Art & Design

Global Asianista’s Week in Review

July 30, 2011

@The great train tragedy in Zhejiang China continues to unfold. The death toll is now 40, and the government has decided to nearly double compensation for the families of victims. @NYC’s MTA Chairman Jay Walder announced to quit in October, and who can blame him, when Hong Kong’s subways look like this. @Great news for [...]

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Miya Ando | Sundaram Tagore Gallery

July 20, 2011

She’s the 16th generation of a family of swordmakers turned Buddhist priests, but as steeped in tradition is her namesake, Miya Ando’s art is anything but outdated. In fact, if the cold, hard steel plates that adorn the walls of her Brooklyn studio are any indication, Ando makes art that’s distinctly contemporary. Perhaps even timeless. [...]

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Lan-Chiann Wu, Tranquil Artist

July 16, 2011

Not too long ago, I received a lovely, introductory e-mail from a Chinese painter in Los Angeles. Lan-Chiann Wu, an artist specializing in contemporary Chinese ink painting, has lectured and exhibited in the Los Angeles area, San Francisco, as well as in New York, Taiwan, and Japan. She’s currently exhibiting at the Maloof Foundation in [...]

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Asiafied NY: Issue 1

June 22, 2011

Hey there. I’ve prepped, PDF’d and uploaded my new newsletter: Asiafied NY, your guide to all the Asian-y things you can or should do in the city. Download it, spam it around. And let me know if you have any (friendly) suggestions.

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Hikari Shimoda | Foley Gallery

April 23, 2011

If you’re in the mood for sweet paintings with a palpable sense of childhood discomfort, look no further than Hikari Shimoda’s works, now on view at the Foley Gallery through May 7. The exhibit, titled “me, as in the beast coat,” has some echoes of Shimoda’s Japanese contemporary and predecessor Nara Yoshitomo. According to Shimoda, [...]

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Korean Art Show | Red Dot Art Fair

March 5, 2011

Though lesser known than its more powerful and prominent neighbors, South Korea has made significant inroads towards international recognition of its art and cultural renaissance. In movies, music, and increasingly in the visual arts, the country is forging ahead in bold, steady brushstrokes, creating completely original works of art that tell a story and showcase [...]

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Chinese Contemporary Art | AW Asia

February 4, 2011

New York is a world away from the main centers of Chinese contemporary art, but one private organization, AW Asia, is building bridges between the crucial New York art market and the singular talents of Chinese artists by promoting their work, loaning important pieces to major museums, and planning events to bring both sides closer [...]

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Kuroda Seitaro | hpgrp gallery

January 5, 2011

Happy New Year! I’m going to make this post on Japanese illustrator-turned-artist Kuroda Seitaro brief because one, I really don’t know much about the man except what I saw one cold December evening at Chelsea’s hpgrp gallery, and two, I am packing and getting ready for a trip to Thailand/Vietnam. Shame on me, I suppose, [...]

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Minsuk Cho | Mass Studies

December 19, 2010

This post is a tad overdue, as I’ve been meaning to write about Minsuk Cho after hearing him speak at Cooper Union (back in November!) about his architectural firm, Mass Studies. Cho, I recall, was energetic, enthusiastic, and full of firecracker insights about architecture in Asia. His projects were clearly buildings, but I really enjoyed [...]

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Global Asianista’s Week in Review

November 28, 2010

@The New York Times has a very succinct summary of the work and life of Dr. Chalmers Johnson (1931-2010), the renowned Asia scholar and Korean War veteran, whose work on Japan, China and the United States is all too relevant today. @David Pilling of the Financial Times captures Dr. Johnson’s scholarly essence in a neat [...]

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