The art of the Asian diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Asian diaspora in Latin America is vindicated with an exhibition in New York

A total of 29 creators focused on contemporary and post-war art

The Americas Society inaugurated on September 4 the first exhibition in New York City based on artistic productions of Asian communities in Latin America and the Caribbean from the 1950s to the present.
The exhibition, entitled 'The appearance: the art of the Asian diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean', is made up of figures with careers ignored in part of their trajectories within the region, about which pieces that invite reflection are now being rescued.

A total of 29 creators focused on contemporary and post-war art, and in fields as varied as painting, sculpture, photography, video or performance, contribute their works to this exhibition.

Kazuya Sakai (Argentina), Albert Chong (Jamaica), Wifredo Lam (Cuba), Mimiam Hsu (Costa Rica) and Tikashi Fukushima (Brazil) are just some of those who come together in this exhibition that can be visited at the headquarters of the Society of the Americas in New York until December 14.

The path of being Asian in Latin America

A temporal journey that evolves from invisibility to the concept of being Asian in Latin America to then transcend and be considered throughout decades as Asian-Latinos, Latinos or ultimately Latino-Asians.
"The exhibition not only deals with the question of visibility or invisibility (of the Asian diaspora) but also the ways of becoming visible, as well as notions such as materiality or eligibility. This is also very present," explained Yudi Rafael, one of the curators of the exhibition.

Rafael, along with curator Tie Jojima, explained that one of the aims of the show is to help “establish Asian diaspora art” within broader transnational histories and processes such as migration, among others, within the vast field of Latin American art.

“It was important that these works could be shown together and at the same time address how many of them have been overlooked and not systematically or fully discussed before (...) So I hope that this will be the starting point for many people to approach them,” Jojima concluded.
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