ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO
200 LARKIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 941024734 www.asianart.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO IS A PUBLIC INSTITUTION WHOSE MISSION IS TO CONNECT ART TO LIFE. THE MUSEUM INSPIRES NEW WAYS OF THINKING BY CONNECTING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ASIAN ART AND CULTURE THROUGH OUR WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION, EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS.

PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF ART OBJECTS

THE MUSEUM IS ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S PREMIER ARTS INSTITUTIONS AND HOME TO A WORLD-RENOWNED COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 18,000 ASIAN ART TREASURES SPANNING 6,000 YEARS OF HISTORY AND REPRESENTING COUNTRIES AND CULTURES THROUGHOUT ASIA. THE COLLECTION'S SCOPE AND BREADTH ENABLE THE MUSEUM TO INTRODUCE ALL THE MAJOR TRADITIONS OF ASIAN ART AND CULTURE. MORE THAN 2,500 ARTWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION ARE GENERALLY ON VIEW IN THE MUSEUM'S THIRTY-THREE COLLECTION GALLERIES, WITH ANOTHER 500 OBJECTS REMOVED AND REFRESHED WITH WORKS FROM STORAGE EACH YEAR. EXIT SURVEYS SUGGEST THAT THE MUSEUM HAS A STRONG AND GLOBAL REACH - APPROXIMATELY 54% OF THE VISITORS CAME FROM THE BAY AREA AND 17% ORIGINATED FROM OUTSIDE THE US, 29% OF VISITORS ARE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. ECHOING THE REGIONS ETHNIC MAKE-UP.

THE MUSEUM PROVIDES A BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAM THAT EXPLORE ALL THE CULTURES PRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION AND EXHIBITIONS, AND ARE DESIGNED TO REACH ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION (K-12, COLLEGE, AND ADULT) AND AWARENESS OF ART (NOVICE THROUGH EXPERT), FREE DOCENT LED TOURS OF THE COLLECTION GALLERIES AND SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS ARE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE MUSEUM'S STORYTELLING CORPS OFFER ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS RELATING TO ARTWORKS ON VIEW. SCHOOL PROGRAMS INCLUDE A VARIETY OF INDUSTRY-BASED ACTIVITIES: ALL CLASS TOURS ARE INTERACTIVE AND EMPHASIZE OBSERVATION SKILLS, CRITICAL THINKING, GROUP WORK, AND PEER PRESENTATIONS. MORE THAN 17,000 OF THE MUSEUM'S 94,000 ANNUAL VISITORS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS PRESENTED FROM JULY 1, 2019 TO JUNE 30, 2020.

