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November 2009
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Volume 4
Issue 5
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Special Exhibitions
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Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma
Closes January 10, 2010
Did you know our conservators spent 7,500 hours restoring the artworks in this exhibition to their current bedazzling state? Emerald Cities is the first exhibition outside Asia to explore the rich but little known arts of nineteenth-century Siam and Burma. Stunning artworks include furniture, paintings, textiles, and more – many were acquired by the museum from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and are on display for the first time ever.The Asian Art Museum is the exclusive venue. For information on tickets and programs, please click here.
 Photographic Memories
Closes January 17, 2010
The second installation of this display highlights photographs from the museum’s holdings. 41 pictures on view –– most dating from 1850-1910 –– reflect people's lives in Asia and record the travels people took there – or would like to have taken. Subjects range from portraits of princes to picturesque views of landscapes and palaces.
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Demonstrations
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 AsiaAlive: Thai Mask Painting
Tuesday-Sunday, November 3-8, 12:00 noon–4:00 pm
FREE with museum admission
In Thai performing arts, costumes with richly gilded crowns and colorful masks help convey the gestures and meanings in dance. Artist Jakaraphan Paypai from Thailand will show how he creates intricate patterns and colors on papier mache masks using paint, gold leaves, and colored glass.
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Performances
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 Burmese Puppet Performance
Sunday, November 1, 12:00 noon & 2:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION * Part of the Target First Free Sunday
program
Enjoy performances from the puppeteers of the Mandalay Marionettes Theatre, here in a rare appearance from Burma. Himalayan adventures, love stories, and dance are vividly animated by incredibly life-like, articulate puppets. For a glimpse into the painstaking effort that goes into creating these puppets, click here.
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Lectures
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Society for Asian Art Member Event: Re-orienting Occidental Art: Eastern Influences in the West with Reem Al-Alusi
Saturday, November 7, 2:00–4:00 pm
$15 members, $25 non-members (does not include admission to Emerald Cities)
Reservations are required: saa@asianart.org or (415) 581-3701
Far from being an isolated series of events, the development of European architecture was seminally shaped by contact with the East. In this talk, Ms. Al-Alusi will give us a broad overview of the history of Western art and architecture, paying special attention to the global flows and Eastern influences that shaped the Western aesthetic.
HYBRID LOTUSES: The Flowering of Indian-Related Culture in Siam & Burma
Dr. Forrest McGill, Chief Curator and Wattis Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art
Sunday, November 8, 2:15 pm
FREE with museum admission (does not include admission to Emerald Cities)
More than a thousand years ago, Southeast Asian kingdoms adapted aspects of Indian classical culture, from Hinduism and Buddhism to mythology, astronomy, and royal ceremonies. Nineteenth-century Siam and Burma were no exception. An example of this adaption, the epic of Rama is one of the most important subjects in dance-drama. The talk will explore some of these connections, as they can be seen in the artworks in the museum's exhibition.
Emerald Cities Lectures
Sunday, November 22, 2:30 pm
FREE with museum admission
On the fourth Sunday of every month, a highly trained museum docent will present an hour-long lecture on special exhibition Emerald Cities.
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Family Programs
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 Yoga Flow
Sunday, November 1, 2:00-3:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION * Part of the Target First Free Sunday program
Get centered with Yoga Flow. Learn basic poses (asanas) for balance, flexibility, and strength, inspired by sculptures in the museum collection. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat.
Storytelling
Every Sunday, 1:00 pm
FREE with museum admission (kids 12 and under always admitted FREE)
The Asian Art Museum Storytellers bring the galleries to life with the myths and folktales of Asia.
Art Projects for Home!
Learn more about Asian art and culture with fun, hands-on art projects. Simply click here and download activities for making your own Thai shadow puppet, finger puppet, Japanese teahouse model, and more!
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Special Events
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 Trunk Show & Sale: Traditional Tibetan Crafts
Friday, November 20 & Saturday, November 21, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
FREE admission
Take advantage of a special two-day sale of traditional crafts, including dolls, toys, textiles, and other wares from the Tibet Artisan Initiative and Dropenling Handicraft Center of Lhasa. This sale benefits the museum and the artisans of Tibet.
 Celebration of India
Saturday, November 21,12:00 noon–4:00 pm
FREE with museum admission
Partake in an afternoon of music and art in celebration of the Bay Area’s diverse South Asian communities and the San Francisco-Bangalore Sister City relationship. Flutist Mohan Rangan Govindaraj and musicians will present traditional music of South India. There'll also be art activities, special storytelling, and a gallery tour of the South Asian galleries (featuring art of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka).
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Member Events
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 Member Appreciation Day & Double Discount at the Museum Store
Saturday, November 14, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
As a thank you to our members, please enjoy a special 20% discount in the museum store, for one day only! In addition, you're entitled to members' only docent-led tours of Emerald Cities.
