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Chinese Culture Center

May 1 - August 24, 2009

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750 Kearny Street 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108
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Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character Photo credit: Thomas Chang, Tengwang Pavilion, Splendid China Theme Park, Orlando, Florida from the series %u201CWon Ton Lust: The Chinaman as we see him%u201D
In the hands of 31 contemporary artists from China and throughout the U.S., San Francisco’s Chinatown becomes a laboratory of diverse ideas about contemporary Chinese culture in a new exhibition at the Chinese Culture Center. Thirty-one contemporary artists from the Bay Area and beyond interrogate the phenomenon that is modern Chinese culture in the Chinese Culture Center’s Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character exhibition. Presented in collaboration with Kearny Street Workshop and guest curated by Kevin B. Chen, program director for Intersection for the Arts, the exhibition features a wide array of media including photography, video, painting, animation, sculpture and installation art displayed at both the Center’s downtown San Francisco gallery and in a number of satellite storefront windows throughout Chinatown. Featured artists include Tamara Albaitis, Nancy Chan, Anita Wen-Shin Chang, Julie Chang, Thomas Chang, Sergio de la Torre, Cui Fei, Khiang H. Hei, Justin Hoover, Bu Hua, Arthur Huang, Suzanne Husky, Larry Lee, Sean Marc Lee, Liting Liang, Lucy Kalyani Lin, Ken Lo, Fang Lu, Maleonn, Elizabeth Moy, Ming Mur-Ray, Tucker Nichols, Nadim Sabella, Zachary Royer Scholz, Indigo Som, Charlene Tan, Patrick Tsai, Imin Yeh, Xudong Yu, David and Michelle Yun. WHAT: Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character ­ an exhibition of artwork that focuses on modern Chinese culture by 31 contemporary artists from China and throughout the U.S. WHEN: May 1 - August 23, 2009 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 2 at 1 p.m. GALLERY HOURS: Tuesdays ­ Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Sundays 12 ­ 4 p.m. ADMISSION: FREE