Daily Lives 日常生活 is an exhibition that considers the question of material objects in everyday life. Inspired by artist Song Dong’s investigations of family, consumerism, and the small meditative moments that punctuate an ordinary life, Daily Lives is a group exhibition curated by Abby Chen and borne of a collaboration between Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Chinese Culture Center. Featuring the mixed media work of local and beyond Asian-American artists Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jennifer Ewing, Cynthia Tom, Liu Xianbiao, Imin Yeh and Stella Zhang, Daily Lives examines the reality and occasional sublimity of everyday existence through a variety of sensory experiences. Temporarily but officially, the Room for Big Ideas exists as an extension of the Chinese Culture Center: a reciprocal arrangement that locally reprises and re-contextualizes thematic and formal elements of Song Dong’s exhibit while charting new territory in the investigation of ephemera and memory. Curated by Chinese Culture Center’s Artistic Director Abby Chen.

        日常生活展是一個將目光聚焦於每日生活物品的展覽。藝術家宋東曾經研究家庭、消費主義、及冥想時刻這些滲入平常生活的細節，這激發了一批人的靈感。於是，由陳暢（Abby Chen）策劃及主導，芳草地藝術中心和中華文化中心共同舉辦了日常生活展。來自舊金山灣區及中國大陸的藝術家們Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jennifer Ewing, Cynthia Tom, 劉賢標, 葉艾明和張爽，他們通過視覺感受每一天的真實和微妙。同時，芳草地藝術中心和舊金山中華文化中心暫時卻官方為他們做出了延伸：在當地複興並重新定義宋東展裡的主題和元素，同時開拓新的領域，從而達成互動的新知。 （由中華文化中心藝術總監陳暢（Abby Chen）創立）

Artist Statements   藝術家的話

Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Close to Home

What can we sniff out with our noses? Odors are linked to survival, memory, and our perception of difference. As invisible signifiers, what role do the senses play in our formation and recognition of each other? How do we taste, smell, and touch, and what are the politics of the senses? In my work as an installation artist, I explore how these themes are evidenced in the fleeting materials we consume every day. Food and scent are unruly substances — pervasive and polarizing. My materials do not want to be archived. I have to chase them down and sweep them up. It is partially for these reasons that the senses have been placed in a hierarchy: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. So what happens when I ask you to taste and smell art as much as you see it? As a strategy for engagement and shifting the relationship between the artist and viewer to artist and participant, my work is often site specific, rooted in and shaped by its location. But how do we define location in an age of diaspora and globalization? I am also interested in tracing movement: the movements we make today and the movements we’ve made for centuries. If globalization has been a long time in the making, how does it shape our experiences of home? I want my work to be challenging and impractical; I want art to ask questions.
http://sitabhaumik.com/artwork/1816726_Sweet_Sour_Salty_Bitter_Curry.html

Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik    親近家園
如果沒有鼻子我們能嗅出什麼呢？味道與生存、記憶、以及看法的差異緊密相連。對於那些無形的跡象，感知在我們對它們的識別時起什麼作用呢？我們是如何品嚐、嗅和触摸的？感知的法則是什麼？作為一個裝置藝術家，我在每天消耗的快速消費品中，發現了這些問題的答案。食物和氣味是四處飄散分化的。我並不想保留把我的物品，我想追逐、除去它們。這說明了為什麼在某種程度上感知是按等級劃分的，依次為：視覺、聽覺、嗅覺、味覺和触覺。假如我讓你不僅觀看藝術，同時品嚐並聞到藝術，如何？為了讓藝術家和觀賞者的關係轉變為藝術家與參與者，我常常根據特定空間創作，以求達到某種互動。但是如何定義一個疏散和全球化並存的時代呢？我也喜歡追尋動態：我們今天的動態和幾千年來的動態。如果全球化已經存在多時，這如何營造我們對家的體驗？我需要我的作品具有挑戰性、不切實際，因為我希望藝術可以提出問題。

