Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past

For one night only, artist led project Space Bi brought together 28 local artists in a friendly takeover of the Asian Art Museum. See their works inspired by and sometimes critical of the museum (it's tough love). Enjoy solo shows in the store, pop up karaoke, fruit costumes, printed tortillas, alternative tours of the collection galleries, participatory activities, and more. Participating Artists:Michael Namkung, Ricardo Rivera, Jose Navarrete, Debby Kajiyama, Adria Otte, Justin Hoover, Derek Chung, Amy Ho, Brandon Drew Holmes with Janey Smith and Tom Comitta, Charlene Tan, the Great Tortilla Conspiracy with Scott Tsuchitani, Raymond Wong, Zina Al-Shukri, Kim Anno, Imin Yeh, Jackie Im, Aaron Harbour, Julie Chang, Tina Takemoto, Stephanie Syjuco, Juan Luna-Avin, Pablo Cristi, Kathy Aoki, Erik Scollon, Kevin Chen, Johanna Poethig, Misako Inaoka, and Ranu Mukherjee.

The exhibition, Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past at the Asian Art Museum (May 18 - Sept. 2, 2012), explored the complex, diverse, cross-cultural perspectives of Asian cosmology and spirituality through specially selected artworks from the past and present. It was the first large-scale exhibition of contemporary art organized by the Asian Art Museum. In this series, you can view interviews with the artists and artworks being conserved and installed for this exhibition.

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