Asian Arts & Culture Center
presents
iona rozeal brown: afro-asiatic allegory
Center for the Arts Asian Arts Gallery
February 9 ? May 12
Reception and Curator?s Talk:
Saturday, February 11, 2 – 4 p.m.
Guest Curator: Professor J. Susan Isaacs
This exhibition features a selection of paintings and prints by one of the nation?s most exciting artist, iona rozeal brown. (lower case at artist request.) brown developed a fascination with Asian-style theater very early in life, and later began to look closely at Japanese Ukiyo-e prints of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The afro-asiatic allegory theme was inspired after her investigative trip to Japan in 2001. While there she witnessed a cultural shift amongst youth in Japan in which youngsters darkened the skin with heavy tanning as well as modeling their hair after African American Hip-Hop idols. Her paintings represent her belief that African American culture has had a global influence on culture and society worldwide.
iona rozeal brown will create a new mural exclusively for this exhibition. The public is invited to an open studio to view the mural in progress.
Open Studio: February 7, 8, 9, 4-5 p.m., Asian Arts Gallery
Artist Lecture: February 9, 6:30 p.m., Center for the Arts Lecture Hall
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 11-4; Saturday 1-4
(Close Spring Break March 18-25 and Easter weekend)
Admission is free.
Contact information: 410-704-2807; {www.towson.edu/asianarts}
