LIMINALITY 2022
AAA Exhibition
Manhattan
Exhibition Dates:
May 19 - June 2, 2022
Location:
178 Bleecker St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10012, USA
Admission is FREE
Friday May 20, 7PM -9PM EST.
Opening Reception:
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Time:
10AM - 6PM EST.
Exhibition Dates:
LIC - Liminality Art Space
June 10 - June 25, 2022
Admission is FREE
Friday June 10, 7PM -9PM EST.
Opening Reception:
Location:
Liminality Art Space
*Note: If you have any concerns, please contact our official email info@wukongmedia.us only. (We do not have any other contact info.)
Time:
1PM - 9PM EST.
EXHIBITION
LIMINALITY 2022 AAA EXHIBITION：MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
LIMINALITY 2022 AAA EXHIBITION：LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK
AAA Liminality dialogue
Gallery Opening Reception
May 20, 2022
7:00-9:00PM EST
Manhattan
Long Island City
LIC Gallery Opening Reception
June 10, 2022
7PM -9PM EST
SALON DATE & TOPIC
Asian Artists: Our Voice, Our Narratives.
June 11, 2022
3:30PM - 5PM EST
How can art re-engage society? Starting from the onset of the pandemic.
June 18, 2022
3PM - 5PM EST
Dialogues and Collisions between Asian Americans and Asians: Identity on the Move.
June 12, 2022
3PM - 5PM EST
From Passion to Profession, A Dialogue between experiencer and aspirant.
June 19, 2022
3PM - 5PM EST
Screening Night
June 17, 2022
7PM - 9PM EST
INFORMATION
Attended Artists
Anna Hurley-Echevarria
Baolong Song
Bochun Cheng
Chantal Kassarjian
Chen-Yi Wu
Christina Jian
Danni Zhao
Decheng Cui
Dongfang Zhao
Farangiz Yusupova
Hongyu Chen
Hwinchan Ko
Hyemi Kim
Jeong Hur
Jihun Ju
Jinghan He
Jingjing Zheng
Jinglin Wang
Jingyao Huang
Jinwenrui Ma
Jiwoo Shin
Ke Yu
LE CONG NGUYEN
Lei Zong
Lin Ji
Linlin Yu
Lucy H West
Luna Jiang
Maxine Zhou
Min Soo Park
Mona Leau
Muwei Wang
Natsuki Takauji
Nichakorn Masunthasuwan
Noah Zhou
Nori Shi
Qiyue Zhang
Ran Weng
Rebekah Huang
Reiko Numao
RODRIGO PIEDRAHITA JUAN
Rui Ma
Ruijia Diao
Ruoyu Zhang
Sidian Liu
Sihan Cui
Tina Mei
Virginia Wagner
Xingtong ShenXiaohan Liu
Xiaohan Zhou
Xinru Du
Xu Zhang
Xuemeng Li
Yan Jin
Yanqing Pei
Yi-Hsuan Hsu
Yichen Wu
Yizhi Liu
Yuhan Sun
Yuhao Chen
Zejun Shen
Zhiwen Tang
Zhiyu You
Artwork
PAINTING & PRINTMAKING
Concepts: Yes means no. Liminality means no boundaries. Both China and America are homes for people. These two modern cities, Shanghai and New York, are under the same light. Art knows no borders. Size(w*h): 35.56cm*27.94cm
Concepts: Yes means no. Liminality means no boundaries. Both China and America are homes for people. These two modern cities, Shanghai and New York, are under the same light. Art knows no borders. Size(w*h): 35.56cm*27.94cm
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Artist: Jinwenrui Ma
Artwork: Liminality (2022)
557
Artist: Yizhi Liu
Artwork: 2AM
603
Artist: Yuhao Chen
Artwork: Players (2021)
Concepts: This is an oil painting of my personal work. In this painting, I used mixed media, such as the gold Japanese foil paper. I filled the painting with little wonderful creations and ornaments to show that the whole universe belongs to my imagination's sediment and meditation. Tags: Oil painting, mixed media Size(W*H): 70cm*60cm
Concepts: This is an oil painting of my personal work. In this painting, I used mixed media, such as the gold Japanese foil paper. I filled the painting with little wonderful creations and ornaments to show that the whole universe belongs to my imagination's sediment and meditation. Tags: Oil painting, mixed media Size(W*H): 70cm*60cm
172
Artist: Reiko Numao
Artwork: Meditation (2021)
540
Artist: Xinru (Esther) Du
Artwork: Parents (2019)
Concepts: “望子成龍，望女成鳳” , some of our cultural expectations and the anticipation from others limit the possibility we have. We gradually give up on our dreams, personalities, or the passion inside us and start living under other people’s mindsets. Tags: Oil Painting Size(W*H): 22cm*22cm
Concepts: “望子成龍，望女成鳳” , some of our cultural expectations and the anticipation from others limit the possibility we have. We gradually give up on our dreams, personalities, or the passion inside us and start living under other people’s mindsets. Tags: Oil Painting Size(W*H): 22cm*22cm
