The Asian Art Museum's new exhibit celebrates both ancient China and sci-fi futurism.
which opened Friday, is a flashy anime-style comic book come to life from the mind of Chinese artist Kong Khong-chang, known as Kongkee, who was born in Malaysia in 1977 and raised in Hong Kong. He now lives in London working as an animation director. The exhibit is full of candy-colored artwork that ranges from a very Instagram-friendly neon sign to a 30-minute animated sci-fi video.
Scenes from the opening of"Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk" at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum. Credit: Asian Art Museum Although the narrative itself feels a little bit loose, the premise really just creates a framework to combine the ancient and the futuristic, which Kongkee does to great effect in a series of bombastic pieces. The maximalist mixed-media approach includes looping video art, a sound installation, optical illusions and even genuine artifacts from China's Warring States Period .
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