Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009
Location: Chinese Culture Center Auditorium
Address: 750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94108
Admission: FREE

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco presents “Celebrating Youth,” a special closing ceremony for the Present Tense Biennial 2009 Exhibition. This event features musical performances by the Star Valley Children’s Choir, under the direction of Sherlin Chan. Performances include music from best-loved musicals and Asian folk songs. Don’t miss out on one of the last chances to catch our highly-reviewed Present Tense Biennial Exhibition. Our Present Tense Biennal 2009 Exhibition features 31 artists reflecting on and reinterpreting contemporary Chinese culture through unique artistic mediums in our Center’s Gallery and storefronts throughout Chinatown.

“Celebrating Youth” is sure to be a fun-filled afternoon of music and art for everyone! Click here to RSVP!

Present Tense Biennial: Chinese Character 現在時雙年展
Presented by Chinese Culture Center in collaboration with Kearny Street Workshop
May 1, 2009 6:30 PM – VIP (CCC members & Donors) & Invited Guest Special Preview

Free to public on view from May 2nd – August 23rd
Special website: www.presenttense.us

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.

“a multitude of favorites in this diverse and absorbing show”, Subjunctive, Hideous Sunday

“Convey Your Truth”, The California Report, aired on NPR

“Vibrant, political, poetic, and challenging…Go see this show!!!” – Marisa Nakasone, SF Art Examiner

“A fine exhibition all the way around… Definite go see.”, ArtBusiness.com

“a perfect embodiment of a transitional moment in American racial politics” - Claire Light, KQED Arts

“I’m also delighted to see that it hasn’t been curated along predictable lines of authenticity and/or ethnicity. ” — Jenifer K Wofford

“I’m looking forward to seeing Sean Marc Lee’s paternal portraits, Fang Lu’s answer to hyphy, Thomas Chang’s American twist on Jia Zhangke’s 2004 The World, Litang Liang’s revisions of calligraphy, and a video piece by sometime Guardian contributor Sergio de la Torre.(Huston)” San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Top pick!” – Examiner

San Francisco Weekly

“it’s going to be a really cool, fasinating exhibition,” Angry Asian Man

“is going to be kick-ass,” wiqaable.com

“…[the Present Tense Exhibition] won’t leave you intellectually hungry” – Shotgun Review

“A wonderfully diverse exhibition…” – SFStation

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