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| Li Huayi, SF based artist who synthesizes Chinese ink landscape tradition and W. abstraction; Michelle Liu, moderator, Asia Society, and Cheryl Haines, Curator @Large: Ai Wei Wei on Alcatraz, Founder, FOR-SITE Foundation, Gallerist. |
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| Dr Britta Erickson, Artistic Director, Ink Studio, Beijing; Independent Scholar and Contemporary Art Curator, Palo Alto; and in orange sweater, Peggy Loar, Acting CEO, Interim VP, Global Arts and Culture, Asia Society NYC |
Why is now such an important time for Contemporary Asian Art? What do we gain by paying closer attention to emerging artists and trends from Asia, and inversely, what do we stand to lose by failing to engage with thie crucial component of Asia's ascension in the world? Asia Society N California has organized this panel in conjunction with the Annual Dinner The discussion by leaders will address the interconnectedness of Asia, the Bay area and the globalized world. Part One focussed on the responsiblity of major museums specifically the Asian Art Musuem, and the SFMOMA and the Asia Society to respond to the changing landscape. Jay Xu, director thinks contemporary means living artists and artists who bring the continuum forward, with innovation and hopes to integrate more contemporary art into the museum's collection. He thinks the artists are searching for their own identity. "Gorgeous" which won one of the best national shows of 2014, by Natl Assn of Art Critics, and was awarded the "best labels" by the Alliance of Museums -- was such an effort to create a dialogue with SFMOMA and contemporary art, as is the coming exhibition of a collection: 28 Chinese. Neal Benezra, indicates that the SFMOMA, along with the "Gorgeous" initiative with the Asian museum will hope to collect more Asian art in its modern collections when it reopens in 2016.
Dr. Britta Erickson says her mission has been to bring ink painting to a wider audience, and to improve its status in the West, and she employs documentary film clips to enhance our understanding of the ink artist at work. Li Huayi thanks his teachers at the (now) Academy Art University in SF, as they enabled him to be free enough to meld his traditional painting education with abstraction and find his own style, which is much appreciated. Cheryl Haines thinks there is a short market for Asian art in the bay area, and her gallery and her recent exhibition on Alcatraz thrive by attracting an international audience. Neal Benezra thinks that Chinese Museums are inward looking, hermetic, and more staff, curators and directors from China need to travel and visit other museums in the West to mediate this gap.
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