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Outside In: Interpretations of Chinatown
photographs and installations
made in San Francisco Chinatown
a joint exhibition created by Deanne Delbridge and Nancy Warner
October 2 through October 10, 1999
Vinton Court Gallery
10 Vinton Court
San Francisco, CA 94108
From the press release:
The Show
What attracts visitors to San Francisco Chinatown? What do they see? What don't they see? What could they learn if they looked more closely?
This exhibit shows how two local artists interpret what they have found there. All the photographs in this show were made within ten blocks of Warner's studio, just off Grant Avenue near Chinatown's gates. Her black-and-white images include doorways, shop windows, worn surfaces, reflections, and people in the streets. Her color images celebrate calligraphy and handpainted signs, paper artifacts, toys and trinkets, and sidewalk vegetable stands. Print formats include gelatin silver prints, Polaroid image transfers, wall-size murals, and offset-printed hand-bound books.
Inspired in part by Warner's work, Delbridge has created her own interpretations of Chinatown, using familiar cliches such as fortune cookies and silk tassels to make art objects that ask questions rather than make statements. The artists also incorporate fans, slippers, backscratchers, ornate packaging, and other favorite tourist items in conceptual pieces and installations that turn common assumptions upside down.
The Artists
For information about Nancy, see Nancy Warner.
Deanne Delbridge is a conceptual artist and photography consultant who lectures internationally on visual communication and creative development.
The Opening:
Saturday, October 2, 1999, 3:00 to 6:30 p.m.
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Pre-reception walking tour of Chinatown guided by Simmone Kuo, Chinatown resident and Tai Chi master (limited space, must RSVP)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Live music performed on the Er Hu and Yang Qin, traditional Chinese instruments (see Melody Of China)
5:30 - 5:45 p.m. Solo Asian jazz performance, Francis Wong on saxophone (see Justice Matters)
