GALLERY EXHIBITS
Art, Archives and Activism: Martin Wong's Downtown Crossings
Mar 06, 09 - Dec 18, 09
kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa
Mar 10, 08 - May 30, 08
Exquisite Crisis and Encounters
Feb 15, 07 - May 31, 07
Persistent Light
Aug 03, 07 - Oct 19, 07
"Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani"
Oct 06, 06 - Dec 15, 06
Archivist of the "Yellow Peril"
Feb 03, 05 - Jul 31, 05
Fresh Talk Revisted
Sep 02, 03 - Jan 09, 04
My Life in Progress
Jan 20, 04 - May 21, 04
A Dialogue with Separation
Jun 01, 04 - Aug 20, 04
Wok Hay: The Breath of a Wok
Sep 13, 04 - Dec 23, 04
A Photographic Journey with Corky Lee
Sep 05, 02 - Jan 10, 03
War Retold
Jan 21, 03 - May 30, 03
Resident Aliens
Jun 16, 03 - Aug 15, 03
Coming of Age in Amelika
Sep 05, 01 - Jan 11, 02
Please Do Not Throw Peanuts at My God
Jan 28, 02 - May 17, 02
Mind's Desire
May 27, 02 - Aug 26, 02
Garden of Export Delights
Feb 01, 01 - May 11, 01
I of Beholder
Jan 18, 00 - May 12, 00
Assumed Identity
Sep 05, 00 - Dec 22, 00
The Gallery at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute presents two to three exhibitions per year, focusing on the work of both emerging and established artists of Asian/Pacific descent.
Each exhibition is part of an on-going effort by A/P/A to investigate modes of cultural expression among Asian/Pacific/American and diasporic communities. Presented in conjunction with relevant A/P/A courses, symposia, and public programs, the Gallery exhibitions offer the opportunity for cross-cultural dialogue, leading to a deeper understanding of broad issues through the specificity of one artist's vision.
Based on research in Tantra (an aspect of Hinduism) Jaishri has created a series of 4 X 4 feet hand painted photographic prints improvising on the archetypal South Asian forms of Chakras ,Yantra s and Mandalas . Abichandani uses photographs and self portraits to address contemporary socio-political and existential issues. ãMindâs Desireä was exhibit earlier this year in Mumbai at Gallery Chemould, one of Indiaâs leading contemporary art galleries to international acclaim. Vikram Chandra, author of Red Earth and Pouring Rain and Love and Longing in Bombay has penned the introduction to her catalogue. He writes; ãJaishri Abichandaniâs work offers no easy answers to the problems of cultural dislocation and identity in the post modern world. And yet, these objects that contain all her selves and all her histories offer a geometry, a coherent way of looking at these seemingly disparate elements. The beauty that arises from her meditations is itself a unity. Her works are both Yantra and Mandala; they describe and they create and they are alive. And they invite us to participate in the sacrifice, in the meditation.
Each exhibition is part of an on-going effort by A/P/A to investigate modes of cultural expression among Asian/Pacific/American and diasporic communities. Presented in conjunction with relevant A/P/A courses, symposia, and public programs, the Gallery exhibitions offer the opportunity for cross-cultural dialogue, leading to a deeper understanding of broad issues through the specificity of one artist's vision.
Mind's Desire (May 27, 2002 - Aug 26, 2002)
Photosculptures by Jaishri Abichandani — Jaishri AbichandaniBased on research in Tantra (an aspect of Hinduism) Jaishri has created a series of 4 X 4 feet hand painted photographic prints improvising on the archetypal South Asian forms of Chakras ,Yantra s and Mandalas . Abichandani uses photographs and self portraits to address contemporary socio-political and existential issues. ãMindâs Desireä was exhibit earlier this year in Mumbai at Gallery Chemould, one of Indiaâs leading contemporary art galleries to international acclaim. Vikram Chandra, author of Red Earth and Pouring Rain and Love and Longing in Bombay has penned the introduction to her catalogue. He writes; ãJaishri Abichandaniâs work offers no easy answers to the problems of cultural dislocation and identity in the post modern world. And yet, these objects that contain all her selves and all her histories offer a geometry, a coherent way of looking at these seemingly disparate elements. The beauty that arises from her meditations is itself a unity. Her works are both Yantra and Mandala; they describe and they create and they are alive. And they invite us to participate in the sacrifice, in the meditation.