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SUMMARY:Opening reception for anida yoeu ali: the buddhist bug
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for anida yoeu ali: the buddhist bug\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnida Youe Ali\, Live Performance Still of The Buddhist Bug\, Seattle Asian Art Museum\, 2024. Photo by Art Kuniyuki. Image courtesy of the artist.\n\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate the opening reception and performance of Anida Yoeu Ali: The Buddhist Bug! \n\n\n\nMarking the first major solo exhibition of the series in the U.S.\, The Buddhist Bug is an expansive performance project that brings together myth\, humor\, spiritual inquiry\, and the lived experience of displacement. At its center is a monumental saffron-colored creature\, nearly 328 feet in length\, with a human face tightly framed in cloth at one end and a pair of feet at the other. Activated through performance\, photography\, and video\, The Buddhist Bug moves through public space and everyday life\, appearing in markets\, temples\, streets\, rural landscapes\, and other social spaces across Cambodia. \n\n\n\nDetails to be announced soon! \n\n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtist Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnida Yoeu Ali. Photo by Alborz Kamalizad.Image courtesy of the Seattle Art Museum.\n\n\n\n\n\nANIDA YOEu ALI\n\n\n\nAnida Yoeu Ali (b. 1974\, Battambang\, Cambodia) is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance\, installation\, video\, new media\, public encounters\, and social practice. Born in Cambodia and raised in Chicago\, Ali is a first-generation American of Malay\, Cham\, Khmer\, and Thai ancestry. Her work examines faith\, migration\, race\, gender\, and political history through larger-than-life personas that challenge inherited narratives and restrictive representations. \n\n\n\nAli received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a recipient of the 2020 Art Matters Fellowship and the 2015 Sovereign Asian Art Prize in Hong Kong\, and is the co-founder of Studio Revolt\, an independent artist-run media lab. She currently lives and works in Tacoma\, Washington. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nacknowledgements\n\n\n\nAnida Yoeu Ali: The Buddhist Bug is organized by the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College. The exhibition is curated by Sonia Mak\, executive director\, Asian Arts Initiative\, with support from Steven Wong\, director\, Vincent Price Art Museum. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is made possible with lead support from The Mike Kelley Foundation. Additional support for the exhibition is provided by Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional support is provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll exhibitions are underwritten by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation and East Los Angeles College.
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