Cynthia Tom: Stories to Tell: Discards and Variances

In a country where so much is wasted, artists use this readily available media to reinterpret how we interact with the world around us. Cynthia Tom explores the stories of discarded humans of the past and brings attention to the ones in her present. Using little pillows and personal paintings she pays homage to those everyday items and individuals discarded by families and society. As a counterpoint to these stories, the hopefulness and concept of “journey” that Jennifer Ewing’s spirit boats bring create points of imagination, delight and healing. We are transported by their installation from inside YBCA and out.  http://www.cynthiatom.com/

Cynthia Tom    關於拋棄和多樣的故事
在這個浪費現象無處不在的國度，藝術家們利用他們能用的媒體資源來重新解釋我們是如何與世界互動的。 Cynthia Tom創造了一個故事，關於過去的已經被遺忘的人們，以及現在的人們。用枕頭和自己的畫作，她向被家庭社會拋棄的日常用品和個人感到悲哀。 Jennifer Ewing “旅程”作品中帶來希望的精神之船，應用了想像、愉悅和治愈這些點對應這些故事。芳草地藝術中心內部和外部的展出，傳達著我們的思想。

Liu Xianbiao, The Road

This work is more than the footage of people’s mobility on the road; it’s the living of everyday life on the road. This is a set of images shot    on Southwest China Road, recording people in the midst of the rapid development of Chinese society. The variety of people and  vehicles on the road express views on these fast-changing times. People, despite a difficult life, put all their effort toward their own ideals. They yearn for a better life, but is this development the direction we want to follow? If so, what will become of the poetic landscape?  http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/8828775-1285722970.html

 

劉賢標    路
這部作品想要表達的比路上行走的人們多得多。這是一幅真實的每日街景。這組照片拍攝於中國西南路，記錄了處於快速發展的中國社會中的人們。人和交通工具的多樣化展示了這個日新月異的時代。儘管生活艱苦，人們為自己的理想作出了所有努力。他們渴望讓生活更美好，然而這些發展是在引領我們走向更美好的生活的方向嗎？如果是這樣，詩意的美景將由何取代？

Imin Yeh, Good Imports

Good Imports is a collection of found objects that have been discarded. These objects have been wrapped in the style of fabric reserved for the cloth-covered boxes that house the “good imports” from China: teapots, medicine balls, mah-jong games and stone seal sets. The fabric is individually hand printed and then swathed around the objects, removing their function and turning them into “non-threatening” sculptural objects.  http://iminyeh.info/

葉艾明   優質進口商品
優質進口商品是一組被發現同時也已經被遺棄的物品的集合。這些物品都用絲綢包裝，保存於布料做成的包裝盒裡，在中國作為優質產品被進口。這些物品包括茶壺、藥丸、麻將和石頭印章。這些用於包裹的絲綢都是手工編織，它們已失去了原有的功能，變成純粹的雕塑般的物品。

Stella Zhang, STUFF

Creating art is a process of self-examination, and this process enables me to collect my thoughts. We live in complex time that is in many ways defined by excessive want, greed, and waste. We all pursue a good life, but in this pursuit, do we really have choices? Without recognizing or aspiring to a specific destination, my art is a record of everyday life. This gives me an opportunity to look at myself more closely.
We all react to materials, whether we find them attractive or frightening. The desire for stuff makes one greedy and afraid at same time. We privilege finished commodities, but not how they are packaged. We shop at Safeway, but care little for the plastic shopping bags (unless we save them to collect more garbage). We ignore the cardboard used for packaging many of the goods we consume. We are overflowing with stuff, but this stuff must be made available to us and it has to be packaged. This packaging embodies a history and its own special language. Releasing plastic bags and cardboard from useless connections to human character enables one to redefine them. Perhaps they point to new concepts. Maybe their individual qualities have been neglected with the development of the consumer society. These objects contain many meanings that overlap. They represent our lifestyles. Damage, chaos, survival, and fragility define their relationship with humans. Faith and doubt are expressed in the objects illustrating the relationships between complexity and balance, order and disorder, attraction and repulsion. www.stellazhang.com

