Brian Dursum, Director Of UM Lowe Art Museum And Stella M.Holmes, President Of The Brickellian, Inc. Announce A Preview Event Of “West Encounters East’s Light And Shadows,” For Arteamericas 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012 from 7PM to 10 PM
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables

“West Encounters East” is a project that rethinks the significance of cultural exchange, emigration, ethnicity and diversity by identifying and engaging emerging and established Latin American artists of Asian heritage.

The event will consist of a presentation by writer Anna Kazumi-Stahl, Ph.D., who will focus on “The Japanese Beauty of Shadows” and address the Japanese sensibility and cultural aesthetic as it relates to light and dark. The curator of the WEE Exhibit, Denise Mattar, former director of São Paulo Modern Art Museum and Rio de Janeiro Modern Art Museum, will tell the story of the Japanese immigration to Brazil with an emphasis on this large population’s integration into the Brazilian art scene. She will also introduce and examine the works of seven Latin American artists with Asian heritage which includes Cristina Sá, Takashi Fukushima, Yutaka Toyota, Kazuo Okubo, Megumi Yuasa, Valeria Yamamoto and Guillermo Ueno. Reception to follow.