The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Responses: Asian American Voices Resisting the Tides of Racism

Institution
Museum of Chinese in America
Grant Cycle
Fall 2019
Amount
$50,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Image of a Black Lives Matter march. Crowd of people wearing masks and carrying signs walking down an urban street.
Jennvine Wong, Black Lives Matter march through Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2020.
Illustration of a young Asian woman wearing a mask and sweatshirt. A bubble above her head says
Not A Virus PSA, 2020 by Kyra Yip 葉雪恩
Photo of a young Asian man holding a sign at and Anti-Asian hate rally.
Mary Luke, Anti-Asian Hate Rally in Columbus Park, 2021.
Black and white photograph of a deserted street in Chinatown.
Tewfic El-Sawy, Deserted, April 15, 2020.
Painting of a woman with long dar hair in a blue dress on top of a dragon. Words surrounding her say
Seema Shakti, Solidarity With Our Asian Brothers and Sisters, 2021

Responses is an offering to our country in a moment of crisis. Chinese and Asian Americans are being blamed as the genesis of the coronavirus and targeted in assaults across the country, harming their bodies as well as their sense of belonging. To help us navigate what is happening, the exhibition explores the lessons of history and raises a collective voice against the rising tide of anti-Asian hate and violence.

1966

Warhol’s film Chelsea Girls is a commercial success, offering an unedited glimpse into the daily lives of several Factory Superstars. Later it is considered an influential forerunner of reality TV.