맨해튼 첼시의 홀리스 타가트 갤러리(Hollis Taggart: 521 West 26th St., 1st Fl. )가 7월 11일부터 9월 7일까지 아시안아메리칸 아티스트들의 추상화를 집중 조명하는 그룹전 'Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary'을 연다. 이 전시엔 안동국 Don Ahn (1937-2013), 천운주 Oonju Chun (b. 1956), 이하윤 Hayoon Jay Lee (b. 1962), 배소현 SoHyun Bae (b. 1967), 에스터 장 Aesther Chang (b. 1994) 등 한인 미술가, 중국계, 일본계 미술가들과 아돌프 고트리브 Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974), 프란츠 클라인 Franz Kline (1910-1962), 로버트 마더웰 Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), 테오도로스 스타모스 Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997) 등 미국의 추상표현주의 화가까지 47인의 작품이 선보인다. 전시 큐레이터는 제프리 웨츨러(Jeffrey Wechsler)와 한인 에밀리 천(Emily Chun)이다. 

 

Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary

 

11 July - 7 September 2024

Hollis Taggart: 521 West 26th St., 1st Fl. 

 

Curated by Jeffrey Wechsler and Emily Chun 

 

SoHyun Bae, Untitled, 2023, Rice-paper and pure pigment on canvas, 72 x 24 in.

 

Hollis Taggart Presents Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary, Gallery’s Largest Exhibition to Date On View July 11 – September 7, Exhibition Showcases East Asia’s Impact on American Art, from Abstract Expressionism to the Contributions of the Asian Diaspora June 26, 2024 – Hollis Taggart is pleased to present Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary, a group exhibition of 47 historic and contemporary American artists whose oeuvres have been influenced by East Asian artistic traditions. 

 

Featuring the work of both Asian-American and American Abstract Expressionist artists, the exhibition traces how the artistic traditions of East Asia have made an indelible mark on American art history. Ranging from 1950s Abstract Expressionist works by artists including Franz Kline, Sam Francis, and Dusti Bongé to recent works by contemporary artists including Ivy Wu, Gwen Yen Chiu, and Hayoon Jay Lee, the exhibition presents an intergenerational dialogue about 

the lasting international influence of East Asian artistic techniques and philosophies. 

 

On view from July 11 through September 7, 2024, and spreading across both floors of the gallery as well as its annex, Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary will open with a reception on Thursday, July 11, from 5-8PM. A complementary exhibition, Transcultural Dialogues: The Journey of East Asian Art to the West, will be presented concurrently at Fu Qiumeng Fine Art on the Upper East Side. Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary seeks to continue a curatorial project initiated by curator Jeffrey Wechsler at the Zimmerli Art Museum in 1997 with the acclaimed exhibition Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions: Asian-American Artists and Abstraction, 1945-1970. 

 

Travelling to various venues in the United States, Japan, and Taiwan, the exhibition explored the myriad ways American artists of Asian heritage incorporated traditional East Asian techniques and philosophies into their art. In AsianAmerican Abstraction at Hollis Taggart, Wechsler and the gallery expanded the thesis of the Zimmerli exhibition not only by including the cutting-edge of contemporary art, but also by extending the historic component to include American Postwar artists whose oeuvres were influenced by an appreciation of East Asian traditions. Expanding the original curatorial premise across time and geography, Asian-American Abstraction showcases the creative power of cross-cultural and intergenerational exchange.

 

 

Don Ahn, Dragon with Red, 1999, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

 

“As our gallery has continued its commitment to exhibiting and studying Postwar American Art – taking on the estates of Dusti Bongé, Michael (Corinne) West, Sheila Isham, and Ralph Iwamoto in the past five years alone – we became more and more interested in exploring how these artists are indebted to the rich culture of East Asia,” said Hollis Taggart. “At the same time, as our contemporary division has expanded, we have been observing the tremendous ontributions of Asian American artists to the contemporary art scene. It is through these parallel developments – as well as through conversations with our colleagues Jeffrey Wechsler and Emily Chun – that the idea for this exhibition was born. Both Wechsler and Chun have been instrumental in shaping this exhibition, and we are very grateful to them for providing invaluable curatorial input and sharing their scholarship through their respective catalogue essays.”

