Exhibitions Archive

Tea Exhibition (Pacific Heritage Musuem)

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Xian Rui (Fresh & Sharp) Series - Dora Hsiung

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Chromatic Constructions, Contemporary Fiber Art (9/09 - 1/09/2010)

Present Tense Biennial 2009: 5/2 - 8/23

Monday, April 6th, 2009


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.

“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

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現在時雙年展2009:華藝先鋒

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

現在時雙年展:華藝先鋒
舊金山中華文化中心最新推出的展覽中,31位中美兩國當代藝術家筆下,舊金山中國城化作充斥當代中華文化奇思妙想的實驗室

2009年5月1日至8月23日

舊金山——中華文化中心主辦的現在時雙年展:華藝先鋒中,31位來自灣區内外的年輕藝術家將演繹他們對當代華人文化的審時度勢之作。此次會展得到乾尼街工作室 (KSW) 的支持,并誠邀藝術交叉點(Intersection for the Arts)項目總監陳凱明策展。展覽形式多元,包括攝影、錄像、油畫、動畫、雕塑及裝置等多種類型,主展場設在舊金山中華文化中心畫廊,並延伸至九個散佈在中國城的臨街櫥窗中。展覽對公眾免費開放,展期為2009年5月1日至8月23日, 會員及貴賓酒會將于2009年5月1日下午6點30分舉行。公共開幕儀式將于2009年5月2日下午1點舉行。

此次雙年展旨在展示全新視角下的當代華人文化以及置身其中的全球思維青年社群。“這的確是一份此時此地關于中華二字的問卷,特別是針對年輕人,”陳凱明先生談到。“中國和海外華人族群都在經歷巨大的變遷,而年輕一代活力四射,正是一系列變遷的主角。我們認爲年輕人里的藝術家們具有探究這些變遷的更大資本,因為他們本身是與各種變化水乳交融的。”參展的藝術家們有些來自中國,有些是海外華裔,也有不少非華裔人士。陳凱明說:“如果你的展覽僅局限于某一族裔,這種視野未免過於狹隘。因而我們是站在國際化立場的,力求將其他族裔社群帶入我們的對話。”

豐富多變的視角是今屆雙年展最顯著的特點。中華文化中心項目總監,共同策展人陳暢說:“中華文化再也不能被泛泛的概括。‘中華’現在是一个非常複雜的概念,華人在世界的每個角落開枝散葉並落地生根 。我認爲要靠年輕人來樹立這個概念,因爲他們肩上沒有沉重的歷史包袱。”

攝影師李荊山的作品在這一點上頗具代表性。現年二十出頭的他在聖布理諾(San Bruno)長大,是一名攝影師,通過互聯網已經建立了相當規模的追隨者群體。他的作品包括一系列以其父親為主角的人物攝影,挑戰了傳統觀念中保守的美國華裔家庭形象。李的父親也生於美國,在這些照片中,他和兒子的年輕朋友們一起派對,站在他的老牌福特皮卡前大擺浦士,在社區公共游泳池裏露出全身上下的紋身圖樣,或是精心打扮,準備享受夜生活。

錄像藝術家方璐,往返創作於北京和灣區,她的參展作品音樂錄影“直出香港” 長度僅2分鐘,卻給中美文化這盤雜燴添了新味。方璐請來Oakland的Hyphy說唱歌手Keldamuzik和她的成員組,并教她們對口型學唱舊金山華裔硬核搖滾樂隊鼻祖“死白鬼”的粵語原唱“直出香港”。場景設于舊金山Mission區一家廉價百貨店。“‘直出香港’讓我們看到了多個層面的文化脫節,”策展人陳凱明如是評價。

美籍華裔攝影師張凌生對顛覆的描繪中國文化很有興趣。他的系列作品“錦繡中華”乍一看是萬里長城等名勝,實際上卻是類似迪斯尼“明日世界”主題公園的微縮景觀,拍攝于佛羅里達州一處未完成的中國主題公園,現已荒廢。

美籍墨西哥裔藝術家Sergio de La Torre 帶來參展的是一部名為 “新龍城(Nuevo Dragon City)”的 錄像作品。De La Torre 出生於蒂華納(Tijuana), 那里的華裔族群默默無聞,卻是幾代華裔移民的第二故鄉。通過他的作品,觀衆得以管中窺豹蒂華納的華人世界。為了拍攝這部作品,他回到家鄉,偕同當地華裔青少年,試圖再現相傳發生在二十世紀二十年代的一起真實事件。當時的華裔居民,為躲避暴徒的襲擊,藏身於一家傢俱店。拍攝過程中,少年們無聲的壘起傢俱,擋住窗口,畫面隨之越來越暗,映射出當時身為少數族群的華裔被忽視、排擠及隔離的內心狀態。

