Furen Dai

TO CAST TOO BOLD A SHADOW

Oct 15, 2020 - Feb 6, 2021

The 8th Floor at the Rubin And Shelly Foundation

Press Release:

“The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation is pleased to present To Cast Too Bold a Shadow, a thematic exhibition that examines culturally entrenched forms of misogyny as a means to understand the dynamics between sexism, gender, and feminism. This exhibition, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, features artists who have positioned their practices as acts of resistance in the face of oppressive societal conditions. Artists include Anetta Mona Chisa & Lucia Tkáčová, Furen Dai, Tracy Emin, Hackney Flashers, Rajkamal Kahlon, Joiri Minaya, Yoko Ono, Maria D. Rapicavoli, Aliza Shvarts, Betty Tompkins, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, whose work collectively challenges the constraints women have endured across economic, cultural, and political lines.”

Mezzanine

Sept 13 - 22, 2020

Ground Floor Gallery Space, Pfizer Building (630 Flushing Ave, 1st Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11206)

We narrate us is pleased to announce, Mezzanine, a group exhibition co-curated by Jennifer (Chia-ling) Ho and Min Sun Jeon featuring works by Furen Dai, Moko Fukuyama, Pei-Ling Ho, Hai-Hsin Huang, Qinmin Liu, Anh Thuy Nguyen, Hyunjung Rhee, and Joanna Tam.

Mezzanine is an exhibition comprised of contemporary women artists from East and Southeast Asia living in the US, sharing their stories with their own voice. Society narrates us into roles that can be overwhelmingly difficult to break free. Growing up in Asia and coming to the US to pursue their artistic career has led these artists to construct the assertion and reflection of themselves with the pre-imposed barriers and conflicts of being an immigrant, and being a woman. Featured artists not only challenge the pre-existing western perspectives of the yellow women, but also the conventional idea of what it means to be an Asian woman.

Panel Discussion
Thursday, September, 19, 2019

"Asian women artists in the context of the social and institutional structure"
with Furen Dai, Jean Shin, Xin Wang, and Moko Fukuyama

Subjugation, Consent, and Active Resistance: To Cast Too Bold a Shadow at The 8th Floor

Exhibition Review, 2020

By Nina Mdivani