First Look
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
September 4–October 11, 2015

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum, First Look is the first large-scale exhibition featuring the museum’s collection of contemporary Asian art. First Look includes work by Xu Bing, Koo Bohnchang, Zheng Chongbin, Park Dae-sung, Lee Gapchul, Liu Guosong, Yoshida Hodaka, Yako Hodo, Li Huayi, Hughen/Starkweather, inri, James Jean, Zhu Jinshi, Nagakura Kenichi, Hung Liu, Chen Man, Ahmed Mater, Ranu Mukherjee, Manuel Ocampo, Sopheap Pich, Norberto Roldan, RongRong, Pinaree Sanpitak, Lu Shoukun, Jakkai Siributr, teamLab, C. C. Wang, Su Xiaobai, Liu Xiaodong, Kim Yik-yung, Yang Yongliang, Saito Yoshitomo, and Miyashita Zenji. The exhibition is accompanied by a series of public programs, including in-gallery conversations, lectures, performances, and activities; these events include an artist talk with Hughen/Starkweather on September 10. More information about the exhibition and related events can be found on the Asian Art Museum website.
 

The Night of Perpetual Day, Edition 3 of 7, 2013, by Yang Yongliang (Chinese, b. 1980). HD video, 4 channel with soundtrack. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Acquisition made possible by Gorretti and Lawrence Lui, with additional funding from Richard Beleson, 2014.14. © Yang Yongliang.

The Night of Perpetual Day, Edition 3 of 7, 2013, by Yang Yongliang (Chinese, b. 1980). HD video, 4 channel with soundtrack. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Acquisition made possible by Gorretti and Lawrence Lui, with additional funding from Richard Beleson, 2014.14. © Yang Yongliang.


 
Installation view of First Look: Collecting Contemporary at the Asian, 2015, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Installation view of First Look: Collecting Contemporary at the Asian, 2015, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.


 
Untitled, No. 25, 2008, by RongRong (Chinese, b. 1968) & inri (Japanese, b. 1973). Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Gift of Jack and Susy Wadsworth, 2013.15. © RongRong & inri. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Untitled, No. 25, 2008, by RongRong (Chinese, b. 1968) & inri (Japanese, b. 1973). Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Gift of Jack and Susy Wadsworth, 2013.15. © RongRong & inri. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.


 
Installation view of First Look: Collecting Contemporary at the Asian, 2015, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Installation view of First Look: Collecting Contemporary at the Asian, 2015, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.


 
AAM 010, 2011, by Koo Bohnchang (Korean, b. 1953). Archival pigment print. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Acquisition made possible by Frank S. Bayley, 2013.4. © Koo Bohnchang. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

AAM 010, 2011, by Koo Bohnchang (Korean, b. 1953). Archival pigment print. Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Acquisition made possible by Frank S. Bayley, 2013.4. © Koo Bohnchang. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.