December 2008 - January 20091968 - Filipino Artists Commemorate an Era of Resistance
Forty years from the most climactic year of the tumultuous 60’s era--1968, Filipino artists from the U.S. and the Philippines commemorate the impact of those social movements with a flood of posters, graphics, paintings , banners and collages. A collection of those works are on display at the Asian Resource Gallery at 310 Eighth Street in Oakland Chinatown from December through January 2009. A special reception, open to the public will be held on Thursday, January 8th at 6 PM with live music, poetry and refreshments.
Throughout the world, movements for political independence and social uprisings shaped the consciousness and cultural climate of the revolutionary 60’s, a period that had particular significance for Third World people (aka ‘people of color’) which in reality began from the mid-1950s and lasted until the mid-1970s. National liberation movements against western powers sprung up in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 1968, a renewed armed insurgency emerged in the Philippines, led by the New Peoples Army and Philippine left, and continues to this very day. That national democratic motion has gained broad support from the younger generations of activists in Filipino communities throughout the U.S., and has a marked presence in Asian American artistic expression, including Hip Hop culture.
1968—Filipino Artists Commemorate an Era of Resistance is sponsored by Asian Resource Gallery, Asian American Community Training, Asian American Movement Building, and International League of People’s Struggle--Bay Area. (The views and opinions of the exhibitions at the Asian Resource Gallery do not necessarily reflect those of its sponsoring organization, EBALDC).
The exhibit runs from December thru January, with a special reception on Thursday, January 8th, 2009, beginning at 6PM and is FREE to the public. The Asian Resource Gallery is located at 310 Eighth Street (@Harrison St.) in Oakland, and hours are Mon-Fri, 9AM to 6PM. For more information, contact Greg Jung Morozumi at 510/532-9692.
