Asian Contemporary Art Week
dal 20/3/2011 al 30/3/2011
Segnalato da
Elaine Merguerian - Asia Society
Massimiliano Gioni
Jane DeBevoise
Mariam Ghani
Barbara London
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
Melissa Chiu
David Elliott
Suzanne Cotter
Joe Martin Hill
Jungjin Lee
Vicki Goldberg
Liu Xiaodong
Alexandra Munroe
Firoz Mahmud
Chaw Ei Thein
Fong Wah Phoebe Hui
Leeza Ahmady
Yang Jiechang
Zheng Shengtian
20/3/2011
Asian Contemporary Art Week
Different venues, New York
Over 90 artists present their works at 35 New York City museums and galleries through select exhibitions, conversations, panels, screenings, book launches, receptions and curator tours. Now in its seventh year, ACAW launches Dialogues in Asian Contemporary Art, a series of talks with leading artists and professionals in the field who will provide more thorough knowledge of art communities and artists' activities within and outside of Asia.
Now in its seventh year, Asian Contemporary Art Week celebrates and promotes Asian contemporary art
through artist conversations, panels, screenings, book launches, exhibitions, and curator tours at over 35
museums and galleries. This year, ACAW will be held throughout New York City, and opens on the first
day of spring: Monday, March 21, also celebrated as the New Year in many countries of Central Asia.
Events will be held at various locations around the city for ten days, ending on Thursday, March 31.
“Asian Contemporary Art Week highlights the latest trends in contemporaryNY 10021-5088 recognizing that
contemporary art in Asia doesn’t come out of nowhere,” says Asia Society Museum Director Melissa
Chiu. “This year’s program showcases emerging artists and work never seen in the U.S., and also
recognizes the enduring importance of influential artists such as M.F. Husain and Monir Shahroudy
Farmanfarmaian, both participants in our series of artist discussions.”
As part of its mission to educate the public and to increase the visibility of artists, ACAW 2011 features
Dialogues in Asian Contemporary Art, a series of talks with more than 25 leading artists and
professionals in the field. “Over the course of the week, ACAW Dialogues will strive to disseminate
broader, more thorough knowledge of art communities and artists’ activities within and outside of Asia,”
notes ACAW director Leeza Ahmady. “Enthusiasm for this project continues to build and expand, with a
U.S. West Coast-based consortium now coming together to plan similar initiatives in San Francisco.”
With numerous exhibitions and artist dialogues, this year’s ACAW includes artists from the U.S. and
Asia. Among the countries represented are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma, China, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and Pakistan. Selected artists will discuss their work in exclusive interviews
available at www.acaw.net just prior to the week.
Highlights of the ACAW Dialogues include: a discussion with Mariam Ghani at the Museum of Modern
Art (March 21); Rashid Rana and Pooja Sood at Sotheby’s (March 22); M.F. Husain and Monir
Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian at Asia Society Museum (March 23); David Elliott, Massimiliano Gioni
and Suzanne Cotter at the Guggenheim Museum (March 25); Ushio Shinohara and Tomokazu
Matsuyama at Asia Society Museum (March 28); Liu Xiaodong at the Guggenheim Museum (March
29); Xie Xiaoze interviewed by Robert Hobbs at China Institute (March 29); a discussion with Asian
Cultural Council 2011 grantees/contemporary artists Rahraw and Manizhah Omarzad, Firoz
Mahmud, Chaw Ei Thein, and Fong Wah Phoebe Hui led by Leeza Ahmady at Location One (March
29); Yang Jiechang and Zheng Shengtian in conversation with Jane DeBevoise at Museum of Chinese
in the Americas (March 31) and Almagul Menlibayeva at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art (March 31).
Another highlight is a dramatic installation by New York-based Korean artist Atta Kim, who will create
a 5 and 1/2-ft-tall, 1,300 pound ice sculpture of a seated Buddha that will slowly melt in Rubin Museum
of Art’s spiral lobby, from March 25 through 27. ACAW Dialogues program is sponsored by Asian
Cultural Council, New York.
For a complete schedule of ACAW events, and information about participating artists and organizations,
please visit www.acaw.net. Dialogues and artist talks will be recorded and made available on acaw.net in
collaboration with artonair.org after ACAW is over.
ACAW 2011 participating venues include:
Aperture Gallery; Asia Art Archive; Asian Cultural
Council; Asia Society and Museum; Bose Pacia;
China Institute Chambers Fine Art; Ethan Cohen Fine
Arts; Gallery Korea/Korean Cultural Service;
Indo-American Arts Council; Jack Shainman Gallery;
Japan Society; Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery;
Location One; Meulensteen; Museum of Chinese in
America (MOCA); Museum of Modern Art; Priska
C. Juschka Fine Art; Queens Museum of Art; Rubin
Museum of Art; sepia EYE; Sotheby’s; Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum; Sundaram Tagore Gallery;
Taipei Cultural Center; Tally Beck Contemporary;
Thomas Erben Gallery; Tyler Rollins Fine Art; and
Zürcher Studio.
Asian Contemporary Art Week is an initiative of the
Asian Contemporary Art Consortium, which
includes: Melissa Chiu and Miwako Tezuka, Asia
Society Museum; Steve Pacia and Shumita Bose,
Bose Pacia; Agnes Hsu, China Institute; Ethan
Cohen, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts; Jean Kim, Gana Art
Gallery; Jack Shainman, Jack Shainman Gallery; Joe
Earle, Japan Society; Leila Heller, Leila Taghinia-
Milani Heller Gallery; Esa Epstein, sepia EYE;
Alexandra Munroe and Sandhini Poddar, Solomon R.
of Modern Art; Thomas Erben, Thomas Erben Gallery;
Tyler Rollins, Tyler Rollins Fine Arts; Jack and Susy
Wadsworth, Collectors; Xiaoming Zhang, Private Art Consultant;
and Leeza Ahmady, ACAW Director (Independent Curator).
Most programs are free to the public and some require advance booking. For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit www.acaw.net
Contact: Elaine Merguerian, Asia Society
212-327-9271; elainem@asiasociety.org
Opening 21 march 2011,7pm
@ The Museum of Modern Art, Titus Theater 2. 11 West 53rd Street
Different venues, New York