By Kai Curry Northwest Asian Weekly
Media images pertaining to beauty during the wherein Beauty Lies event at Wing Luke Museum. (Picture by Kai Curry)
Where Beauty Lies, the exhibition that is newest at the Wing Luke Museum, assumes on the main topic of beauty, especially when it comes to Asian Us citizens and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).
Just exactly What comprises beauty? Whom determines what exactly is gorgeous? Just how do societal requirements become part of ourselves and, amidst the signals we get all around us all, how can we recognize our genuine selves? These questions, and much more, are thought when you look at the event developed by a residential area advisory committee, Exhibit Developer Mikala Woodward, as well as other regional contributors.
Where Beauty Lies isn’t just a museum event, but a meeting. On starting on Oct. 11, staff wore beauty pageant sashes with slogans like “Decolonize Beauty. evening” neighborhood artists and icons, such as drag performer Aleksa Manila, arrived demonstrating, by whatever they thought we would wear, or perhaps not wear, the way they did their locks and make-up, or didn’t—the methods they respond to objectives of beauty and gender—with authenticity and empowerment.
Neighborhood poet and artist that is visual Yu Pai, whom penned the didactic panels for the show, claimed, “I got active in the wherein Beauty Lies event considering that the topic deeply resonated for me.