MarFeb 22

We went yesterday to the Lunar New Year celebration at the Seattle Asian Arts Museum.

They had a Lion Dance performance interpreted by kids from a local kung fu school. It was a joy to see the skills of these kids. They dance, and then go around visiting everyone in the public. The kids in the public were petting the lions and feeding them red envelopes.

During the performance I was thinking how many beautiful things we've collectively created as humans, and the effort it takes to pass them down in time.

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From our trip to the Seattle Asian Art Museum, I was also absolutely fascinated by the current exhibit by Anila Quayyum Agha, a Pakistani American artist. She uses laser-cut geometrical shapes and light. It's incredible.

In a stereotypical parenting moment, after the kids spent easily 15 min in that one pottery exhibit, they did not want to spend any time in this one beyond saying "oh wow" and moving along. I barely had time to take this picture (we were with another family and trying to keep everyone together). I'll try to go back.

If you are in #Seattle, I highly recommend it. The exhibit is open until Apr 19.

The piece in the picture is called A Beautiful Despair.

#AsianAmericanArt
#GeometricPatterns

Feb 22 at 6:16pmWeb
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@marsiposa

similar photos from a show at the smithsonian 2018 .. it's got to be the same artist ? but i don't see any mention of their past exhibitions online ?

anyway / glorious !! 🤩🤩🤩 !!

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@lemon wow yes, those are very similar! Yet the shapes themselves seem different (polygons vs cubes) than what she has listed in her website as past works.

I wonder if this is a case where two artists converged in a "giant lantern" approach, perhaps through different paths or with different motivations.

Fascinating.