124
Artist: Yi-Hsuan Hsu
Artwork: Carmina Burana (2020)
553
Artist: Lucy H West
Artwork: Nosotras
233
Artist: Farangiz Yusupova
Artwork: Neighbor's Gift (2021)
709
Artist: RODRIGO PIEDRAHITA JUAN
Artwork: City(2021)
489
Artist: Jiwoo Shin
Artwork: Sunrise (2021)
586
Artist: Ruoyu Zhang
Artwork: xíngxīnggòngtóngtǐ #2
Concepts: If you look inside me, you will see this. Tags: gouache and acrylic on paper Size: 61*48cm
Concepts: If you look inside me, you will see this. Tags: gouache and acrylic on paper Size: 61*48cm
164
Artist: Ran Weng
Artwork: The Heart of the Snake (2021)
Size: 75*90cm
Concepts
Size: 75*90cm
201
Artist: Yuhan Sun
Artwork: breaking (2021)
Tags: Mixed material (painting, charcoal, ropes, mark pen) Size: 76*100cm
Tags: Mixed material (painting, charcoal, ropes, mark pen) Size: 76*100cm
133
Artist: Muwei Wang
Artwork: Be Appreciated And Also Appreciating (2021)
817
Artist: Noah Zhou
Artwork: LIAR_KILLER
Concepts: Blue represents the homeland and the pressures to maintain our culture. The single pink shrimp represents the often lone road to seek out our own identity in America. The reality we see is the pink shrimp but the unseen and often unknown pressures we face are portrayed by the blue shrimp, a color we don’t associate with shrimp Tags: ballpen Size: 56*77cm
Concepts: Blue represents the homeland and the pressures to maintain our culture. The single pink shrimp represents the often lone road to seek out our own identity in America. The reality we see is the pink shrimp but the unseen and often unknown pressures we face are portrayed by the blue shrimp, a color we don’t associate with shrimp Tags: ballpen Size: 56*77cm
150
Artist: Maxine Zhou
Artwork: seen identity (2019)
712
Artist: Luna Jiang
Artwork: The Silence(2020)
503
Artist: Yanqing Pei
Artwork: Moodboard (2021)
487
Artist: Yutong Liu
Artwork: I’m going home (2020)
Concepts: The ability that can make the gold everything seems like to bring a lot of benefits to him, but this was just greed for his profit. Finally, his ability snatches his life. Tags: Spray paint, Acrylic, Gold leaf, Oil on a wooden panel Size(W*H): 111.3cm*141.7cm
Concepts: The ability that can make the gold everything seems like to bring a lot of benefits to him, but this was just greed for his profit. Finally, his ability snatches his life. Tags: Spray paint, Acrylic, Gold leaf, Oil on a wooden panel Size(W*H): 111.3cm*141.7cm
389
Artist: Hwinchan Ko
Artwork: The King Midas (2021)
671
Artist: Christina Jian
Artwork: Mama (2021)
Concepts: My inspiration for work comes from our traditional Chinese painting. Chinese people are the most sensitive to visual painting, I have placed European paintings in my work to create a dialogue on art-historical narratives, Put West art visual turned its attention towards Chinese art, Somewhat fragmented and abstracted, Through Visceral Paintings expose my vulnerability. Tags: oil on Linen Size(w*h): 81cm*106cm
Concepts: My inspiration for work comes from our traditional Chinese painting. Chinese people are the most sensitive to visual painting, I have placed European paintings in my work to create a dialogue on art-historical narratives, Put West art visual turned its attention towards Chinese art, Somewhat fragmented and abstracted, Through Visceral Paintings expose my vulnerability. Tags: oil on Linen Size(w*h): 81cm*106cm
578
Artist: Lei Zong
Artwork: Rocky Landscape(2021)
Concepts: Depicts two of the many devils in East Asian culture, which are Bull Head and Horse Face, the right hand and left hand of Asian Satan. Tags: digital; abstract Size: 115*150cm
Concepts: Depicts two of the many devils in East Asian culture, which are Bull Head and Horse Face, the right hand and left hand of Asian Satan. Tags: digital; abstract Size: 115*150cm
393
Artist: LE CONG NGUYEN
Artwork: Dancing with the Devils(2022)
446
Artist: Jingjing Zheng
Artwork: Wheatfield (2021)
447
Artist: Jingjing Zheng
Artwork: See with your heart (2021)
