‘A Place To Call Home’ – Contemporary New Zealand Asian Art Luise Fong, Rhea Maheshwari, Louie Bretaña, Tanja McMillan (Misery), Bev Moon, Naomi Azoulay, Cindy Huang, Abhi Chinniah, Yeonjae Choi.
Opening night Thursday, 15 June, 5pm - 7pm, all welcome.
‘A Place To Call Home’, the first group exhibition of contemporary New Zealand Asian art developed by Bergman Gallery, will open on 15 June and finishes 8 July.
‘A Place To Call Home’ speaks to the generational presence of Asian New Zealanders and reveals the role that their art plays in New Zealand's contemporary cultural landscape.
The artwork, by established and emerging New Zealand Asian artists, conveys how these practitioners translate ancestral legacies within their own immediate surrounds to examine concepts of home and belonging.
The artists’ narratives recognise traditions that span a great deal of the Pacific and Asian continent, including Korea, China, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Persia and the Middle East; traditions that now merge with their New Zealand values and identity.
It generates a commanding dialogue with distinct voices, stories and perspectives. It is biographical in nature, reflecting a broad conversation of cultural evolution within the New Zealand population at large.
Through paintings, photography, sculpture and ceramics, ‘A Place To Call Home’ places a bright focus on the declaration that New Zealand is indeed, home.
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29 May 2023
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29 May 2023