ArtBabble: Howie Tsui http://artbabble.org/artist/Howie_Tsui/feed en Howie Tsui on Mount Abundance and the Tiptoe People #1 and #2 http://artbabble.org/video/asian-art/howie-tsui-mount-abundance-and-tiptoe-people-1-and-2 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/phantoms-asia-contemporary-awakens-past">Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/asian-art-museum">Asian Art Museum</a> </div> </div> </div> Born in Hong Kong and raised in Nigeria and Ontario, Howie Tsui’s influences include ghost stories, Buddhist hell scrolls, Japanese monster culture, and Hong Kong vampire films. As part of his Horror Fables series, Tsui contributes to "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012) intricately drawn human-monster hybrids that combine imagery from traditional Asian folklore with contemporary pop culture. <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/asian-art/howie-tsui-mount-abundance-and-tiptoe-people-1-and-2" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/asian-art/howie-tsui-mount-abundance-and-tiptoe-people-1-and-2#comments asian art museum Becoming / Being an Artist contemporary Asian art Howie Tsui Painting scroll scroll painting Childhood Asian Art Contemporary Art Materials and Process Asian Art Museum http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/ee/ee74fa0fff25277c/poster-image-06.jpg ee74fa0fff25277c Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:18:08 +0000 Asian Art Museum 9549 at http://artbabble.org