Dismantling Invisibility
Asian and Pacific Islander Artists Respond to the Aids Crisis at Art in General (installation views), 1991
Organized by Ken Chu
Courtesy Art in General and Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Dismantling Invisibility: Asian and Pacific Islander Artists Respond to the AIDS Crisis (1991) curated by Ken Chu at Art in General.
Exhibition artists include Ayisha Abraham, Chumpon Apisuk, Ken Chu, Uday Dhar, Skowmon Hastanan, Zhang Hongtu, Ik-Joong Kang, Masaki Kentaro, Sowon Kwon, Paul Pfeiffer, Debi Ray-Chaudhuri, Panya Vijinthanasarn, Chingyu Sun, Masami Teraoka, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Lynne Yamamoto, among others.
“No community is immune to AIDS. The past year witnessed a troubling surge in reported AIDS cases within the Asian community, yet it continued to be perceived as an outsider’s affliction.” – Ken Chu.