invAsian! at City Art Rooms
Combining science fiction with erotic fantasy, Young Sun Han's recent series of work makes a poignant statement about racial-sexual stereotypes. His human-scale photographs both idolise and demean the Asian male form, with camp references to comics, pin-ups and underwear catalogues.
invAsian! is on at City Art Rooms in Auckland until 4 November.Combining science fiction with erotic fantasy, Young Sun Han's recent series of work makes a poignant statement about racial-sexual stereotypes. His human-scale photographs both idolise and demean the Asian male form, with camp references to comics, pin-ups and underwear catalogues.
invAsian! is on at City Art Rooms in Auckland until 4 November.The title of his exhibition identifies strongly with the opinion of a small number of people that find multiculturalism invasive, an issue particularly current in New Zealand, which has experienced a recent influx of Asian immigrants.
When: 16 October - 4 November 2007
Preview Event: 16 October, 5.30pm
Where: City Art Rooms, Level 1, 28 Lorne St, Auckland
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