Arts Briefs
August 27, 2004
HARVARD MUSEUM
‘Bamboo Through Four Seasons’ Exhibited
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Spanning 900 years of art, A Compelling Legacy: Masterworks of East Asian Painting opens at Harvard’s Arthur Sackler Museum this weekend. The 80 Chinese, Korean and Japanese paintings are entirely from the university’s collection.
The eight Korean pieces are recent additions. Several, shown for the first time, accompany master bamboo painter Yu Tok-chang’s “Bamboo through the Four Seasons”, considered the finest Korean literati screen in the West.
Liu Shiru’s “Branch of Blossoming Plum” stands out among the Chinese paintings for its evocative expression of ideas, feelings and personality. Among the Japanese paintings, the fragment of a hanging scroll titled “The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King, Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra” is part of the first text to recount that women could be transformed into bodhisattvas without having to be reborn as men, changing how the Japanese perceived the path to enlightenment.
CASTING CALL
‘Queer Eye’ Folks Looking for APA Host
ASG Casting is looking for an Asian American host for a new, comedic, make-over-style TV show for ABC from the producers of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Candidates can be female or male and should be in their 20s to 30s and able to translate Cantonese fluently. Improv, stand-up or sketch-comedy background preferred. For more info call (818) 762-0200.
Korea’s No. 1 Box-office Smash Hits the U. S.
EVENT: Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War
BACKGROUND: Directed by Kang Je-gyu, this film deals with the North/South Korean conflict.
INTERESTING: One out of every 3 Koreans went to see this film, making it Korea’s No. 1 all-time blockbuster.
DETAILS: National release date of Sept. 3 in select cities, www.taegukgi2004.com.
Dragon’s Roar Festival
EVENT: 3rd Annual Dragon’s Roar Music and Arts Showcase Festival
BACKGROUND: Fifteen cutting-edge bands from Asian and APA communities on three different stages. Enjoy Cambodian pop, psychedelic rock and even Filipino new wave.
INTERESTING: Malaysian rap superstar Joe Flizzow’s (Too Phat) first appearance in the United States. Warren G has said that he and G-Funk “support Too Phat all the way.”
DETAILS: Sept. 17 at The Sunset Room in Hollywood, Calif., www.dragons-roar.tripod.com/tickets.html.
Aoki’s Random Acts of Kindness
EVENT: Katherine Aoki: Champions of Market Street
BACKGROUND: The Art on Market Street Program brings contemporary art by Bay Area artists to S.F.’s main thoroughfare.
INTERESTING: Exhibition of original posters celebrating random acts of kindness by unsung pedestrian heroes.
DETAILS: Through Nov. 11 on Market Street between Van Ness and Embarcadero in San Francisco, www.sfgov.org/sfac/pubart.
Korean Calligraphy
EVENT: 14th Annual Exhibition of the Korean American Calligraphy Association
BACKGROUND: The Korean Cultural Center Art Gallery features 73 different artists.
INTERESTING: The philosophy and visions of Korean calligraphy display the diversity of writing and the artists’ spiritual roots.
DETAILS: Sept. 3 - 16 at 5505 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, (323) 936-7141 or www.kccla.org.
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