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ONE NIGHT ONLY: URBAN TRIBES I@ El Taller Latino Americano
CLOSING PARTY
August 15, 2017, from 6 to 8 pm
El Taller Latino Americano: 215 E. 99th Street, New York City
CLOSING PARTY
August 15, 2017, from 6 to 8 pm
El Taller Latino Americano: 215 E. 99th Street, New York City
The unveiling of a new, original piece by YUTIEN CHANG, to meet and greet Urban Tribes artists, and enjoy performances by violinist JOANNE LIN and dancer SAMMI TAI.
Curators: Luchia Meihua Lee, Jennifer Pliego
Urban Tribes-!: Urban Caravan Participating artists :
Miya ANDO, Steven BALOGH, Yutien CHANG, Ching-Yao CHEN, Jen-Pei CHENG, Andrea CORONIL, Che-Min HSAIO, Felipe GALINDO, Ming-Jer KUO, Pey-Chwen LIN, Yi-Chun LO, Lulu MENG, Kelly TSAI and Ryan Hartley SMITH, Yu-Chuan TSENG, Pei-Shih TU.
Taiwanese born and bred, Yutien Chang graduated from Brooklyn College. Chang was working on three sculptures for Urban Tribes but was unable to complete them because the federal immigration authorities denied him reentry to the US. He was sent back to Taiwan in May. In a case of art imitating life, his lone work displayed in Tribeca shows a dove-headed man, his wings broken off, sprawled on his back on a cloud.
Curators: Luchia Meihua Lee, Jennifer Pliego
Urban Tribes-!: Urban Caravan Participating artists :
Miya ANDO, Steven BALOGH, Yutien CHANG, Ching-Yao CHEN, Jen-Pei CHENG, Andrea CORONIL, Che-Min HSAIO, Felipe GALINDO, Ming-Jer KUO, Pey-Chwen LIN, Yi-Chun LO, Lulu MENG, Kelly TSAI and Ryan Hartley SMITH, Yu-Chuan TSENG, Pei-Shih TU.
Taiwanese born and bred, Yutien Chang graduated from Brooklyn College. Chang was working on three sculptures for Urban Tribes but was unable to complete them because the federal immigration authorities denied him reentry to the US. He was sent back to Taiwan in May. In a case of art imitating life, his lone work displayed in Tribeca shows a dove-headed man, his wings broken off, sprawled on his back on a cloud.
Chang's “Truth Based Freedom” focuses on re-energizing the freedom within us. Freedom is not a list of expectations and comparisons; it demands to be individually defined. The definition they developed built our parents’ homes and dreams, and is the basis for their freedoms. However, we must come up with our own answer to guide our lives.
URBAN CARAVAN focuses on world caravans, that is, all those who choose to leave the hometown looking for a better life on the material or spiritual level. The universal question “What is the human being?” has never lost its relevancy. Part of the answer is that being human means embracing cultural diversity, yet humanity also requires valuing people as individuals. For those in caravans at the US border as well as immigrants who are already here, being human is holding on to aspiration in spite of accidents of birth. For others, it is a reverence for natural and social systems, as elaborated by artistic discourse. For all, it is holding on to human values in order to better employ advancing technology.
● Urban Tribes I @ New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York – still on view until Sept 12
The Urban Tribes exhibitions are a collaboration by Taiwanese American Arts Council, El Taller Latino Americano, and New York Foundation for the Arts.
Special thanks to:
TWNY Music Guild, BAS
TWNY Music Guild, BAS
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