#Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora

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Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora

The first of a two part exhibition, this collection features art of the Chinese Caribbean diaspora from the 1930s to present day and reveals the hidden complexities of the transcultural nature of the Caribbean.

Circles and Circuits explores the art of the Chinese Caribbean diaspora from the early 20th century to the present day. By examining the contributions of artists of Chinese descent in Cuba, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and beyond, the exhibition will reveal the hidden complexities of the transcultural art of the Caribbean. The exhibition will be presented at two venues, the Chinese American Museum (CAM) and the California African American Museum (CAAM). The presentation at CAAM will trace the history of Chinese Caribbean art from the 1930s through the period of the region’s independence movements, showcasing the contributions of artists little known outside their own countries, such as Sybil Atteck (Trinidad and Tobago) and Manuel Chong-Neto (Panama), and providing a new context for understanding the better-known work of Wifredo Lam (Cuba). At CAM, the exhibition will focus on the work of contemporary artists such as Albert Chong and María Magdalena Campos-Pons, as well as artists of the ongoing Chinese Caribbean diaspora. The contemporary works featured explore issues of post-colonial history, popular culture, personal history, and the body.

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Hyperallergic: Curators Illuminate a Show on Black Radical Women Artists

Jan van Raay, “Faith Ringgold (right) and Michele Wallace (middle) at Art Workers Coalition Protest, Whitney Museum” (1971) (image courtesy Jan van Raay, Portland, OR, 305-37. © Jan van Raay)

The feminist art movement that emerged in the 1960s grew out of the lack of possibilities for women artists who had been excluded from the male-dominated, institutional art world. Despite their progressive goals, this movement lacked voices of color, featuring predominantly white female artists. Opening this Wednesday at the California African American Museum, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 focuses on pioneering black female artists, whose work brought to the fore their own experiences and narratives, long neglected by both the mainstream and avant-garde. Featuring a diverse selection of media from conceptual, performance, and video art, to photography, painting, and sculpture, it includes work by Emma Amos, Elizabeth Catlett, Julie Dash, Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O’Grady, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, and many others.

This Wednesday, the museum will be hosting a curatorial walkthrough with Catherine Morris, Sackler Family Senior Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, and Rujeko Hockley, assistant curator of contemporary art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, who together organized the exhibition’s previous iteration at the Brooklyn Museum. Following the event, visitors are invited to stay for the opening celebration of three exhibitions including Lezley Saar: Salon des Refusés and Circles and Circuits I: History and Art of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora, part of the Getty’s expansive initiative on Latin American and Latino art, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA .

When: Wednesday, October 25, 6–7pm Where: California African American Museum (600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles)

More info here.

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