ASIAN CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK (ACAW)
MAY 22 – 27, 2006 IN NEW YORK CITY>
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 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.
