What scary tales did your parents tell you?

Fungal problems? This is a tiny detail from a large, colorful, whimsical and grotesque scroll by young artist Howie Tsui. He has two beautiful pieces in PHANTOMS OF ASIA, our contemporary art exhibition exploring spirituality, the cosmos, and the afterlife. See this and a ton more cool stuff at our party on May 17.

Some of Howie’s work alludes to the horrifying fables, morality tales, etc that were told to children to discourage undesirable behavior. Which ones do you remember from your childhood?

  1. Date Posted Icon 11th May 2012
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A tiny detail from a beautiful, grotesque, huge painting by Korean artist Hyon Gyon. We’ll post sneak peek details daily. You can see the entire thing at our PHANTOMS OF ASIA party on May 17. And no, that’s not real hair. Just looks like it.

A tiny detail from a beautiful, grotesque, huge painting by Korean artist Hyon Gyon. We’ll post sneak peek details daily. You can see the entire thing at our PHANTOMS OF ASIA party on May 17.

And no, that’s not real hair. Just looks like it.

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  1. Date Posted Icon 9th May 2012
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Man oh man oh man. Korean artist Sun K. Kwak has been creating her on-site art made out of MASKING TAPE. Here it is in progress. She channels the invisible energy she feels in a space, and makes it visible. Waves and waves of black stretch upwards and creep toward the ceiling. We can’t wait to see how it will turn out. Come to our preview party on May 17 to see more in PHANTOMS OF ASIA at the Asian Art Museum, SF. It’s gonna be big.

Man oh man oh man. Korean artist Sun K. Kwak has been creating her on-site art made out of MASKING TAPE. Here it is in progress. She channels the invisible energy she feels in a space, and makes it visible. Waves and waves of black stretch upwards and creep toward the ceiling.

We can’t wait to see how it will turn out. Come to our preview party on May 17 to see more in PHANTOMS OF ASIA at the Asian Art Museum, SF.

It’s gonna be big.

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  1. Date Posted Icon 4th May 2012
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