,
meaning, and sound of her name ‘Sa’. Yan Kong is a naturalized
American citizen from Hong Kong. Her paintings use abstract forms
and colors that are juxtaposed and carefully considered sometimes,
impulsive and haphazard otherwise. Donah Lee, also of Korean descent,
shows paintings that wrestle with the tenuous nature of her existence
in infinite time and space. E-Anna Soong, a first-generation American
Chinese, explores family memories and experiences in her artist books.
Tocha Alberts in Gallery II creates digital work that is a humorous
juxtaposition of contemporary New York experiences and his half-Chinese
heritage. Alberts’ digital prints can be light-hearted, realistic
and imaginary. His work pays tribute to the simple beauty of Asian
paintings.
The Asian American Women Artists Alliance is a 501C-3
nonprofit
organization that supports and promotes Asian American Women Artists
in the visual, literary and performing arts by organizing exhibitions,
performances, and readings, and by sponsoring educational workshops
and seminars that help artists develop their careers. AAWAA was
formed in 1998 to create an intergenerational, Pan-Asian network
for emerging and established women artists. Every year AAWAA showcases
a diverse group of artists of all ethnicities. Please visit our
web site at www.aawaa.org for additional information about the
organization.Please visit our web site at www.aawaa.org for
additional information about the organization.
This program is made possible, in part, by the Community Arts
Regrant Program/NYSCA administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council.
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