Events

Lydia Okumura, The Appearance, 1975. Silkscreen on paper, 22⅝ × 28½ inches (57.5 × 72.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist’s estate and Nara Roesler

Time and Location

September 4 – December 14, 2024
Americas Society (New York, NY)

About

The exhibition is the first show in New York City to center on the artistic production of the Asian diaspora in the region from the 1940s to the present. Focusing on postwar and contemporary art, the exhibition showcases the work of twenty-nine artists from fifteen countries working in a range of artistic mediums including painting, sculpture, performance, photography, and video. The Appearance sheds light on the often-overlooked experiences and artistic
trajectories of Asian diasporic subjects and collectives across Latin America and the Caribbean, situating them within broader transnational histories.

For more information, please visit: The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean

This event is supported through the Exhibition Abroad Support Program.

Image Credits (from left to right):
Image #2: Sandra Nakamura, Agotar el Ámbito de lo Visible (Exhausting the scope of the visible), 2013. Site – specific installation, dimension variable. Courtesy of the artist. Image credit: Edi Hirose / Wu Galería
Image #3: Tomie Ohtake, Untitled, 1961. Oil on canvas, 39¼ × 43¼ inches (99.7 × 110 cm). Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Image #4: Kazuya Sakai, Obra n. 1 (Work no. 1), 1959. Oil on canvas, 35 ½ × 51 ⅛ inches (90.2 × 129.9 cm). Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), New York. Image credit: Olympia Shannon
Image #5: Mario N. Ishikawa, Untitled, from the Smoke series, 1984. Soot on paper, 37¾ × 26 inches (96 × 66 cm). Courtesy of Almeida & Dale Galeria de Arte. Image credit: Sergio Guerini.