 05/17/06 ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK (ACAW)
ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK (ACAW) MAY 22 - 27, 2006 IN NEW YORK CITY http://www.acaw.net 28 leading New York City galleries and museums join forces to present ACAW, an annual citywide event that focuses this year on Asian video art. A highlight is Fast Futures: Asian Video Art, an exhibition of 35 works drawn from an open call juried by Melissa Chiu (Asia Society Museum Director), Yu Yeon Kim (independent curator) and Barbara London (Museum of Modern Art Curator) to be presented in galleries and museums across New York. Emerging and established artists are included from Turkey, Afghanistan, Dagestan, Japan, India, Pakistan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand and Hong Kong. Asia Society launches this exciting week on Monday May 22 at 6.30pm with Dialogues in Asian Contemporary Art: Take 4, a panel discussion with leading artist Vivan Sundaram, curators Johan Pijnappel and Barbara London, and moderated by Melissa Chiu. Other events throughout the week include lectures, performances and video screenings. Schedule of Events Mon, 5.22.06 Asia Society Museum 6:30 pm Discussion 8 pm Reception Tues, 5.23.06 (Uptown) American Folk Art Museum 5pm Exhibition Tour 6-8pm Reception Gallery Korea 5-7 pm Reception Japan Society 5:30-8 pm Reception Goedhuis Contemporary 6-8 pm Reception Tilton Gallery 6-8 pm Reception China Institute 8-9:30 pm Screening/Discussion Wed, 5.24.06 (Downtown) Arts Projects International 11-5 pm Exhibition Viewing Brooklyn Museum 3-5 pm Screening/Discussion Chuk Palu Gallery/Center for Contemporary Art Afghanistan 6-8:30 pm Lecture/Reception Ethan Cohen Fine Arts 6-8 pm Reception 7 pm Performance Thurs, 5.25.06 (Chelsea) Bose Pacia Gallery 6:30 pm Discussion/Exhibition Viewing Chambers Fine Art 6-8 pm Exhibition Viewing James Cohan Gallery 6-8 pm Exhibition Viewing Max Protetch Gallery 6-8 pm Reception M.Y. Art Prospects 6-9pm Reception Sepia International / The Alkazai Collection 6-8 pm Reception Sundaram Tagore Gallery 6-8:30 pm Reception Sikkema Jenkins & Co. 6-8 pm Reception Thomas Erben Gallery 6-8:30 pm Reception Fri, 5.26.06 (Various) Rubin Museum of Art 4:30-12 pm Video Screening Artist Tours & ACAW DJ Bose Pacia Gallery 6:30 pm Video Screening Flow Sound Collective Diapason Gallery 8:30-12 pm Sound Art Performances Gallery Arts India 6-9 pm Reception Sat, 5.27.06 (Boroughs) Bronx Museum of the Arts 4-6 pm Video Screening Queens Museum of Art 2-5 pm Music & Dance Performances Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) Exhibition on view thru July 16 Sponsors: ArtAsiaPacific, Diapason, Chambers Hotel, Sotheby's, SurroundArt and WPS1.org Art Radio For a complete agenda and schedule of events, visit http://www.acaw.net Media Contacts: Elaine Merguerian Asia Society, (212) 327-9271 ACAW Managing Director: Leeza Ahmady, (212) 327-9251 Asian Contemporary Art Week is an initiative of the Asian Contemporary Art Consortium: Melissa Chiu, Asia Society and Museum; Eleni Cocordas, Japan Society; Ethan Cohen, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts; Esa Epstein, Sepia International, The Alkazi Collection; Michael Goedhuis, Goedhuis Contemporary; Steve Pacia and Shumita Bose, Bose Pacia Modern; France Pepper, China Institute; Jung Lee Sanders, Arts Projects International; David Solo and Jack and Susy Wadsworth, Collectors. |
