By Jocelyn Moore Northwest Asian Weekly Walking into the Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) Asian Art Museum from now through March, you find yourself immersed in the paradox of modern Korean society. The “Paradox of Place: Contemporary Korean Art” at the museum showcases new media art in diverse forms from six prominent Korean artists. The common […]
“Rebirth of the World”
Chiho Aoshima, “Rebirth of the World” is featured at the Seattle Asian Art Museum from May 2—October 4. The opening reception was May 1. Aoshima is a Japanese pop artist and member of Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki Collective. Aoshima graduated from Department of Economics, Hosei University, Tokyo. The exhibition features large-scale dreamscapes printed on plexiglass, […]
Not cute, but impressive — “Live on” exhibition at Seattle Asian Art Museum
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The Japanese artist known only as “Mr.” grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, absorbing the pop culture
Vibrant Korean contemporary art set to arrive in Seattle
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly Contemporary art in Korea has evolved over the decades. With last year’s opening of the $230 million
Deco-dense
By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly Xiaojin Wu, curator at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, shows me a Japanese piece that’s been first lacquered, then carved. The artist, she explains, put several layers of lacquer on first, then slowly, steadily, and taking great care for symmetry, carved the Art Deco designs into the lacquer. Many […]