Past Exhibition
Past Exhibition
Tomie Ohtake, Untitled, 1968, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
No Ocean Between Us: Art of Asian Diasporas in Latin America & The Caribbean, 1945–Present features approximately 65 works of modern and contemporary art by Latin American and Caribbean artists of Asian descent. This exhibition highlights artists whose work reflects the global dialogues between their Asian heritages and their Latin American or Caribbean identities, as well as the major artistic movements of their times. Included in the exhibition are paintings, works on paper, sculptures, and mixed media works by artists from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
No Ocean Between Us provides context to understanding the complex and multifaceted nature of cultural diversity in modern Latin American and Caribbean societies. The exhibition allows the viewer to explore how an artist’s unique experience of migration shaped their work. Inspired by the permanent collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States, the exhibition features works by Brazilian artists Manabu Mabe, Tomie Ohtake, Yukata Toyota, Tikashi Fukushima, and Kazuo Wakabashi; Argentine artist Kasuya Sakai; Peruvian artists Venancio Shinki, Arturo Kubotta, Carlos Runcie Tanaka, and Eduardo Tokeshi; Trinidadian artist M.P. Alladin; Mexican artist Luis Nishizawa; Cuban artist Wifredo Lam; and Surinamese artist Soeki Irodikromo.
Enjoy a docent-led virtual tour of the exhibition. This special tour is available on the first and third Wednesday of each month and is donation-based. Check the calendar for the next tour.
No Ocean Between Us: Art of the Asian Diasporas in Latin America & the Caribbean, 1945–Present was developed and organized for tour by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC, in collaboration with AMA Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States, Washington, DC.
In San Antonio, this exhibition is generously funded by the Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston and the Amy Shelton McNutt Endowment.
Manabu Mabe, Agonia (Agony), 1963, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection. Gift of Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho.
Wifredo Lam, Retrato, 1982, lithograph. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection. Courtesy of the IDB Art Collection.
Tikashi Fukushima, Verde (Green), 1972, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
M. P. Alladin, Las Palmas (The Palms), 1973, acrylic on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
Carlos Runcie Tanaka, Jarron (Vase), 1988, clay. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
Arturo Kubotta, Cosmic Sedimentation, 1963, mixed media. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection. Gift of Bernice Weinstein.
Manabu Mabe, Solemn Pact, 1980, acrylic and oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
Wifredo Lam, Untitled, 1965, charcoal and pastel. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection. Courtesy of the IDB Art Collection.
Venancio Shinki, Tierras Bien, c. 1968, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
Carlos Runcie Tanaka, Vessel Object, 1989, clay. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
Tomie Ohtake, Untitled, 1968, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection.
Soeki Irodikromo, Untitled, 1986, oil on canvas. © OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas Collection. Gift of the Government of Suriname.
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