 

Contemporary highlights in the exhibition include works by several Asian-American abstractionists who are interested in traditional East Asian writing and incorporating the calligraphic gesture in their work, at times imaginatively abstracting it such as in Oonju Chun’s Sweet Scent (2017). Another highlight is the work of Hayoon Jay Lee, who Hollis Taggart started representing last year and whose primary material is rice, which she meticulously arranges grain by grain in a meditative process, resulting in undulating abstract works like Disturbing the Universe (2022). Also made through a long, focused process are Aesther Chang’s abstract landscape paintings, created by layering multiple layers of oil paint on canvas over time, and which are imbued with spiritual and religious influences from both her Christian faith and Eastern heritage, as in Ether.04 (2023). 

 

As Emily Chun notes in her catalogue essay, “In spite of the simultaneously insufficient and over indexed category of “Asian-American art,” such categorizations can be useful in brokering and attending to Asian-American art, which, as seen in this exhibition, compel so many different types of abstraction, each with its own compounds of visibility and invisibility.” Rather than attempting to find similarities or thematically organize these works, Asian-American Abstraction is intended to be a celebration of the diversity of EastAsian influence on modern and contemporary American art. 

 

 

Sam Francis, Red, Yellow, and Black, 1954, Gouache on paper, 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.

 

Asian-American Abstraction: Historic to Contemporary

-Rollin Crampton (1886-1970)

-Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997)

-Sal Sirugo (1920-2013)

-Michael (Corinne) West (1908-1991)

-Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)

-Hayoon Jay Lee (b. 1962)

-Mark Tobey (1890-1976)

-Ralph Iwamoto (1927-2013)

-Taro Yamamoto (1919-1994)

-Dusti Bongé (1903-1993)

-Kenzo Okada (1902-1982)

-Ivy Wu (b. 1981)

-Peter Arakawa (b. 1956)

-Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992)

-Steve Wada (1917-2011)

-Tad Miyashita (1922-1979)

-Yuming Sun (b. 1963)

-Gabrielle Yi-Wen Mar (b. 1997)

-Hisao Hanafusa (b. 1937)

-Arnold Chang (b. 1954)

-Gwen Yen Chiu (b. 1992)

-Oonju Chun (b. 1956)

-Jennifer Jean Okumura (b. 1980)

-Walasse Ting (1929-2010)

-Marlene Tseng Yu (b. 1937)

-Sumiye Okoshi (1921-2008)

-Vivian Springford (1921-2008)

-Makoto Fujimura (b. 1960)

-Aesther Chang (b. 1994)

-Yuho Chang (b. 1964)

-James Suzuki (1933-2022)

-Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

-Tetsuo Ochikubo (1923-1975)

-Chuang Che (b. 1934)

-Chao Chung-Hsiang (1918-1991)

-Emi Sisk (b. 1976)

-Ming Wang (1921-2016)

-SoHyun Bae (b. 1967)

-Don Ahn (1937-2013)

-Franz Kline (1910-1962)

-Sheila Isham (1927-2024)

-Nishiki Sugawara-Beda (b. 1973)

-Kelly Wang (b. 1992)

-Sam Francis (1923-1994)

-Chinyee (1929-2023)

-Kikuo Saito (1939-2016)

 

 

About Hollis Taggart

Founded in 1979, Hollis Taggart presents significant works of American art, showcasing the trajectory of American art movements from the Hudson River School to American Modernism and the Post-War and Contemporary eras. Its program is characterized by a deep commitment to scholarship and bringing to the fore the work of under-recognized artists. The gallery has sponsored several catalogue raisonnéprojects, most recently for the American Surrealist artist Kay Sage, and has been instrumental in advancing knowledge of such artists as Alfred Maurer, Arthur B. Carles, and more recently, Theodoros Stamos, Marjorie Strider, and Michael (Corinne) West. In the summer of 2019, the gallery announced the formal expansion of its primary market business and focus on the 

presentation of contemporary work. It continues to expand its roster of contemporary artists, focusing on emerging and mid-career talents. With more than 40 years of experience, Hollis Taggart is widely recognized by collectors and curators for its leadership, expertise, and openness, on matters of art history, market trends and opportunities. https://www.hollistaggart.com  

 

 

 

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