Installed | Proximities: What Time Is It There? at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

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Proximities: What Time Is It There?

Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

May 24 – July 21, 2013

Ala Ebtekar, The Shape of Things to Come, 2012,
acrylic on archival pigment print on found paper. Image by Monica Shinn

Larry Sultan, Antioch Creek, 2008, Chromogenic print. Image by Monica Shinn

Lisa K. Blatt, People’s Park, Shanghai, China, 2007,
photo on aluminum. Image by Monica Shinn

Lisa K. Blatt, Untitled (Shanghai Ads), single channel video. Image by Monica Shinn

Ala Ebtekar, Paradise, 2011, archival pigment print on canvas. Image by Monica Shinn

Andrew Witrak, Trouble in Paradise #2, 2013,
paper umbrellas, Styrofoam. Image by Monica Shinn

Proximities: What Time Is It There,?
gallery entrance Asian Art Museum. Image by Monica Shinn

Continuing its expanded focus on exhibiting contemporary art, the Asian Art Museum presents Proximities, a series of three intimate exhibitions of recent and newly created artworks exploring the wide, elusive range of Asia through the varied perspectives of Bay Area artists. Guest curated by Glen Helfand, the exhibitions each feature 8-12 artworks—paintings, sculpture, video, installations, plus related programs—and are organized around cultural themes that resonate across all points of Asia: real and imagined landscapes; family/community; and trade/commerce. The artworks on view reflect the artists’ “proximity” to Asia and Asian history.  – Asian Art Museum press release

Monica Shinn is an alumna of the Savannah College of Art and Design, with a BFA in Art History and Museum Studies.  She currently resides in San Francisco, CA and works at the Asian Art Museum.