來自廣州的畫家梁麗婷的系列組畫,受傳統書法啓發,混合圖像和文字,極具個人風格。畫作的主題圍繞中國大陸前衛的性別觀和女權主義等。

除了在中華文化中心畫廊展出之外,舊金山中國城的幾處臨街櫥窗,也將展出部分作品。陳先生解釋說:“這些都市風格的作品穿行於藝術與商業之間。觀察社區民衆對它們的反應,肯定很有意思。路人可能會納悶,它們是不是明碼標價的商品。”

拿概念藝術家羅文驎來說,他將帶來名為KLo的虛構商標運動鞋,專門針對年輕的亞裔消費者。在羅文驎的早期作品中,他有一個完全虛構的分身。這個角色曾是街頭籃球傳奇式的人物,親手調教了科比布萊恩特這樣的NBA明星。該運動鞋系列則是他探討體育界關於亞裔男性固有觀念的新嘗試。 

另一位藝術家葉艾明的作品也將在中國城臨街櫥窗中展出。葉艾明對中國進口貨物的包裝圖案近乎癡迷,他仿制了最常見的一種,把從咖啡機到筆記本電腦的所有東西都包了起來。葉艾明此次展覽的作品是一座用紙質商品搭成的假山。

參展的其他藝術家包括:塔瑪拉,陳曼玲,張文馨,張維倫,崔斐,胡智騰,卜樺,黃介彥,Suzanne Husky,李煥庭,馬良,林冠瑩,Elizabeth Moy,張賢明,Tucker Nichols,夏漢強,Nadim Sabella,Zachary Royer Scholz,岑志廉,Charlene Tan,蔡仁杰,雲明正,雲翠蘭。

Afterlife - CCCgallery.org Exhibition at Mills Building & Lecture in Silicon Valley

Friday, March 20th, 2009

The first in a series of online exhibitions for cccGallery.org, Afterlife celebrates diverse views on spirituality and mortality. Images submitted from several different counties explore life transitions and can currently be viewed on the Chinese Culture Center homepage, www.c-c-c.org.

We invite you to share thoughts and reviews of Afterlife by joining cccGallery.org to post member comments. Afterlife will start from March on www.c-c-c.org and March 21 to June 21, 2009 at the Mills Building (220 Montgomery Street).

Lecture & discussion:
Time: April 12, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm
Location: Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale
Street: 750 East Arques Ave.
City/Town: Sunnyvale
Website or Map: http://sunnyvale.ctzen.org/
Contact Info: 408.733.0750 Read More »

1/16/09 - 4/12/09: In Search of Roots Exhibit

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Date/日期: January 16, 2009 to April 12, 2009

Exhibition Opening/展覽開幕
Time/時間: 6:30pm to 8:00pm on January 16, 2009
Location/地點: Chinese Culture Center Gallery
750 Kearny Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108 Read More »

Icons Exhibition: Docent Tours & Online Catalog Orders Now Available

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Docent Tours for the Chinese Culture Center’s new exhibition, Icons of Presence, led by Janice Hom, are now available from 1 to 2 pm on the following dates:

Saturday, December 6
Wednesday, December 10
Wednesday, December 17

If you would like a group tour, please send email to: janice@c-c-c.org.
Individuals can show up promptly on the day of. If you cannot make these dates and would like a tour, please contact Janice.

Along with this exhibition, the Chinese Culture Center also published a beautiful catalog, written by curator Margo Machida. The catalog is now available to order through this website. To order, click here and follow the links.

10.23.08 - 1.3.09: Icons of Presence Exhibition

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008



Icons of Presence: Asian American Activist Art

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Book Signing & Gallery Tour

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Date: 9/20/08
Time: 1 - 3pm
Location: CCC Gallery
750 Kearny St, 3rd Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Admission: Free

Chinese - 中文網頁

In conjunction with its Chinese Puzzles Exhibition, the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco will be organizing a special event celebrating the publication of “Chinese Puzzles: Games for the Hands and Mind”. Read more >>

Chinese Puzzles Exhibition

Sunday, June 15th, 2008



Chinese Puzzles:

Games for the Hands and Mind

Traditional Chinese Puzzles from the Yi Zhi Tang Collection

中國傳統益智遊戲

“This unique and exciting exhibition will bring much enjoyment to viewers of all ages!”
- Terese Tse Bartholomew, Curator Emeritus, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Read More »