statue near the museum entrance
Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas

Texas Collects Asia: Contemporary Art

Saturday, October 18, 2008 - Monday, January 5, 2009

Title: The Big Family, No. 5, from the Bloodline series
Artist: Zhang Xiaogang (Chinese, b. 1958)
Culture/Country: China
Period: 1995
Medium: Lithograph, edition 61/75
Dimensions: 20 x 24 in
Collection Title: Collection of Jan Keeton Yeung and Ka Yeung
Title: Politburo
Artist: Xiaoze Xie (Chinese, b. 1966)
Culture/Country: China
Period: 1995
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 61 x 48 in.
Collection Title: Collection of Karol Howard and George Morton
Title: Brassiere of Gizzard Shad
Artist: Michiko Kon, (Japanese, b. 1955)
Culture/Country: Japan
Period: 1986
Medium: Silver print, edition 8/75
Dimensions: 24 x 20 in.
Collection Title: Crow Collection of Asian Art
Title: Happy Drinker
Artist: Wang Jia’nan (Chinese, b. 1955)
Culture/Country: China
Period: 1997
Medium: Ink and Color on paper
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.
Collection Title: Private Collection
Installation shot of Texas Collects Asia: Contemporary Art

Texas collects Asia is a year-long series of five exhibitions that pays homage to the Texan collector. Texas Collects Asia: Contemporary Art is a final, forward-thinking installment that showcases Asia as the future, examining the explosive trends found in prints, paintings, photographs, and sculpture of some of the most cutting-edge artists from China, Japan, and Vietnam.