“East West Connect” At Above Second Featuring Shepard Fairey, Travis Louie, Stella Im Hultberg, And More
From the press release:
Above Second is pleased to present “East West Connect,” a group exhibition curated by online art magazine Arrested Motion, featuring the work of Luke Chueh, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Evah Fan, Stella Im Hultberg, Tat Ito, Akino Kondoh, Travis Louie, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Brendon Monroe, Edwin Ushiro, Nick Walker, and Yoskay Yamamoto. The exhibition will run from November 25th until January 12th 2012 with an opening scheduled for Friday, November 25th (6-10 pm).
“East West Connect” brings together 13 participants chosen carefully from a diverse selection of artists covered by Arrested Motion for their inaugural curatorial feature at the Hong Kong showspace. Despite differing ethnicities and nationalities of the participating artists, all of them either have an Asian heritage and/or have utilized imagery inspired by the Far East in the past. But despite this common interest in the region, most of the artists have not had major shows in Asia. By bringing their collective work back to its geographic “source”, the exhibition hopes to deal with themes of identity for those who have dual cultural allegiances, explore the melting and fusion of artistic influences, and foster the discussion of the work when brought into local context. No other place would have been more suitable to host this exhibition than the vibrant city-state of Hong Kong, long considered as the gateway between East and West and the epicenter of the region’s booming art market.
