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The Bankhead Theater will be featuring various pieces of contemporary art from dozens of Asian artists over the next couple of months as part of the upcoming exhibit, “Modern Currents: Contemporary Asian Voices”.
According to Livermore Valley Arts, the exhibit — which will be on display from this week through March 6 — brings together artists from Cambodia, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Russia, South Asia and other regions whose works “explore the layered intersections of heritage and modernity”.
“I think it’ll be widely appealing because there’s so much different art,” Anne Giancola, LVA’s visual arts and education manager, told the Pleasanton Weekly.
Giancola said every time she works on curating new exhibits for the gallery, located in the lobby of the theater in downtown Livermore, her goal is to appeal to wide ranges of people given the diverse population in the Bay Area.
And with the growing population of Asian communities in the region, particularly in the Tri-Valley, she said she wanted to bring new cultures from places — and artists — many haven’t heard of before because those artists also deserve the exposure from a space that gets thousands of visitors like the Bankhead.
“I feel like it’s important to represent artists that might not normally get opportunities to exhibit,” Giancola said. “I try to take that really seriously and try to reach out to a wide range of artists.”
According to a press release from LVA, artists will use various pieces of art, which range from paintings and sculptures to other mixed media, to “reflect on ancient traditions, personal and collective memory, and the rapidly shifting landscapes of their homelands”.
“The exhibit opens space for dialogue with neighboring cultures across Asia — highlighting shared histories, spiritual motifs, and evolving identities in a globally connected world,” LVA stated in its press release. “More than an art exhibition, ‘Modern Currents’ stands as a confluence of memory, tradition, and transformation across dynamic cultures. Through both tradition and identity, this exhibit explores evolving Asian identities in the modern global world.”
The exhibition will be featured at the UNCLE Credit Union Art Gallery inside the lobby of the Bankhead Theater. Patrons attending other performances inside the Bankhead can view the exhibit during or after their scheduled events.
The rest of the general public can also view the exhibit for free Thursdays through Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m.
According to LVA, there will be an opening reception for the exhibit next Saturday (Jan. 17) from 1-3 p.m. where two of the artists who will have their work displayed — Philip Chan and John To from the Oriental Art Association (USA) — will conduct a demonstration of their Chinese brush technique.
