If you're in the Washington D.C. area, make sure you set aside time to check out Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter, a new exhibition collaboration betwen the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program.
Through the work of seven artists from across the country, the exhibition offers provocative artistic responses to the Asian experience in America and the meaning of being Asian American. Here's some more information:
Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of EncounterFor many of the artists, this is their first time showing work in Washington. For more information about the exhibition, go to the National Portrait Gallery website here and the Smithsonian APA Program website here. Also, read this Washington Post review of the exhibition: The Asian American experience at the National Portrait Gallery.
August 12, 2011 through
October 14, 2012
11:30 a.m. — 7:00 p.m. daily
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
8th and F Streets NW
Washington, DC 20001
Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown
Free admission.
This installation of Portraiture Now will feature seven artists, each of whom will show several works. The artists are:
- Cindy Hwang (CYJO), New York, Beijing
- Hye Yeon Nam, Atlanta and New York
- Shizu Saldamando, Los Angeles
-Roger Shimomura, Lawrence, KS
- Satomi Shirai, New York
- Tam Tran, Memphis, TN
- Hong Chun Zhang, Lawrence, KS
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program have collaborated to mount the Smithsonian's first major showcase of contemporary Asian American portraiture. Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.