張爽   物品

藝術創作是自我審視的一個過程，讓我能夠匯集我的思想。我們生活在一個複雜的時代，過度的慾望、貪婪、浪費在許多方面體現。我們都在追求美好生活，但是在追尋過程中，我們真的有選擇嗎？我記錄的是日常生活，而非鼓舞人心的生活終點。這給了我一個機會，一個更近地審視自己的機會。
無論吸引的或恐怖的物質，我們都會有所反應。對於物質的渴求讓人們變得貪婪，同時變得害怕。我們享受商品，但不關心他們如何被打包。我們安全消費，卻很少收集塑料袋（除非我們想用它們收集更多的垃圾）。我們也直接忽略那些用於包裝的紙板。我們過多地消耗物品，所有物品在使用之後都要被打包、毀棄。包裹可以展示一段歷史，因為它有自己的語言。將無用的塑料袋和紙板箱變成人類的一種特質，可以讓人們重新定義它們。也許他們的本質被快速發展的社會掩蓋了。這些物品包含太多含義，他們代表了我們的生活方式。毀滅、混亂、生存、脆弱可以用來定義他們和人的關係。信任和懷疑在表達複雜和平衡、規則與混亂、吸引和排斥的物品中體現。

Join us this Saturday, March 5th at 1pm to experience the 2009-2010 In Search of Roots Interns’ journeys firsthand. Held in the Chinese Culture Center auditorium, the afternoon will focus on Rooters’ highlight moments throughout their experiences both in China and upon returning to San Francisco with new found perspectives on their identity and their community.

Interns with ancestral ties to seven regions in the Pearl River Delta (Taishan, Kaiping, Enping, Chaoshan, Xinhui, Foshan, Zhongshan) will guide the symposium through dialogue, performance, and audience interactions. A special section dedicated to “Raw Rooting,” a term describing the on-the-ground research by interns with minimal concrete details regarding the location of their ancestral homes, will take place following village-based discussions.

Visitors are invited to speak personally with the interns at a 3:30 pm reception, which will be held in the foyer immediately outside the Chinese Culture Center Auditorium. As part of the program’s 20 year anniversary celebrations, the Presentation will also feature the unveiling of the Village Archive, which will for the first time provide a permanent online home for two decades of research chronicling every Rooter’s journey to his or her ancestral village. The project culminates years of archiving and was generously supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The 2010 In Search of Roots Book will also be available for sale.

Doors Open at 12:30pm
Presentation from 1pm
Reception at 3:30pm

For more information, please email us at info@c-c-c.org

Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco Presents:
TCM Free Clinic

Saturday April 2 11am-3pm

This year, the CCC is holding the first  Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Free Clinic, held in collaboration with licensed acupuncturists,  herbalists, and practitioners from the International TCM Symposium of San Francisco.

The clinic will be held at the Chinese Culture Center on April 2 from 10am to 5pm and will feature bilingual lectures on Dietary Therapy, focusing on the particular seasonal transition between winter and spring. Lectures will focus on the use of foods that tonify internal organs and systems as they correlate with the principles of the Five Elements (fire, water, earth, wood, water, and metal.

The community is invited to attend both lectures and all-day clinic visits with licensed practitioners, who will also be on hand to prescribe and provide patient-specific herbal remedies. TCM is a critical part of Chinese culture, and the CCC looks forward to this inaugural partnership.

Speaker Profiles:

Caiping Tang Ph.D, LA.c & QME
Caiping Tang graduated from the Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a Ph.D in endocrinology, and completed tenures at the Guangdong Province Hospital as an Associate Professor of TCM and at the Five Branches University as a Doctorate Professor and TCM department chair. His most recent position is that of Director of the California Certified Acupuncturist Association, and Vice president of the Research Institute of Chinese Medicine. He maintains a private practice, the Dr. Tang Acupuncture Clinic.

