Chiho Aoshima: The red-eyed tribe
When
Sep 13, 2009 11:00 am - 4:00 pm (Sunday)
What
Tokyo-based Chiho Aoshima is one of the most promising artists to emerge from the Kaikai Kiki studio of renowned artist Takashi Murakami. Aoshima works in a variety of media, includ...
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Tokyo-based Chiho Aoshima is one of the most promising artists to emerge from the Kaikai Kiki studio of renowned artist Takashi Murakami. Aoshima works in a variety of media, including digital imaging, photography, sculpture, and video. Like Murakami, she draws influence from traditional Japanese painting, contemporary consumer society, the robust popular cartoon and animation culture of manga, and an obsession with kawaii (or "cute imagery"). The Henry will present a recently acquired digital drawing entitled The red-eyed tribe. In this mural Aoshima immerses viewers in a disorienting fairytale that is at once innocent and seductive, childlike and grotesque.
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 ThursdaysMore 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 NWsourcePost a Countdown Widget
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