STELLA LAI: Let's Stop Pretending
Arizona State University Art Museum
September 1 through November 19, 2005
Stella Lai, Portrait of a Roast Pig, 2005, 30"x48", Gouache on Paper, Courtesy of the artist and Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles.
Welcome Back Student Party and Opening Reception:
Tuesday, August 30, 6-8pm
STELLA LAI: Let's Stop Pretending
Hong Kong was returned to China in the year 1997, after 155 years as a British Colony. Reflecting on this shift in history, San Francisco based artist Stella Lai examines the architecture, language and memories, which attempt to define the identities and culture of her homeland. Through a newly developed series of paintings and wall installations, Lai reflects on a Hong Kong that is neither British nor Chinese, but more of a hyper-accelerated city in a new global dialogue. Organized by the Arizona State University Art Museum, Stella Lai: Let's Stop Pretending will be the artist's first museum solo exhibition.
About the Artist
Stella Lai was born in 1975, in Hong Kong, and currently lives and works in
San Francisco. Lai received her BFA from the California College of Arts and
Crafts in San Francisco. The artist has recently exhibited at the following
venues: Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Howard House Gallery,
Seattle, WA; Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Cassius King Gallery,
San Diego, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA; and will be part
of a two person show with artist Iona Rozeal Brown at Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta,
GA in fall of 2005.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by John D. Spiak, Stella Lai: Let's Stop Pretending
will be installed in the Arizona State University Art Museum's Nelson
Fine Arts Center location and will be the artist's first museum solo
exhibition.
Duration
Stella Lai: Let's Stop Pretending (September 1 through November
19, 2005) is open at the ASU Art Museum: Tuesday from 10am to 9pm, and Wednesday
through Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Support
The exhibition and related programs are supported in part by Friends of the
ASU Art Museum. "Look East," the ASU Art Museum's Fall 2005 Art
InterAct education program, is partially funded by the City of Tempe.