Happy New Year of The Pig!
Art Salon Chinatown is pleased to invite you to an exhibition celebrating the New Lunar Year of the Earth Pig/Boar. Over 20 artists have created celebratory interpretations of the Boar or Pig in various mediums. Join us as we welcome the start of this year, filled with the promise of harmony, success, peace, and prosperity!
Opening Reception: Saturday February 2, 2019 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, February 2 through Sunday, March 17, 2019
Participating Artists:
Douglas Alvarez, Dina Farris Appel, Edmund Arevalo, Terri Berman, Polly Chu, Martha Fernandez, Debbi Green, Jose Angel Hernandez, Eileen Hsu, Amanda Huynh, Pinguino Kolb, Sandra Low, Chris MacDonald, Man One, Crisselle Mendiola, Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Alex Reed, Victor Rosas, Kuniko Ruch, Lisa Isabella Russo, Charlene Shih, Yuri Shimojo, Nikolai Solima, Corey Stein, Victoria Tao, Elizabeth Younce.
Polly Chu, Jia - (home is a roof with a pig underneath), 2019, Egg tempera & pencil on wood, 5 x 5.25 inches
Alex Reed, Year of the Boar, 2019, Various textiles, 24 x 18 inches
Kuniko Ruch, Silk Purse, 2018, Oil with resin on canvas, 10 x 10 inches
Debbi Green, Il Cinghiale Italiano, 2019, Oil on Canvas, 10 x 10 x 2 inches
Corey Stein, Manischewitz Moongate, 2019, Mixed media diptych, Various dimensions
Terri Berman, Fashionista, 2019, Acrylic on Wood Panel, 16 x 20 inches
Amanda Huynh, Golden, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, 9 x 12 inches
Chris MacDonald, Fragile, 2019, Acrylic & newspaper on canvas, 20 x 16 inches
Man One, When Pigs Flew, 2019, Aerosol & acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
Dina Farris Appel, I Am Not Your Profit, 2018, Acrylic and paper on canvas, 20 x 16 inches
Sandra Low, Year of the Boar, 2019, Acrylic on canvas, wood dowels, 30 x 17 inches
Yuri Shimojo, Year of the Wild Pig / 亥年, 2018, Silkscreen on Hand deckled Torinoko Washi Japanese Paper,
Edition of 100, 8.5 x 11 inches
Charlene Shih, Double Happiness, 2019, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 x 2 inches
Elizabeth Jean Younce, Nature the Gentlest Mother, 2017, Lithograph, 20 x 16 inches
Victoria Tao, Boarialus, 2016, Oil on Yupo, 20 x 20 inches
Eileen Hsu, Taking on the Year of the Pig, 2019, Paint, canvas, paper collage, 21.5 x 17 inches
Jose Angel Hernandez, Year of the Pig, 2018, Mixed media with 3D elements, 25 x 25 inches
Douglas Alvarez, Courageous, 2019, Acrylic on wood, 11 x 14 inches
Edmund Arevalo, Boaring Chores, 2018, 11 x 14 inches
Victor Rosas, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic on spray can, 7.5 x 4 inches
Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Deviled Ham, 2019, Shrinky links plastic, colored pencil, 4 x 3.5 inches
Pinguino Kolb, Good Fortune in 2019, 2019, Digital, 16 x 12 inches
Crisselle Mendiola, Year of the Boar, 2019, Gouache, 17 x 21 inches
Lisa Isabella Russo, Fortune Smiles, 2019, Acrylic on board, 5 x 7 inches
Niki Solima, Year of the Boar, 2019, Ballpoint pen and ink, 10 x 8 inches
Martha Fernandez, Fortune of Pigs, 2019, Watercolor on paper, 16 x 16 inches
Art Salon Chinatown, a program series of solo exhibitions and accompanying artist talks is presented by The Ministry of Culture, and is organized by curators Sonia Mak and Shervin Shahbazi. The salon takes place at Realm, located in Los Angeles Chinatown’s historic Central Plaza, with the primary focus of showcasing contemporary Chinese American and Asian American artists.
Art Salon Chinatown is located at Realm in Chinatown Central Plaza at 425 Gin Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Open Wednesday through Monday 12:00-6:00 PM, Closed Tuesdays & Holidays