Asia Unspecific

Noriko Ambe - David Diao - Kyung Woo Han -
Shih Chieh Huang - Amy Kao - Po Kim -
ON megumi  Akiyoshi - Kunie Sugiura - Haeri Yoo

Curated by Lilly Wei

on view: October 29 – December 3, 2011
Opening reception: Sunday, November 8, 6-8pm

Asia Unspecific refers to the multiplicity and complexity of influences that shape artists who are more or less nomads, frequently moving through different cultural spheres.  It is an exhibition about the ongoing dialogue that each artist has in response to his or her adopted culture and the one that is familial.

Circulating through a system of influence and exchange that is increasingly interactive, open-ended and rich, the impact and results are not predictable. In today’s closely connected “postnational” world, otherness and community depend upon so many more factors.  Identity is increasingly hybridized and hyphenated, resulting in an art of strange and wonderful fusions. 

Featuring Chinese (David Diao, Shih Chieh Huang, Amy Kao), Japanese (Kunie Sugiura, Noriko Ambe, ON Megumi Akiyoshi) and Korean artists (Po Kim, Kyung Woo Han, Haeri Yoo), who work in a variety of media (painting, sculpture, drawing, video, installation, photography) and refer to a variety of visual languages, this cross-generational exhibition implicates all artists who live and work without fixed borders. 

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

acknowledgments:

This exhibition is made possible with  support from New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the Brooklyn Community Foundation.