Concepts: #1: I colored an old photo found on google, portraying three kids in early modern China. I took the liberty of imagining their color and put them on. This process can be seen as an investigation in retrospect. Color conveys emotion, by painting the photograph I was able to make a special connection to my past and the past of our country and culture. Tags: Oil on Gessoed Masonite Board Size: (#1)23*30cm
Concept: #2: At the most private moment, we scream of incompetence, we scream of anger, of hatred, of homesick, of lack of talents, of lack of wills, of the struggling of moral, etc. These screams are usually silenced. Tags: Oil on Gessoed Masonite Board Size: (#2)30*23cm
Concepts: #1: I colored an old photo found on google, portraying three kids in early modern China. I took the liberty of imagining their color and put them on. This process can be seen as an investigation in retrospect. Color conveys emotion, by painting the photograph I was able to make a special connection to my past and the past of our country and culture. Tags: Oil on Gessoed Masonite Board Size: (#1)23*30cm
450
Artist: Dongfang Zhao
Artwork: #1: Archeology of Color #2: Scream (2021)
454
Artist: Decheng Cui
Artwork: F(X) (2019-2021)
542
Artist: : Anna Hurley-Echevarria
Artwork: "Sweet Thoughts" and "Bowl of Rice" (2020)
Concepts: This is a fantasy illustration interpretation of “Liminality”. There is a dragonfly messenger in my dream who leads me to an unknown crystal world through a hazy passage. At that moment, rocky bridge that links the reality and the dreamy land falls apart behind my footsteps, while I am immersed in a state of liminality that transmit me into a new state of subconscious and imagination. Tags: Digital painting；fantasy illustration Size: 38.1*22.86cm
Concepts: This is a fantasy illustration interpretation of “Liminality”. There is a dragonfly messenger in my dream who leads me to an unknown crystal world through a hazy passage. At that moment, rocky bridge that links the reality and the dreamy land falls apart behind my footsteps, while I am immersed in a state of liminality that transmit me into a new state of subconscious and imagination. Tags: Digital painting；fantasy illustration Size: 38.1*22.86cm
636
Artist: Xu Zhang
Artwork: The Dragonfly Messenger (2022)
DIGITAL GRAPHICS
637
Artist: Yichen Wu
Artwork: Egg (2022)
Concepts/description:A collection of different flower species, seemingly strong but harmonious I picked up the national flower of each countries. May people be the same, blooming but without conflict Size(w*h): 120cm*96cm
Concepts/description:A collection of different flower species, seemingly strong but harmonious I picked up the national flower of each countries. May people be the same, blooming but without conflict Size(w*h): 120cm*96cm
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Artist: Bochun Cheng
Artwork: Blossom (2022)
Concepts/description:Visualization of liminality by growth state in the mother's womb. Size(w*h): 25.4 cm*38.1 cm
Concepts/description:Visualization of liminality by growth state in the mother's womb. Size(w*h): 25.4 cm*38.1 cm
146
Artist: Danni Zhao
Artwork: Liminality (2021)
Concepts/description: NYC MTA 34th Penn Station (2021) is a personal 15-week long 3D environmental art in Unreal Engine 4. 3D modeling in Maya and 3Ds Max. Texturing in Substance Painter and Substance Designer. Tags(媒介): 3D Environmental Art
Concepts/description: NYC MTA 34th Penn Station (2021) is a personal 15-week long 3D environmental art in Unreal Engine 4. 3D modeling in Maya and 3Ds Max. Texturing in Substance Painter and Substance Designer. Tags(媒介): 3D Environmental Art
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Artist: Rebekah Huang
Artwork: NYC MTA 34th Penn Station (2021)
Concepts: I love Chongqing. In the last five years I have visited this great city seven times. During my study abroad, I learned about the unique craft of pop-up books and I began experimenting with combining paper cutting and painting from Eastern cultures with Western paper engineering to create a marriage between the two. This is a pop-up travel guide that benefit tourists travelling around Chongqing city.
