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When

Aug 30, 2009 11:00 am - 4:00 pm (Sunday)

Where

Henry Art Gallery (map)

4100 Fifteenth Avenue North East
Seattle, WA 98195
What
Cao Fei and Yang Fudong both address the emergence of a new middle class in China. Contemporary artists in China are employing a range of media to explore the experience of living i...
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Cao Fei and Yang Fudong both address the emergence of a new middle class in China. Contemporary artists in China are employing a range of media to explore the experience of living in a rapidly changing urban environment. Globalization has brought them into contact with Western contemporary art, but their concerns remain specific to present-day China.

Business As Usual originated at the ASU Art Museum, January 31 -" May 4, 2008. Subsequent venues include the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, July 11 -" October 4, 2009; the Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 15 -" August 16, 2009; and the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 17, 2010 -" January 9, 2011.
Cost
$10: General $6: Seniors (62+) Free: Henry members; UW students, faculty, and staff with ID; High school & college students with ID; Children 13 years and under, first Thursdays
More about Henry Art Gallery
Henry Art Gallery
City/neighborhood: University/Montlake Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday Parking: Free parking, Paid parking, Street parking Disabled access: No obstacles to access Related info: Gallery GuideNeighborhood art walks Founded in 1927, The University of Washington's Henry has always been one of Seattle's coolest museums, but the historic brick building decorated with the names of famous artists became even cooler after a major renovation in 1997. Known as the Northwest's pre-eminent contemporary art museum, the Henry tends to show political, experimental and technological works, with a special emphasis on photography and digital media. It has a permanent collection of more than 20,000 late 19th- and 20th-century paintings and photographs, as well as textile/costume and new-media collections. Through hosting prestigious traveling shows by famous artists as diverse as Warhol, Matisse and Rodin, and by creating cutting-edge exhibitions that comment on contemporary culture, the museum hopes to fire up complex dialogues on esthetics, visual art traditions, politics and culture. It also offers lectures on current exhibitions and visual arts topics.By Paysha StocktonSpecial to NWsource

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