The San Francisco International Film Festival is well under way. We love film festivals because movies, like us, tell stories.  Many countries are well represented in the film festival, and there are so many enticing titles that we couldn’t begin to list them here.  However, here’s a tiny taste of SFIFF’s thoughtful programming. The first two photos are from The Act of Killing, a flabbergasting documentary about the the Indonesian genocide of the mid-1960s. NOT for the faint of heart. The second two photos are from Chimeras, also a documentary about two contemporary artists who are grasping with their place and purpose in a new China.  The San Francisco International Film Festival is well under way. We love film festivals because movies, like us, tell stories.  Many countries are well represented in the film festival, and there are so many enticing titles that we couldn’t begin to list them here.  However, here’s a tiny taste of SFIFF’s thoughtful programming. The first two photos are from The Act of Killing, a flabbergasting documentary about the the Indonesian genocide of the mid-1960s. NOT for the faint of heart. The second two photos are from Chimeras, also a documentary about two contemporary artists who are grasping with their place and purpose in a new China. 

The San Francisco International Film Festival is well under way. We love film festivals because movies, like us, tell stories. 

Many countries are well represented in the film festival, and there are so many enticing titles that we couldn’t begin to list them here. 

However, here’s a tiny taste of SFIFF’s thoughtful programming. The first two photos are from The Act of Killing, a flabbergasting documentary about the the Indonesian genocide of the mid-1960s. NOT for the faint of heart.

The second two photos are from Chimeras, also a documentary about two contemporary artists who are grasping with their place and purpose in a new China. 

  1. Date Posted Icon 3rd May 2013
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    3. Tags Icon #sfiff#san francisco international film festival#asian art museum#film#festivals#the act of killing#indonesian genocie#joshua oppenheimer#documentary#indonesian history#chimeras#mika mattila#contemporary chinese art#new china#foreign films#werner herzog#surreal
Xu Bing in front of his epic animation “The Character of Characters,” in our #calligraphy show. It’s amazing. (Taken with Instagram) This world-renowned highly acclaimed artist will be speaking at the museum tomorrow night (Thursday) with Jerry Yang. Details here.

Xu Bing in front of his epic animation “The Character of Characters,” in our #calligraphy show. It’s amazing. (Taken with Instagram)

This world-renowned highly acclaimed artist will be speaking at the museum tomorrow night (Thursday) with Jerry Yang. Details here.

  1. Date Posted Icon 3rd October 2012
  2. Notes Icon Notes: 48
    3. Tags Icon #calligraphy#xu bing#contemporary chinese art#contemporary chinese artist#central art academy#beijing#san francisco#art#animation#history of china#chinese people and calligraphy#out of character#macarthur foundation genius
cccarts: From the series Hey! TTTTouch Me! by Chinese artist Gao Ling.  Part of the ongoing exhibit WOMEN我們 at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco. Excited about this.

cccarts:

From the series Hey! TTTTouch Me! by Chinese artist Gao Ling. 

Part of the ongoing exhibit WOMEN我們 at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco.

Excited about this.

  1. Date Posted Icon 20th September 2012
  2. Reblogged Icon Reblogged From cccgallery
  3. Notes Icon Notes: 9
    4. Tags Icon #contemporary chinese art#ccc#sf#women#female artist

blouinartinfo:

ARTINFO’s Kyle Chayka and Tom Chen visited legendary Chinese artist Xu Bing’s studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to talk about the artist’s tumultuous life and his current projects. 

We LOVE this guy, especially since he gave a great talk at our museum a few years ago. We’re working with him again on for our upcoming calligraphy exhibition.

  1. Date Posted Icon 3rd May 2012
  2. Reblogged Icon Reblogged From blouinartinfo
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    4. Tags Icon #contemporary chinese art#xu bing#calligraphy#in the studio