A map and TOP 5 attractions are included. Abundant pop-up parts were adopted to help users better understand topography and architectural structure of this rugged city. Moreover, the book also introduces Chongqing in terms of history, architectural features, food culture and contemporary development.
Concepts: I love Chongqing. In the last five years I have visited this great city seven times. During my study abroad, I learned about the unique craft of pop-up books and I began experimenting with combining paper cutting and painting from Eastern cultures with Western paper engineering to create a marriage between the two. This is a pop-up travel guide that benefit tourists travelling around Chongqing city.
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Artist: Star(Xingtong) Shen
Artwork: A Pop-up Travle Guide: The City of Mountains(2020)
Concepts/description: This is a series of poster designs to raise the awareness of conserving biodiversity and encourage everyone to protect our world and environment. The posters are designed as eight ways to protect biodiversity in both the English and Chinese languages. It includes: “Help the Bees”, “Protect Nature”, “Plant a Plant”, “Support Farms”, “Conserve Water”, “Recycle and Reuse”, “Take a Walk”, “Visit Botanical Gardens”.
Featured on Print Magazine https://www.printmag.com/design-inspiration/designing-biodiversity-8-posters/ Mindsparkle Mag https://mindsparklemag.com/design/eight-ways-protect-biodiversity/ Creative Boom https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/eight-ways-to-protect-biodiversity-a-series-of-poster-designs-by-rui-ma/ IdN World https://www.idnworld.com/heal/RuiMa-Biodiversity Heal the World https://heal.idnworld.com/en/inspirations/RuiMa-Biodiversity
Concepts/description: This is a series of poster designs to raise the awareness of conserving biodiversity and encourage everyone to protect our world and environment. The posters are designed as eight ways to protect biodiversity in both the English and Chinese languages. It includes: “Help the Bees”, “Protect Nature”, “Plant a Plant”, “Support Farms”, “Conserve Water”, “Recycle and Reuse”, “Take a Walk”, “Visit Botanical Gardens”.
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Artist: Rui Ma
Artwork: Eight Ways to Protect Biodiversity (2020)
476
Artist: Jinghan He
Artwork: A Story (2022)
554
Artist: Ruijia Diao
Artwork: Underground Phantasm (2022)
Concepts/Description: This series is inspired by my experience in the United States -- cities are in the midst of social division, and citizens are the biggest victims of the chaos. They live in the anxiety of persecution and lose their stable living environment. Tags:Digital art, Photoshop, Political Illustration Size(w*h): 121.92cm; 33.02cm 60.96cm; 61.468
Concepts/Description: This series is inspired by my experience in the United States -- cities are in the midst of social division, and citizens are the biggest victims of the chaos. They live in the anxiety of persecution and lose their stable living environment. Tags:Digital art, Photoshop, Political Illustration Size(w*h): 121.92cm; 33.02cm 60.96cm; 61.468
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Artist: Zhiwen Tang
Artwork: City Chaos (2020)
Concepts: How tender affection end up perish? Neither sand nor water can be hold by a firm grip. Tags: N/A Size: 600*600px
Concepts: How tender affection end up perish? Neither sand nor water can be hold by a firm grip. Tags: N/A Size: 600*600px
405
Artist: Zejun Shen
Artwork: Murder of Passion (2021)
536
Artist: Xiaohan Zhou
Artwork: Pilgrimage (2022)
174
Artist: Nichakorn Masunthasuwan
Artwork: The Happiness Routine (2022)
397
Artist: Lin Ji
Artwork: Studies on Stop Signs (2020)
316
Artist: Linlin Yu
Artwork: Pursuit of Promise(2021)
"Way back home" depicts me in New York City, living alone in a foreign country. There must be lonely moments, but I hope to find finer things in ordinary life.
As an Asian woman, I always feel anxious and unstable. We face some threats in society, and it is also hard for us to become confident. A lot of times I feel safer in a subway car where I'm alone. No one wants to be the one who meets the monster on the way home.
Tags: Pencil, photoshop Size: 23cm*35cm
"Way back home" depicts me in New York City, living alone in a foreign country. There must be lonely moments, but I hope to find finer things in ordinary life.
