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Last night I attended the opening of (de)Constructing Chinatown, the Chinese American Museum‘s newest exhibit. The group art show was envisioned by curator Steven Wong as a creative way to reflect the diverse peoples and perspectives that create L.A.’s Chinatown. I didn’t get to say hi to all of the artists (or even Steve, who was in New York) but I did get to catch up with my old friend Shizu Saldamando (above). Her impossibly fine–and effortlessly cool–pen-on-bedsheet works are featured prominently, right next to the show’s main signage and statement.
The image in the middle top. That’s art by GR friend Shizu Saldamando. There’s not a lot of Asian Americans showing at the Smithsonian in Washington DC, but here’s seven all at once. It’s part of an exhibition called Portraiture Now. It’s about time, right and I think it could even be bigger, don’t you think? We know plenty of artists who could have rocked this too. Congrats to the artists. Smithsonian.
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