POSTPONED: SF’s New 7,500 sq. ft. Rooftop Art Terrace Opens (Asian Art Museum)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Postponed to a later date! We’ll announce the new date soon!

Celebrate the opening of the city’s largest rooftop art experience with drinks, music, and more on Thursday, August 24th at the Asian Art Museum!

East West Bank Art Terrace Opening

Thursday, August 24, 2023 | 5p-8p
Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, SF
Tickets – $10 Adult, $8 Senior, $7 College & Youth

Registration includes access to the event and a general admission ticket.

Join us for the opening of the museum’s newest gallery space: the East West Bank Art Terrace, a unique outdoor venue for contemporary art. Our 7,500 sq. ft. rooftop terrace is a destination for connecting with friends, dining al fresco, or simply enjoying a contemplative moment while surrounded by large-scale sculptures and commissioned installations.

On Aug. 24 at 5 p.m., join us for drinks, a live DJ, and more on the terrace as you explore some of our biggest works of art yet. The terrace’s first exhibition features three contemporary artists who represent a geographically diverse range of Asian heritages and whose eclectic, compelling works possess some surprising California connections.

Kongkee – Taotie
Forged by one of the last neon studios in the Bay Area, Taotie (2022) by Kongkee (b. 1977, active Vancouver) is an eye-catching sculpture in pink neon inspired by ancient Chinese works in the museum collection.

Pinaree Sanpitak – Breast Stupa Topiary
Pinaree Sanpitak’s (b. 1961) elegantly minimalistic Breast Stupa Topiary (2013/2019) offers a feminist reimagining of Buddhist commemorative monuments that suggests the Thai concept of rang-gai — seeing the body as a site where the physical and spiritual intersect.

Ala Ebtekar – Luminous Ground
Commissioned for the Art Terrace, Luminous Ground (2018/2020) by Berkeley-born Ala Ebtekar (b. 1978, active San Francisco and Tehran) features 1,000 ceramic tiles — made of clay from California’s Central Valley by a Fresno-based, Japanese American family — spangled with sunlight-exposed cyanotype images of galaxies from the Hubble telescope, reminiscent of celestial blue Persian ceramic glazes in our collection.

Meet the Artist!
Hear more about Luminous Ground from Ebtekar in person at the opening festivities.

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