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Artist: Qiyue Zhang
Artwork: Way back home depicts me in New York City,
living alone in a foreign country.(2022)
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Artist: Chen-Yi Wu
Artwork: Untitled Moment(2022)
Concepts/description: Strangers in the torrents of time, hurrying through the subway stations that they do not belong to. Tags(媒介): illustration; digital art; concept art Size: 27*15cm
Concepts/description: Strangers in the torrents of time, hurrying through the subway stations that they do not belong to. Tags(媒介): illustration; digital art; concept art Size: 27*15cm
398
Artist: Nori Shi
Artwork: Ghost Town(2022)
Concepts: My project is to depict a hell picture by combining the description of a Chinese book, Hell Scene Painting with modern life. I believe that hell might exist in our lives and every corner of the world. I can always find injustices to women or single mothers with children, whether, in the workplace or the family. And these women always are invisible and suffering. Tags: Digital Painting Size: 23.4*19.6 inches
Concepts: My project is to depict a hell picture by combining the description of a Chinese book, Hell Scene Painting with modern life. I believe that hell might exist in our lives and every corner of the world. I can always find injustices to women or single mothers with children, whether, in the workplace or the family. And these women always are invisible and suffering. Tags: Digital Painting Size: 23.4*19.6 inches
652
Artist: Zhiyu You
Artwork: Steamer Hell(2022)、Saw Hell (2022)、Deep Frying Pan Hell (2022)、Pan Hell (2022)、Ice Cube Hell (2022)
319
Artist: Tina Mei
Artwork: Keep The Fire(2022)
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART
344
Artist: Yan Jin
Artwork: 21 Grams(2019)
199
Artist: Mona Leau
Artwork: The Wall: Journal of Times (2021)
277
Artist: Bochun Cheng
Artwork: I don't know you, but I'm sorry I eat you (2019), Paper LV bag (2019)
306
Artist: Sidian Liu
Artwork: At Home with My Family(2020)
333
Artist: Xuemeng Li
Artwork: A Thread in Subconscious (2021)
Tags: Colored prints on Ultrasmooth Fine Art Matt Paper Size: 11*8 inches for each
Tags: Colored prints on Ultrasmooth Fine Art Matt Paper Size: 11*8 inches for each
Tags: Colored prints on Ultrasmooth Fine Art Matt Paper Size: 11*8 inches for each
650
Artist: Jinglin Wang
Artwork: The Woman in a Case (2017)
Concepts/description: The series "unity" explores the interconnectedness and harmony between the surroundings of nature and that which is immersed in it. Through the meditative gaze that captures the nude body resting in its immediate environment in various shapes and forms, the photographs ask the viewer to examine their own perception of existence and beauty.
The liminal transformation thus is manifested by the fusion of nature and the existence of being, that the beauty derives from the unity of nature and human’s instinctual connection to it… Tags: B&W digital photography; fine art nude Size: 45*60cm
Concepts/description: The series "unity" explores the interconnectedness and harmony between the surroundings of nature and that which is immersed in it. Through the meditative gaze that captures the nude body resting in its immediate environment in various shapes and forms, the photographs ask the viewer to examine their own perception of existence and beauty.
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Artist: Baolong Song
Artwork: unity I, 2022 (2022)
134
Artist: Sihan Cui
Artwork: After 365 Days (2019)
371
Artist: Jingyao Huang
Artwork: Tanggu Fusang, Yuyuan Yugu #15(2021)
VIDEO ART
212
Artist: Hongyu Chen
Artwork: Dogs in the city (2022)
509
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Artist: Chantal Kassarjian
Artwork: Plugged (2018)
225
Artist: Xiaohan Liu
Artwork: www.search.com(2021)
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589
Artist: Ruoyu Zhang
Artwork: Napa Apparatus(2021)
Concept: *in the photos
330
Artist Name: Min Soo Park
Artwork Name: Merlin(2022)
Concepts:
How does man strive to be happy? In the personal portrait of Swiss artist Lukas Krähenbühl, we follow him to understand what makes him happy and come to understand that accepting oneself is the key to happiness.
Duration: 5minutes 23seconds
Artwork of Invited Artists
Artist: Virginia Wagner
Artwork: Container
Artist: Natsuki Takauji
Artwork: Covid-19, WHO, IOM, IMF
Artist: Jihun Ju
Artwork: Querencia, The Untouchable, The Muse, Soulmate, Farewell
Artist: Jeong Hur
Artwork: Preta
Artist: Hyemi Kim
Artwork: City Collage 2
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