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Opening Reception with Artwork Dedication & Performance November 11, 6 - 9pm Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze is a traveling survey of 117 artworks debuting at SOMArts which place the male form in a position of objecthood and reverse conventional hierarchies in the culture of display. The exhibition includes an extensive collection of male adoration, male impersonation and male appendages, as well as works which probe contemporary expressions of feminism. Opening reception will include the dedication of Sylvia Sleigh’s painting “Lawrence and Susana Delgado” to Mills College. Chanel Matsunami Govreau performs “Hapa Bruthas,” an exploration of Hapa male and Asian male sexuality, brotherhood, and the effects of interracial dating in Asian American communities from a mixed-Asian woman’s perspective Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze runs November 4–30, 2011. Galley hours: Tues–Fri 12–7PM, Sat 12–5PM Free Admission. SOMArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan St San Francisco, Ca 94103 For more information and to preview this exhibition visit: http://bit.ly/q87yDJ RSVP at our facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=145932028837186