Chien-An Yuan: City of Light, City of Shadow
@ Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, August 18th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 29th
Join us for Chien-An Yuan’s exhibition, celebrating iconic imagery and nostalgia through a cinematic lens. Aug. 18 – Sep. 29, 2024.
In the mood for love on the Chungking Express as tears go by happy together speaks of neon and noir…
We are eager to unveil our latest Spotlight Series artist, Chien-An Yuan, with his work “City of Light, City of Shadows.”
As in an urban space romanticized on the Silver Screen, gazing back from a bygone and faraway era not forgotten, are these reflections of ourselves: as if love letters composed to the postwar generation. From central casting in the spotlight as iconic images of a bouffant-styled Maggie Cheung elegantly clad in red silk qipao, to pixieish Faye Wong riding the moving walkway for public transportation, or a slick-haired Tony Leung nonchalantly dragging on his cigarette in a smoke-filled room listening to cool jazz or Cantonese pop.
That is the rose-colored lens Chien-An Yuan looks through that he so lovingly recreates, somewhere between so Miami Vice by way of Hong Kong and Roaring Twenties Shanghai. Here to remind us of when Anna May Wong and Sessue Hayakawa were once hailed by the general public as American Hollywood sex symbols.
Chien-An Yuan is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and educator based in Ann Arbor, MI. Yuan runs 1473, a record label specializing in improvisation, electronics, and collaboration. He is also a founding member of IS/LAND, a performance collaborative composed of AAPI movers, artists, and collaborators. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, NewCity, Salon, ArtSlant, Huffington Post, and WNYC.
CAMOC’s ongoing Spotlight Series, curated by Larry Lee, exists to showcase the dynamic array of Chinese American artists working in the vibrant world of contemporary fine arts in Chicago and beyond.
This exhibition will run from Aug. 18th to Sep. 29, 2024.
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