演講者一覽

1:00-1:45pm

中藥養生與四季食療

演講人：Caiping Tang （Ph.D, L.A.c & QME）

Caiping Tang畢業于廣州中醫大學，泌尿學博士，廣東省醫院中醫學終身教授，Five Branches University博士班教授、中醫學院主席。現在是加州職業針灸協會總監，中醫研究所副總監，同時經營the Dr. Tang針灸診所。

Christopher Lee, L.A.c
Christopher Lee is a California Acupuncture Board Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) and Chinese herbalist. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Societies with a focus on health care policy and healthcare systems and earned a Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. He also completed the International Training Program in Chinese Herbal Medicine, Acupuncture, and Tui Na at the Chengdu University of TCM in China. He currently practices at the ACTCM community clinic and the Bay Area Veteran’s Acupuncture Clinic.

2:00-2:45pm

中醫與癌症

演講人：Christopher Lee, L.A.c

Christopher Lee是加州針灸協會的職業針灸師、中醫藥師。他畢業于賓夕法尼亞大學，社會醫療保健專業（主攻醫療制度）。他在舊金山American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine獲得中醫學碩士。他也參加並完成中國成都大學中醫院的中醫藥、針灸推拿的國際培訓項目。他目前就職于ACTCM社區診所和灣區 Veteran’s Acupuncture診所。

The CCC is holding two Guzheng events in partnership with the San Francisco Guzheng Society.

On April 22, the CCC will host a free Guzheng class from 4:30 to 5:30pm, with instructor Weishan Liu, director of the San Francisco Guzheng Music Society. If you are interested in attending please email us at info@c-c-c.org or give us a call at 415 986 1822.The class is limited to 15 students.

On May 1, the CCC will co-sponsor the 29th Annual Concert: The Sound of the Zheng. with the San Francisco Guzheng Music Society. The event is themed “From Shanghai to San Francisco” and features Maestro Weishan Liu and young virtuoso Liu Le, along with the Golden Flower and the Purple Orchid youth groups. The musicians will lead the audience through a program ranging from traditional to contemporary guzheng music. Check here for ticket information!

五月一日 第二十九屆年度古箏音樂會

本地音樂大師攜手上海演奏家劉樂  全力呈獻

舊金山訊 （3月27日，2011） 舊金山古箏音樂團將于2011年5月1日下午3時至5時，在中華文化中心（舊金山，750 Kearny Street），舉辦第二十九屆年度古箏音樂會— 箏之聲。此次音樂會主題為“從上海到舊金山”，將由音樂大師劉維珊，青年演奏家劉樂，與舊金山古箏團的金花、紫蘭花青年音樂團攜手呈現。

此次音樂會是古箏演奏家劉樂在美國的首場演出。屆時，他將表演四段古箏演奏。其中的《袖夢》和《光陰熱歌》由劉樂本人作曲。另外兩曲《醉蓮歌謠》和《Sacrificial Offering》是由上海作曲家李蕾和美籍華裔作曲家沈逸文為劉樂特別譜寫。

劉樂畢業于上海音樂學院，師從著名古箏音樂家、教育家王蔚教授。他曾獲2009年金鍾獎金獎、2007年“亞洲明日之星音樂大賽”金獎、2008“上海之春國際音樂節”金獎、2009中宣部和中央電視臺舉辦的“CCTV民族樂器電視大賽”青年組銀獎，以及其他國内和國際獎項。

劉樂曾多次與世界知名交響樂團合作，其中包括法國國家廣播交響樂團、德國柏林廣播交響樂團、瑞典哥德堡交響樂團、丹麥歐登塞交響樂團、芬蘭新室内樂團、以及新加坡華樂團等。他還曾多次在大型國際音樂節上表演，如“ISCM世界新音樂節”、“MUSIC HOST國際音樂節”、“Ultraschall國際音樂節”、“大西洋藝術節”、以及“香港國際藝術節”。

在過去的四年中，劉樂共譜寫了10首單曲、4部交響曲，發表了3張專輯和多首單曲。同時，他還舉辦了20餘場演奏會。

請勿錯過這一精彩表演。常規票價：$25,VIP票價：$50。舊金山古箏音樂團會員享受九折。票務咨詢，請致電中華文化中心 415-668-8111。

This year the CCC’s XianRui (Fresharp) series features the work of abstract ink painter Zheng Chongbin.  The highly anticipated show is comprised of fifteen new and site-specific large scale pieces, which include both paintings and video projections.

