{"id":13592,"date":"2012-10-04T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T07:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dvan.org\/?p=13592"},"modified":"2018-10-14T22:01:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T05:01:41","slug":"alteraltar-exhibition-showcasing-five-vietnamese-american-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dvan.org\/2012\/10\/alteraltar-exhibition-showcasing-five-vietnamese-american-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Alter\/Altar Exhibition showcasing five Vietnamese-American Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"
This exhibition at the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Art Center brings together five contemporary Vietnamese-American artists who present, distort, alter and\/or redefine historical forms and figures of reverence.\u00a0 The show reveals the complexity of cultural flux, as ancestry and worship experience the fusion of east and west, and the artists work through visual forms which refer to the memories, symbols and technologies which influence these meditations.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Department of Visual Arts and Design at Montgomery College presents the exhibition titled, “Alter\/Altar,” showcasing five Vietnamese-American artists, whose works have been exhibited nationally and internationally. The exhibit will open the 2012-13 calendar for the King Street Gallery, located in the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center on the Takoma Park\/Silver Spring campus, and will run from September 17 through October 19. A reception, open to the public, will be held on September 27th<\/sup> from 6-8pm.<\/p>\n