The exhibition RED HOT - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection is installed at Houston Museum and will run through October 21, 2007.
RED HOT - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection offers Texas its first survey of the major currents coming out of the new art centers in Japan, China, South Korea, and Vietnam, as well as responses from the United States and Europe. Drawn from the extraordinary holdings of Houston collectors Robert, Jereann, and Holland Chaney, the exhibition focuses on artists who emerged after the political and economic upheavals of the late 1980s and early 1990s. An international phenomenon, literally "red hot" in its energy and rapid development, Asian art has redefined the parameters of today´s contemporary art scene.
RED HOT opens with examples of new sculpture from China, including works by Chen Wenling, the Luo Brothers, and Sui Jianguo. This segment of the installation is complemented by a selection of other Chinese artists who have embraced Pop aesthetics, including Feng Zhengjie, Wang Guangyi, and Zhao Bo. Japanese Pop is introduced by Takashi Murakami´s Tongari-kun (Mr. Pointy) Costume, along with examples by Chiho Aoshima, Chinatsu Ban, Yoshitomo Nara, and Yumi Karasumaru among others. Various strategies in portraiture are represented in the work of Yang Shaobin, Yue Minjun, Fang Lijun, and Zhang Huan, while the new urban landscape is the chief theme of such artists as Miao Xiaochun, Weng Fen, and Zhang Dali. Additionally, major installations by Korea´s Do-Ho Suh dominate two galleries, and works by such artists as Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba and Dinh Q. Lê address the darker chapters of recent history. Asian American artists represented include Glenn Kaino, Nikki S. Lee, and Jean Shin.
RED HOT introduces a new series of exhibitions and permanent collection installations that the MFAH is devoting to Asian art.
The picture shows YUE Minjun, Chinese, born 1962, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province, China Lives and works in Beijing, Postmodern Garden , 2006 Collection of Robert, Jereann, and Holland Chaney. -- www.mfah.org
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