Zheng’s work has been hailed as ‘unprecedented,’ and embodies the essence of traditional Chinese ink painting as well as the physicality of western abstract traditions. His work conveys both movement and serenity, making the experience of them at once timeless and dynamic.

From Curator Abby Chen:

To say traditional ink painting is Zheng’s home of craft and artistry is no exaggeration. The dislocation from China to the U.S. was a catalyst of his transformation, and the choice he made to go into different genre was an intentional and a conscious one. The willingness and the ability to disengage from the familiarity, and to reconnect back to the root culture after the odyssey, have positioned Zheng as an instrument of cultural translation, which in itself has taken both cultures further to a new present. The presence of ink in these paintings almost resembles the identity of the painter himself and his methodology: in the early works, it has to be loud, direct, and raw; then it mixes, fades, and disappears. It feels to me that he initially needed to forcefully, almost recklessly, dash out in order to rebel and break free, and later subtly, gently, and even secretly pan out, infiltrate, and dominate. What Zheng has managed to achieve from this process is evident and crucial to his artistic development, as well as to the actual practice of what it means to be a Chinese artist in America. White Ink presents a visual overlap, which allows for receiving both forms, without a prior knowledge of one or the other. The energy flow Zheng generates with this exhibition actualizes a process of transformation that denotes Xian Rui’s founding goal: to offer a fresh and sharp perspective that provides new possibilities of thinking about not just Chinese culture, but culture at large, through the lens of an individual artist.

 

如果說傳統水墨畫是鄭重賓藝術生命的家鄉也毫不誇張。從中國到美國的遷徙是他發生蛻變的催化劑，而嘗試不同的藝術類型體現了他主觀的藝術行為。他有意願亦有能力與過去的既定框架進行分離，又在“遠行”之後回歸本源，這種經歷讓他具有更加深入的文化詮釋能力，為兩種文化帶來新的表現形式。其水墨的藝術表達揭示的是畫家對自身認識和繪畫方式的轉變：早期的作品如吶喊，直接，毫不掩飾；後期則混沌，淡然，甚至消失不見。他最初以強烈甚至略顯魯莽的方式擺脫束縛和尋求自由，而後以微妙，溫和甚至隱秘的方式回歸，滲透和駕馭。這種變化對鄭重賓的藝術昇華至關重要，因為它恰恰印證了一位華人藝術家在美國的蛻變過程。 《白墨／White Ink》從視覺上展現兩種風格的重疊，讓觀者在無須精通任何一種形式的前提下，同時感知和體驗水墨和抽象藝術。鄭重賓在本次展覽上所營造出的氛圍和展現出的創新詮釋了成立鮮銳（Xian Rui）年度項目的初衷：鮮活元素和犀利視角的藝術化呈現，通過藝術家個人的視野為中華文化乃至更廣闊領域的文化提供新的可能性。

 

White Ink is on view Tuesdays – Saturdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Chinese Culture Center, 750 Kearny St., 3^rd Floor (inside the Hilton Hotel). Admission to the gallery is free.
From June 18- July 17, White Ink will also be on display at the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center in Santa Clara.

Copies of the White Ink Catalog will be on sale in the CCC gallery.

Read reviews of White Ink and artist Zheng Chongbin (click on logos for articles)

On Thursday May 19, the Chinese Culture Center will present its first installment of Art at Night, a series dedicated to providing the community with space to enjoy great art and great food, and contribute to a great cause. This inaugural event will pair the opening of the Center’s 2011 XianRui (Fresharp) artist’s series, Zheng Chongbin’s White Ink, with an exclusive concert, Sumie Sounds, by renowned jazz ensemble, the Francis Wong Unit. Tickets to Sumie Sounds are $25 and include light hors d’ oeuvres, a glass of wine and entry for an 8pm raffle generously sponsored by the Hilton San Francisco Financial District hotel. The winner and a guest will receive complimentary airfare for two and a 2 night stay in the Hilton San Diego Bayfront (must be present to win).