JEAN SHIN: PAUSEFEB 6, 2020 - NOV 30, 2020USING DISCARDED CELL PHONES AND COMPUTER CABLES AS THE MATERIAL AND ROUGH-HEWN ROCKS FROM CHINESE ART AS THE FORM, JEAN SHIN'S SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION JEAN SHIN: PAUSE, ASKS HOW TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMATE CHANGE. TEAMLAB: SKETCH AQUARIUMFEB 4, 2020 - CURRENTIN TEAMLAB: SKETCH AQUARIUM, DRAWING COMES TO LIFE. ART COLLECTIVE TEAMLAB, FOUNDED IN TOKYO IN 2001, IS A GROUP OF ANIMATORS, ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS, ENGINEERS, MATHEMATICIANS, AND PROGRAMMERS WHO SEEK TO NAVIGATE THE CONFLUENCE OF ART, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, DESIGN, AND THE NATURAL WORLD.AWAKEN: A TIBETAN JOURNEY TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENTJAN 17, 2020 - NOV 30, 2020AWAKEN: A TIBETAN BUDDHIST JOURNEY TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENT BRINGS TOGETHER BUDDHIST ARTWORKS FROM THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM, HOME TO TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS OF HIMALAYAN ART. SCULPTURES, PAINTINGS, TEXTILES AND BOOK ARTS MADE BETWEEN 800 AND 2016 CHART A TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY FROM THE ORDINARY WORLD TO AWAKENING.LOST AT SEA: ART RECOVERED FROM SHIPWRECKSNOV 26, 2019 - JUL 12, 2020LOST AT SEA: ART RECOVERED FROM SHIPWRECKS TRACES THE PATHWAYS OF 12TH-CENTURY STONE RELIEFS AND 15TH-CENTURY CERAMICS, FROM VIETNAM TO THE OCEAN FLOOR TO SAN FRANCISCO.CHANG DAI-CHIEN: PAINTING FROM HEART TO HANDNOV 26, 2019 - NOV 15, 2020CHANG DAI-CHIEN IS ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED CHINESE ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. TO MARK THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH AND 47 YEARS SINCE HIS PREVIOUS SOLO SHOW AT THE MUSEUM, WE ARE INAUGURATING THE NEWLY RENOVATED CHINESE PAINTING GALLERY WITH CHANG DAI-CHIEN: PAINTING FROM HEART TO HAND. COMPRISING WORKS DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY THE ARTIST, AS WELL AS LOANS FROM HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THE EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHTS CHANG'S GROUNDBREAKING MODERNIZATION OF INK PAINTING.CHANGING AND UNCHANGING THINGS: NOGUCHI AND HASEGAWA IN POSTWARE JAPANSEP 27, 2019 - DEC 8, 2019CHANGING AND UNCHANGING THINGS: NOGUCHI AND HASEGAWA IN POSTWAR JAPAN CONSIDERS THE CONSEQUENTIAL FRIENDSHIP OF TWO ARTISTS, ONE JAPANESE AMERICAN BUT DRAWN TO JAPAN, THE OTHER JAPANESE BUT INFLUENCED BY THE WEST, BOTH IN SEARCH OF A NEW DIRECTION FOR MODERN ART IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.TATTOOS IN JAPANESE PRINTSMAY 31 - AUG 18, 2019TATTOOS IN JAPANESE PRINTS UNCOVERS THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN INK ON PAPER AND INK ON SKIN IN MID-19TH CENTURY JAPAN, SHOWING HOW PRINTMAKERS TRANSFORMED EYE-CATCHING TATTOOS FROM A PASSING FAD INTO A LASTING ART FORM. WRITHING DRAGONS, COILING SNAKES, SWIRLING THUNDERCLOUDS, SNARLING LIONS. SUPERB PRINTS BY UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES FEATURING TATTOOED HEROES, WARRIORS AND STARS OF THE KABUKI STAGE REVEAL STYLES AND MOTIFS THAT HAVE INSPIRED TATTOO ARTISTS FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS.THE BOLD BRUSH OF AU HO-NIENMAY 31 - AUG 18, 2019THE BOLD BRUSH OF AU HO-NIEN PRESENTS 22 VERTICAL SCROLL PAINTINGS THAT DISPLAY THE ARTIST'S MODERN SENSIBILITY. IN HIS PAINTINGS OF FIGURES, LANDSCAPES AND WILDLIFE, AU'S BOLD AND VARIED BRUSHWORK EMPHASIZES EXPRESSION OVER PRECISE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION TO CONVEY THE POETRY OF HIS SUBJECTS. NOW IN HIS EIGHTIES, AU IS A LEADING FIGURE OF THE LINGNAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING, WHICH SEEKS TO INVIGORATE INK-WASH PAINTING BY FUSING CHINESE AND WESTERN TRADITIONS. TANABE CHIKUUNSAI IV: CONNECTIONMAY 31 - AUG 25, 2019CONNECTION IS THE FIRST WEST COAST INSTALLATION BY FOURTH-GENERATION BAMBOO ARTIST TANABE CHIKUUUNSAI IV, WHO WEAVES TOGETHER PAST AND PRESENT INTO ASTONISHING ROOM-SIZE SCULPTURES THAT HAVE CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES ACROSS THE GLOBE. CHIKUUNSAI IV BENDS AND PLAITS RARE TIGER BAMBOO, HARVESTED IN THE REMOTE MOUNTAINS OF KOCHI PREFECTURE, INTO SOARING, TWISTING FORMS THAT PUSH THE LIMITS OF BAMBOO ART. CONNECTION, COMMISSIONED BY THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM, PAYS HOMAGE TO CHIKUUNSAI IV'S FAMILY LINEAGE OF RENOWNED BAMBOO ARTISTS.

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