Photo by Luke Liu
Think!Chinatown celebrates the closing of In Our Corner with a reception and a panel discussion with the curators of NYU 80WSE’s Legacies—Howie Chen, Jayne Cole Southard, and dr. christina ong, moderated by Sophia Ma, curator of In Our Corner. As the initiators of the original exhibition that inspired In Our Corner, the curators bring insight to how significant Asian American artist collectives and organizations of the 1970s-1990s–Basement Workshop, Asian American Arts Centre, and Godzilla: Asian American Artists Network–worked with, inspired by, inspired, and struggled with allyship and solidarity.
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In Our Corner: Exchanges in the Asian American Art Movements and Beyond explores the personal and professional support that artists of Asian descent received during and after the Asian American Art Movements. This companion exhibition to Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) at New York University’s 80WSE Gallery, invites five artists of the three key art collectives and organizations featured in Legacies to show alongside five non-Asian American artists who supported their work and growth over the years. These relationships range from recently made friendships to lifelong partnerships and even marriage: Kathleen Foster joins Ching Ming Cheung; Charles Luce joins Helen Oji; Howardena Pindell joins Arlan Huang; Shellyne Rodriguez joins Tomie Arai; and Arleen Schloss joins Nina Kuo. To highlight AAAC’s collection and its ongoing solidarity-building, In Our Corner presents five works by non-Asian American artists from the collection, Columbia Fiero, Kitty Katz, Donald Lipski, Eva Mantell, and Sepp Seitz. As the hosting institution for In Our Corner, Think!Chinatown’s commission of Black Gotham’s Grand Rising and its inclusion in the show demonstrates the organization’s ongoing exchange and collaboration with communities of color. Through interviews and writings from the artists, In Our Corner highlights these bonds and explores how artist collectives/organizations intersected and fostered connections.