All proceeds will benefit the Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund created by the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC). Inspired by the fluidity, innovation, and pulse of ink painting, this event pays homage to shared Japanese and Chinese artistic traditions and to Asian American community solidarity.

藝術之夜

開場：2011年5月19日下午5：00
閉幕：2011年5月19日晚上9：00                                 地點：美國

5月19日（週四），“藝術之夜”第一期即將隆重上映！ “藝術之夜”是一個由舊金山中華文化中心主辦的系列活動，為公眾提供愉悅的藝術和食物上的享受，並藉此完成一項偉大的事業。 “藝術之夜”將與2011鮮銳藝術家——“鄭重賓和他的白墨”一同開幕，同時將上演著名爵士樂團——王漢明（Francis Wong）獨家演出“墨繪之聲”。 “墨繪之聲”的票價為25美元，除了音樂上的享受，還提供一杯葡萄酒和舊金山金融區希爾頓大酒店組織的晚上8點的抽獎活動。得獎者可以邀請一人，共同享受免費的聖地亞哥希爾頓大酒店的海景套房2晚，以及免費機票2張。

本次活動所有收入都將捐給由南加州日本文化交流中心創辦的救援日本北部地震的基金會。

5:00pm -7:00pm / White Ink

Chinese Culture Center, 3^rd Floor Hilton San Francisco Financial District

The opening of White Ink marks the first collaboration between the Chinese Culture Center and artist Zheng Chongbin, whose groundbreaking approach to contemporary ink painting has been described as ‘open[ing] a door whose existence was hitherto unsuspected.’ His large-scale, site specific works exude a dynamic, modern energy imbued with the timeless harmony of the Chinese ink painting tradition. The show marks the fourth installation of the Chinese Culture Center’s XianRui (Fresharp) series, which showcases emerging Chinese American contemporary artists’ work.

下午5：00—晚上7：00/“白墨”

舊金山金融區希爾頓大酒店3樓  舊金山中華文化中心

“白墨”展的開幕標誌著中華文化中心和鄭重賓的第一次合作。鄭重賓運用開創性的手法來創作當代水墨畫，這就像“打開了一扇前所未知的門”。他作畫的範圍很廣，展出的具體作品流露出的動態和現代活力，與中國傳統水墨畫的無盡永恆互相映襯，相得益彰。本次展覽是“鮮銳藝術家個展系列”的第四輯，展示了在美華人當代藝術家的成果。

7:00pm – 9:00pm / Sumie Sounds

3^rd Floor Hilton San Francisco Financial District

Sumie Sounds is titled to reflect artistic comparison of legendary jazz musician Miles Davis’s work to Japanese Sumie (墨絵) painting. With Sumie Sounds, the Francis Wong Unit explores the notion of art illustrated as music. The Unit features Francis Wong, saxophone, Karl Evangelista, guitar, Karen Stackpole, drums, and special guest Jon Jang.

Tickets are available here.

晚上7：00—晚上9：00/墨繪之聲

舊金山金融區希爾頓大酒店3樓  舊金山中華文化中心

“墨繪之聲”的命名，來源於傳奇爵士演奏者Miles Davis的作品和日本墨繪作品的藝術對比。本次演奏中，王漢明樂團包括薩克斯手王漢明（Francis Wong）、吉他手Karl Evangelista、鼓手Karen Stackpole以及特邀嘉賓Jon Jang。他們將用音樂來詮釋藝術，展示音樂的奧秘。
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From Then ‘Til Now: 46^th Anniversary Auction Showcase

The Chinese Culture Center is proud to present From Then ‘Til Now: 46^th Anniversary Auction Showcase, running from September 25 through October 15.

Marking 46 years of the Chinese Culture Center’s visual arts programming, From Then ‘Til Now celebrates the partnerships and individuals who have made CCC the vibrant destination for arts and culture that it is today. Collected with donors, artists, and the Chinatown community, each piece reflects a unique moment in the Center’s history and artistic development, and will be available both for on-site auction and immediate purchase.