Membership Promotions
Receive an Emerald Cities poster when you join or renew your membership during the exhibition.
Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square “Staycation” Package
Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square is a luxury private residence club offering one, two, and three bedroom exquisitely designed residences on San Francisco’s beautiful waterfront. Package includes an overnight stay in a residence, complimentary valet parking, and a California Lover's Gift Basket, featuring a bottle of California wine, Ghirardelli chocolates, and special discounts for Ghirardelli Square merchants.
Rates for this exclusive online package are based on availability and begin at $315 per night excluding taxes. Click here to make a reservation now.
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ASIANotes Recommends
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 The San Francisco Film Society presents Taiwan Film Days
Friday-Sunday, November 6-8
Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema
This exciting three-day showcase highlights the best of contemporary Taiwanese cinema. View bold new films and engage with visionary filmmakers. Taiwan Film Days opens with Taiwan’s official entry for the 2009 Academy Awards, Cape No. 7. Take a multifaceted look into the vibrant Taiwanese film culture and industry. For tickets and information, click here
California Institute of Integral Studies presents Sacred Music-Sacred Dance
The Mystical Arts of Tibet with Tibetan Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery
Saturday, November 14, 8:00 pm, Herbst Theatre, SF
The famed multiphonic singers of Drepung Loseling monastery have lately taken the world by storm. Tibetan temple music is known in the West as "overtone singing," and the Tibetans are the only people who cultivate this most extraordinary vocal ability. The Monks also perform a number of sacred dances, including the Snow Lion Dance, and the Dance of the Skeleton Lords, which has been endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a means of promoting world peace.
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Special Offers
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 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents
When Lives Become Form: Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960s to the Present Opening Party
Opening night party: Wednesday, November 4, 8:00–11:00 pm
Exhibition: November 5, 2009-January 31, 2010
$12 in advance, $15 at the door (free for YBCA members)
YBCA, 701 Mission St @ 3rd SF
Join YBCA for the opening of When Lives Become Form with a party featuring Brazilian music, Campari cocktails and the fabulous YBCA crowd. Originally organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, When Lives Become Form celebrates Brazil’s creative vitality through the works of artists, fashion designers and architects (including internationally active Japanese Brazilians). This presentation marks the first time an exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo has ever traveled outside of Japan.
YBCA is pleased to offer Asian Art Museum patrons 2-for-1 tickets for this party and exhibition. Use promo code 5157 when purchasing. Click here to buy tickets.
Asian Art Museum co-presents 3rd i's Seventh Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival
Thursday-Sunday, November 5-8, Roxie Theater & Castro Theatre
From art-house classics to documentary films, from innovative and experimental visions to cutting-edge Bollywood, 3rd i's festival includes offerings from all over the world. For ASIANotes subscribers only: Win free tickets to the screening of Full Moon (Chaudhvin ka Chand, India, 1960), on Saturday, November 7, 12 noon. The first 10 people to reply to: anuj3rdi@gmail.com will receive 2 complimentary tickets each. Good luck!
Focus:: Local (USA/Canada, 90 min, 2009) – 8:40 pm, Thurs, Nov 5, Roxie Theater
Bay Area filmmakers explore a range of topics and styles in this year's installment of 3rd i's signature opening night.
 Full Moon (Chaudhvin Ka Chand) (India, 168 min, 1960) – 12 noon, Sat, Nov 7, Castro
Set in Lucknow, a center of Muslim literature and culture, two friends fall in love with the same woman in this comic but ultimately tragic tale of mistaken identities. Produced by and starring Guru Dutt (a master from the golden age of Hindi cinema), this film was his biggest box-office success.
Bombay Summer (India/USA, 102 min, 2009) – 7:00 pm, Sat, Nov 7, Castro
A sensuous, stunning film that examines love and betrayal over a languorous summer in Bombay. Three young artists form—and test—a delicate friendship, journeying across class and landscape, in this unhurried look at contemporary India. Director in person.
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Did You Know?
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…that Doris Duke’s Southeast Asian Art collection (more than 2000 objects) – which include many artworks on view in Emerald Cities – was housed at Duke Farms in New Jersey and for many years remained unknown to both the public and specialists?
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Photo of Emerald Cities gallery with headdress artworks by Kaz Tsuruta; Photo of Emerald Cities gallery with offering containers courtesy of Drew Altizer; A group of Parsee women and children, approx. 1860-1900. India. From the Collection of William K. Ehrenfeld, M.D., 2005.64.221; Animal Guardian of the Bridge of Enduring Passage at the Palace of Great Felicity. Approx. 1909-1945; printed 2009. National Museum of Korea, R2009.2.2; All other images courtesy their respective organizers and/or artists.
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