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TAP into ART: Institute of Contemporary Art-LA - AAPI Exhibit "Scratching at the Moon"

  • Saturday, March 30, 2024
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • ICA LA - 1717 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA, 90021

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TAP is back with another arts and culture event!


Feel free to stick around after the event! Some of us may walk to a local bar or restaurant to grab a snack/drink and chat!

To support AAPI art and culture, we will be seeing the new all-AAPI art show "Scratching at the Moon" at ICA-LA with a tour led by Caroline Ellen Liou, ICA LA Curatorial Associate. This exhibit is the first focused survey of Asian American artists in a major Los Angeles contemporary art museum. The exhibition celebrates the work of an intergenerational group of thirteen leading artists in the Asian American community including Patty Chang, Young Chung, Vishal Jugdeo, Simon Leung, Michelle Lopez, Yong Soon Min, Na Mira, Amanda Ross-Ho, Miljohn Ruperto, Dean Sameshima, Anna Sew Hoy, Amy Yao, and Bruce Yonemoto.

Scratching at the Moon centers on artistic production in Los Angeles to trace the overlapping activities among dynamic communities of Asian American artists who have contributed significantly to the city’s art world over the past two decades. The initial idea for the exhibition came in the summer of 2020 during a period of immense social upheaval. At that time, Asian Americans faced increased attacks amid false rhetoric about the pandemic. In response, communities came together to uplift one another, strengthen bonds, and survive this global emergency. It was at this time that artist/curator Anna Sew Hoy began to imagine an exhibition of Asian American artists with indelible ties to Los Angeles that would make visible the communities and relationships in which she had participated since returning to the city in 2002.

While Los Angeles has long been home to a large and growing Asian American population, the work of artists from diasporic immigrant communities remains underrepresented in art institutions in the city. Scratching at the Moon presents significant works—encompassing the mediums of video, multi-media installation, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and performance. These artists’ works confront such topics as the formation of identity, gender roles and class struggle, structural and environmental racism, immigration, cultural assimilation, gentrification, family dynamics and intergenerational teachings, and legacies of settler ideologies on academic disciplines.

Time: Saturday, March 30 at 1 p.m. (Meet in Lobby by Front Desk)
Place: ICA LA 1717 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA, 9002
Website: https://www.theicala.org/en/
Directions and Parking: https://www.theicala.org/en/visit
Link to parking map: https://cdn.filepicker.io/api/file/LUVdPgyeTqO1FVNWA9h9
Admission: FREE
Questions? Email George at george.yin@tap-la.org



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