Phantoms of Asia

View the conservation and installation of the large Cosmological Painting for the "Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past" exhibition (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012).

Fuyuko Matsui on Her Works and the Supernatural

Jul 18th, 2012 3m 53s

Japanese artist and pop icon Fuyuko Matsui explores the haunted, interconnected realms of traditional and modern aesthetics. As one of the few women to have attained top training and mastery of traditional Japanese painting (nihonga) techniques

Adrian Wong on Phantoms and Geomantic Intervention, I, II

Jul 17th, 2012 5m 21s

Described as "an archaeologist of visual apocrypha," US and Hong Kong-based artist Adrian Wong plays with signifiers of culture and identity, lending objects new life through adjusted interpretations. With his unique background—including an MA

Howie Tsui on Mount Abundance and the Tiptoe People #1 and #2

Jul 16th, 2012 5m 29s

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Nigeria and Ontario, Howie Tsui's influences include ghost stories, Buddhist hell scrolls, Japanese monster culture, and Hong Kong vampire films. As part of his Horror Fables series, Tsui contributes to "Phantoms

Jompet Kuswidananto on "Anno Domini"

Jul 16th, 2012 3m 38s

In his most recent work, Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto explores political and cultural identity, particularly around the people and history of Java. Informed by theories drawn from the field of cultural studies, he connects local histor

Hiroshi Sugimoto on His "Five Elements" Series and Collecting Art

Jul 16th, 2012 3m 45s

Hailed as one of the most important photographers of our time, New York-based Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto is also an accomplished architect. He approaches his work from many different perspectives, with architecture as one component in des

Palden Weinreb on Process and Facades

Jun 20th, 2012 3m 47s

Born in New York, Palden Weinreb's Tibetan heritage speaks through his strikingly spare works. Weinreb is inspired by sublimity: motion, space, and mystery. For Phantoms of Asia (on view at the Asian Art Museum from May 18-September 2, 2012), W

Jagannath Panda on "The Cult of Survival II"

Jun 20th, 2012 2m 34s

ew Delhi-based artist Jagannath Panda lives in the burgeoning city of Gurgaon, which is one of India's major outsourcing hubs and bases of operation for global corporations. His works illustrate the city's tensions, as overdevelopment threatens

Time-lapse: Sun K. Kwak - Untying Space_Asian Art Museum, SF

Jun 12th, 2012 4m 39s

Time-lapse: Choi Jeong Hwa's "Breathing Flower"

Jun 12th, 2012 2m 41s

Sun K. Kwak - Untying Space_Asian Art Museum, SF

May 29th, 2012 3m 18s

Korean-born New York based artist Sun K. Kwak makes the invisible visible using a surprisingly simple medium: black masking tape. Through a process infused with an element of performance, Kwak channels surrounding energy to manifest a movement

725 - Teahouse, Hiroshi Sugimoto

May 21st, 2012 2m 46s

Takayuki Yamamoto on "What Kind of Hell Will We Go"

May 21st, 2012 3m 22s

Japanese artist Takayuki Yamamoto doesn't just make hell fun and educational. His co-created art installations with elementary school children apply youthful imagination to explorations of "the particularities of social systems and customs by w

Heman Chong on "Phantoms of Asia" and Science FIction

May 16th, 2012 2m 37s

Heman Chong imagines a future of dystopian stillness with "Calendars (2020--2096)," an installation of 1001 photos, each a calendar page capturing a moment of complete emptiness in today's bustling areas of Singapore. View this work for yoursel