We will feature paintings, vintage woodblock prints, sculptures, and photography as well as adornments and artifacts from four decades of CCC history. Its years of reach contextualizes the Center as a cornerstone of San Francisco’s evolving culture and Chinese community, and walks viewers through the journey from past to present. Artists include Jian Hai Zhao (aka Pop Zhao), Mo Che, Julia Nee Chu, C.J. Yao, Hei Han Khiang, Tsung Woo Han, and many others.

Experience the richness of 46 years in three weeks! From Then ‘Til Now opens alongside the Center’s second annual Chinatown Music Festival and runs through October 15, the night of the Center’s 46^th anniversary gala, Harmony and Bliss.

All proceeds from the exhibition will benefit the Chinese Culture Center’s 2012 arts programs and public events.

The Chinese Culture Center is excited to announce the first U.S. exhibition of Guangzhou-based artist Liu Yin. Liu explores the anxieties and confusions of love, nature, and consumerism in modern life. Her bright and cartoon-like paintings and drawings create an ambiguity around one’s relationship to these sometimes alienating notions. Liu has previously exhibited in China, Italy, Germany, and Sweden. Her exhibition “Liu Yin: Oh, Chinese Boy… Don’t Be Ashamed” opens on October 27 and is on view through December 31. All works are for sale and reasonably priced. From Guangzhou, Liu Lin explores the anxieties and confusions of love, nature, and consumerism in modern life. Her bright and cartoon-like paintings and drawings create an ambiguity around one’s relationship to these sometimes alienating notions. Liu has exhibited in China, Italy, Germany, and Sweden. This is her first show in the United States.

“Liu Yin: Oh, Chinese Boy… Don’t Be Ashamed…” is curated by Jenny Leung and Matthew Harrison Tedford.

The Chinese Culture Center gallery is open from 10am to 4pm, Tuesdays through Saturdays.

無論是大眾媒體乃至商品文化，來自廣州的藝術家劉茵透過模糊與荒謬的黑暗手法反映了現代大都市生活。女學生對愛情的緊張通過素描與油畫是否呈現了真實的痛苦、亦或這只不過是一個十幾歲青少年所自導的滑稽情景喜劇？在這些作品中的“花朵腦袋男孩”可稱之為“情為何物”的美化版本，是只有戀愛中的青少年與電視製片人的腦袋裡能想像出來的事物。然而，從另一個以男孩為主題的作品這兒、我們卻可悲慘地看到開胸剜心的畫面！

大自然似乎與道義之間有著敵對的矛盾。在這系列作品中，枯萎的植物、不祥的魚與孤獨的島所代表的是唯一完全自然的環境。但是，在自然之中卻能夠模糊地發現、唯物主義是沒有緩刑的。消費主義的碎屑產生了一種與現代世界之間不太確定的共生。果汁盒不確定地洩漏著糖精及美味的汁液或者人血。

然而，這對她的環境來說卻又提供了一種脆弱的關係，劉茵的作品並不煽動絕望或恐懼。卡通般的字符與華麗色彩的渲染瀰漫著憂鬱而又溫暖的心。戲劇性的愛情、隔離的自然與異化的商品， 甚至被切斷而丟失的頭顱，透過劉茵的筆觸，都化作了一縷輕快與平易近人。

梁凱欣 與 譚馬修
助理策展人

Preview: “It’ll all be laid out through clever, quirky and cartoonish paintings.” – Lily Ko, SF Station

“Titled ‘Oh, Chinese Boy … Don’t Be Ashamed …,’ it consists of 12 paintings that form a cartoon story of schoolgirl romance.” – Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle

To see Liu Yin’s past work, visit her gallery below:

Find more images like this on Chinese Culture Foundation Artist Network

Liu Yin, "Embrace", pen, watercolor, paper; 28.5 x 37 cm

The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco is thrilled to present “11/11! A Celebration of Youth,” an evening event inaugurating the CCC’s Young Artist Series.

