Elvis Irizarry

“I find it absolutely crucial at this moment to make these connections between spaces, people, times, and stories, as well as to reevaluate the relationship between object and maker, victim and agent.” ~ Tuan...

“I exist through my connection with the clay; when I concentrate on this connection, I am free.” - Yukiya Izumita The Japanese American activist Yuri Kochiyama once said, “We are all part of each other,”...

“When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.” ― Yukio Mishima Mishima certainly spoke volumes in the quote above as it relates to this groundbreaking exhibition: The Unseen...

“I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.” ~ HAL 9000 (from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey)  New York-based Ian...

“In our modern day, (the) military has become an intricate part of our daily lives and, in a lot of ways, we have let this happen.” –  Sawangwongse Yawnghwe For all of 2020, the art...

   The Asia Society Museum does perk up when it comes to great exhibitions. Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting sharply follows the trail of the previous, well received Lucid Dreams and Distant...

“To be for one day entirely at leisure is to be for one day an immortal.”  —Chinese proverb A first for New York City’s China Institute Gallery and 10 years in the making, Dreams of...

pl. em·is·sar·ies An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another. The science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, whose seminal work, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was a...

A grand exhibition has now graced us in a time where politics, identity, and xenophobia seem to be all we, as humans, think about on a regular, daily basis. Lucid Dreams and Distant Visions: South Asian Art in the Diaspora—currently on view at the Asia Society in New York City—goes further to define and elaborate meaning to these issues and to most importantly, how the effect is manifesting itself for South Asians and their communities in the United States and beyond.

Overall, A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints is a captivating and provocative show that with bring about delight and further curiosity for all interested.