SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
By Jesse Hamlin
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| "Breathing Flower" (2010) by Choi Jeong Hwa |
CALIFORNIA - Created by the Korean artist
Choi Jeong Hwa, the monumental lotus stands across the street from the Asian Art Museum, where 60 other contemporary pieces play off and connect with the museum's prized historical objects in "
Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past," an expansive and ambitious show that opens Friday. [
link]
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| "Mountain Gods" (2011) by Aki Kondo (Japan) |
Ancient Chinese and Indian devotional sculptures, created by anonymous artisans to access the divine, and 19th century Tibetan thangka paintings depicting the cosmos share space with contemporary works such as the sublime-seeking minimalist abstract paintings and light boxes of Tibetan-born artist
Palden Weinreb.
Asian Art Museum: Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past," May 18-Sept. 2, 2012, 200 Larkin St, S.F. (415) 581-3500, asianart.org.
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