On view through December 14 at New York’s Americas Society is The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean. Co-curated by Tie Jojima, the former associate curator and manager of Exhibitions at Americas Society in New York, along with São Paulo-based Yudi Rafael, an independent curator and researcher, it is the first NYC exhibition to focus exclusively on the works of artists of the Asian Diaspora who have enriched the visual, political and social cultures of the Americas. Presented in this distinctly engaging exhibition are works in a range of media created by 30 contemporary artists from 15 countries.
The image featured above, “Song of My Soul” was fashioned in 2016 with oil and acrylic on canvas by the 88-year-old Korean artist Kim Yun Shin who is currently based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Song of My Soul” is one of a series of her paintings that serve as a visual ode to the natural elements in her life. Several more images on view in The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin American & the Caribbean follow:
São Paulo-born and based, Sino-Japanese Brazilian multidisciplinary artist Caroline Ricca Lee, from her series “Verter (Pour),” 2022, Ceramic and textiles
The noted Surinamese painter and ceramics artist Soeki Irodikromo, “Untitled,” 1986, Oil on canvas
Indonesian Brazilian artist Dan Lie, “Memory Stick,” 2015, A range of repurposed mixed media
Guyanese American multidisciplinary artist of South Asian descent Suchitra Mattai, “Bloom,” 2022, Assorted repurposed fibers
The late Chinese Brazilian painter Chen Kong Fang evokes the feelings of the disquieting uneasiness often experienced as one navigates more than one culture, particularly when one is faced with prejudice as so many of these artists were, “Untitled,” 1993, Oil on canvas
The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean can be viewed Wed – Fri: 12:00 – 6:00 pm and Sat: 12:00 – 5:00 pm through December 14 at the Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue at 68th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
