About this event

Join exhibited artist Ann Lee from We Are Here: Contemporary Art and Asian Voices in Los Angeles as she discussed her work in an informal and intimate gallery talk series via Zoom meeting.

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More About the Artist:

Ann Le worked through identity, culture, family history, and the duality of becoming Vietnamese-American. Inspired by the cultural contexts in her life, she correlated the artificial with remembrances of generational trauma. Sentiment was vital in her works as she questioned her personal experiences to construct imposing art. She excavated her lineage by revisiting her family’s experiences, using personal and found images to reconstruct slippages in time and history. As layers of images were stacked upon one another, Le traveled through time, commenting on the idea of home, displacement, separation, and how we embraced and conquered loss. Tragic and poetic composites were pieced together to unravel narratives, placing her Vietnamese-American perspective into a contemporary landscape. Ann Le was first-generation born in San Diego, CA, and lived and worked in Los Angeles.

About the Exhibition: We Are Here: Contemporary Art and Asian Voices in Los Angeles brought attention to the dynamic voices in our diverse metropolis that extended viewers’ knowledge and understanding of the Asia Pacific region. The exhibition highlighted seven female contemporary artists of diverse Asian Pacific heritages living and working in Los Angeles. These artists engaged with and drew from their lives and family histories to create compelling works of art that invited visitors to think about their own experiences and heritage. Interwoven in their works were personal and universal narratives that gave voice to the plural community we called home. The show sought to inspire visitors to discover connections across boundaries and see that Asian art is expansive and complicated.

Exhibited Artworks: We Are Here: Contemporary Art and Asian Voices in Los Angeles placed the art and voices of the exhibited artists as the central themes leading visitors through the galleries. The exhibition was organized by artist, with their words accompanying their images. A variety of media was represented in the exhibition, including painting, photography, and video. Artists’ videos were projected onto walls in the gallery space. Throughout the galleries, small screens presented short mini documentaries about each artist, which were produced by the USC Pacific Asia Museum.