Inspired by the first steps toward embarking upon a creative path, 11/11! pays homage to the liberation, anxiety, and artistic potential of youth.
Across Chinese cultures, the date 11/11 is a celebration of youth. Mainland China celebrates the freedom of singledom. In Hong Kong, the date is a celebration of young couples. And Taiwan has taken on a wholly different twist, honoring twins. But all interpretations of this holiday have at their core an honoring of and respect for youth and vitality. This makes the once-in-a-century 11/11/11 a singularly perfect date to inaugurate the Chinese Culture Center’s new initiative to highlight and promote emerging local and international artists. On this night, we will host a party for singles and couples (and even twins!) to rejoice in youthful creativity and energy. The event will honor a young Guangzhou-based artist and her first U.S. exhibition, “Liu Yin: Oh, Chinese Boy… Don’t Be Ashamed…,” alongside Jiang Xueman, a Shanghai artist who reinvents traditional calendars. Liu Yin’s work is now on view in the Chinese Culture Center gallery.

Visitors are invited to come to the Chinese Culture Center Gallery from 5pm to 7pm on Friday 11/11/11 for free refreshments, music, art, and revelry.

Brought to you by the Chinese Culture Center’s 1111 Committee – Matthew Tedford, Emmy Komada, Jenny Leung, YuehYee Thong, and Present Tense Biennial 2013.

The CCC Young Artist Series provides a venue for up and coming contemporary artists to engage our audience through multidisciplinary exhibitions and performances throughout the year. To learn more or become a CCC Young Artist, email galleryshop@c-c-c.org.

“As Chinese celebrations go, 1 1 is a new one, going back 10 or 15 years. But 11/11/2011 will be bigger than all the 1 1′s before and all 1 1′s for 100 years afterward.” – Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle

Jiang Xueman 《平安无事》 2009; 200cmX145cm

中華文化中心揭幕青年藝術家系列展

舊金山-舊金山中華文化中心將隆重舉辦“11/11! A Celebration of Youth,”活動,這場晚會將揭開CCC青年藝術家系列展序幕。這是我們邁向創新之路的第一步，我們將藉11/11！表達對青年一代的思想解放, 憂慮和其藝術潛力關注和敬意。

在華人當代文化中，11/11已儼然成為青年慶祝日。在中國大陸，年輕人在這天慶祝單身的自由。在香港，這是年輕夫婦的節日。台灣則賦予它完全不同的意義，在這天他們為雙胞胎而慶祝。對這個節日的所有不同的解讀其核心都在於對青春和活力的尊重和推崇。因此我們決定在11/11/11這個百年一度的日子里拉開中華文化中心新方向的序幕，在以後的活動裡更加突出和發掘新興的本地和國際藝術家。在這個夜晚，我們將為單身青年和夫婦們（甚至雙胞胎！）舉辦派對，來分享青春的創造力和活力。這次活動將推出一個來自廣州的青年藝術家和她在美國的首次作品展，“劉茵: 噢, 中國男孩…勿羞愧…”。另外，此次活動還將推出一位來自上海的藝術家江雪曼，她改造中國傳統的日曆，在其中加入了新鮮的元素。劉茵的作品現陳列於中華文化中心江可伯畫廊。

來訪者可於11/11/11週五下午五點至七點往中華文化中心畫廊。我們將提供免費茶點，音樂和藝術品以供欣賞。

該派對由中華文化中心11/11委員會舉辦—譚馬修，柯雁秋，梁凱欣，唐月儀，2013現在時雙年會

CCC's 1111 Committee: Emmy, Jenny, YuehYee, and Matthew

Held annually, the CCC’s Winter Concert Series celebrates musical artistry from the Bay Area and around the world. With its promotion of skilled classical, folk and contemporary Chinese music, Melody of China is a leading ambassador of our community, and we are very excited to hold our 2011 show in partnership with them. Join us at 2PM for an intimate talk with the performers and musicians of Melody of China, where you’ll learn more about traditional and contemporary Chinese music and its presence and influence in the Bay Area.

Learn more and listen to Melody of China here.

Saturday, December 10: 2PM-4:30
CCC Auditorium
750 Kearny St. 3rd Floor

Ticket prices include special discounts for seniors, students, and CCC members. We look forward to seeing you there!