Faces & Facts

Here's the brochure for the show mentioned earlier today. The back lists the artists and the third opening date, which is December 10, at the Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery in Manhattan.


















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Exciting Opening Today at Queens Museum

Today is the opening of theQueens Museum of Art segment of one of the largest shows of Korean and Korean American art. The opening is from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, and the show runs from today until Feb. 21, 2010. The show is called Faces and Facts: Korean Contemporary Art in New York. Organized by Korean Cultural Service of New York, it is so large that it is being shown across three different venues, broken up into three sections: “Abstraction Now”, “Into the Life” and “Media, Media” will be presented respectively at Gallery Korea of the KCSNY, the Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery and the QMA.

Located next to the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Park. Click here for directions.

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The Solid and The Sublime at Crossing Art

I just discovered Crossing Art, the relatively new art gallery located right in the heart of Flushing. Actually, it's in the new Queens Crossing Mall on 39th and Roosevelt. I have to say, I'm pretty excited about seeing what they're all about. Right now it's showing The Solid and The Sublime, featuring the work of Takeshi Hamanaka, Lin Shih Pao, Zhao Yi, and Liu Yonggong. The show is only through the 22nd, so make haste:

The Solid and The Sublime

Works by: Takeshi Hamanaka, Lin Shih Pao, Zhao Yi, and Liu Yonggong

Exhibition Dates: Friday, October 9 – Tuesday November 22, 2009

(Flushing, NY – September, 2009) Crossing Art is pleased to present The Solid and The Sublime, Works by Takeshi Hamanaka, Lin Shih Pao, Zhao Yi, and Liu Yonggong. The exhibition brings together the work of four Asian Contemporary artists using solid materials that inform interpretations of the sublime.

Read more about the artists: click here.

Crossing Art
136-20 38th Avenue (Main Street & 39th Ave)
4th Floor
Flushing, NY 11354

Phone: +1-212-359-4333
Fax: +1-212-359-4321
Email: info@crossingart.com

Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm
Also by appointment

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Talismans of Protection Exhibit at Flushing Town Hall

Talismans of Protection from Choson Korea: Antique Locks, Latches and Key Charms

Saturday, October 10, 2009 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
Suggested Donation: $5

Gallery Hours: Thursdays - Sundays, 12 - 5pm


[I've been wanting to check this out!]

This exhibition features a rare collection of locks, latches and key charms, from the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910). The items reveal the richly symbolic and exquisitely decorative dimensions of traditional Korean aesthetic and craft traditions. On loan from the Lock Museum in Seoul, and shown for the first time in the United States, organized by The Korea Society and co-presented with Flushing Town Hall, the collection includes beautifully designed metal and wood objects executed in myriad shapes: dragons, turtles, butterflies, fish, bats and swallows. Although these objects served functional purposes in everyday life, such as securing gates and protecting the contents of chests and other kinds of furniture, the beauty of their design underscores the primarily symbolic nature of the protection they afforded. The key charms evolved from functional key holders into exquisitely decorated personal accessories passed from mothers to daughters.

The exhibition will be on view in New York City at two venues: The Korea Society (October 8, 2009-January 29, 2010) and Flushing Town Hall (October 10, 2009-January 31, 2010).

Check out more:
Flushing Town Hall

13735 Northern Blvd
Flushing, NY 11354-4120

(718) 463-7700‎

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The Korea Society

950 3 Ave

New York, NY 10022-2782

Get Directions

(212) 759-7525

Cham! Ritual Dances of Bhutan Pics (part 3)

I mentioned before that I'd post some pics from my visit to the Rubin Museum. If you do visit yourself, keep in mind that it's OK to snap shots on the 2nd floor, but that's the only place. The new exhibit, The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan isn't on the 2nd floor.

There's an incredible collection of art here. Sculptures that date as far back as the 2nd Century AD (and from places as far away as Pakistan and Afghanistan)! Here are a few that I liked (I apologize for not including the descriptions):




This is 25-year old Sangay Coden, a weaver in residence visiting from Bhutan. Read more about her and her weaving here. The pic on the right are examples of the weaving (done by her I suspect ). Rubin Museum of Art
150 W. 17th St. (Manhattan--not Flushing or even Queens, but definitely worth a look!)
212-650-5000
*Closed Tuesdays



Rubin Museum of Art
The Dragon's Gift (thru January 5, 2009)
150 W. 17th St. (Manhattan--not Flushing or even Queens, but definitely worth a look!)
212-650-5000
*Closed Tuesdays