About the Exhibition

General Information Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest Dates: March 3–September 13, 2009 Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Dates: March 3–April 26, 2009 Shop Asiastore for exhibition catalogue. Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 11:00 am–6:00 pm, with extended evening hours Fridays until 9:00 pm (except July 4 through Labor Day). Closed on Mondays and major holidays. Location: Asia Society Museum, 725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street), New York, NY Cost: $10; $7 for seniors and $5 for students with ID; free for members and persons under 16. Admission is free to all Friday 6:00 pm–9:00 pm (free Fridays suspended July 4 through Labor Day). Exhibition Credits Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest Exhibition Cocurators: Melissa Chiu, Museum Director and Vice President, Global Visual Art Programs, Asia Society; and Miwako Tezuka, Associate Curator, Asia Society Major support for Yang Fudong: Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest has been provided by Harold and Ruth Newman. Additional support is provided by the Sheryl and Charles R. Kaye Endowment for Contemporary Art Exhibitions and Asia Society’s Contemporary Art Council. Images of Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest are courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, and ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Exhibition Curator: Adriana Proser, John H. Foster Curator for Traditional Asian Art, Asia Society, with Daisy Yiyou Wang, Asia Society Museum Getty Fellow
Asia Society Museum Staff Marion Kocot, Associate Director Elizabeth Bell, Museum Associate Clare McGowan, Collections Manager and Registrar Jacob Reynolds, Associate Registrar Davis Thompson-Moss, Installation Manager Jacqueline Ganem, Asia Society Museum Getty Fellow Hannah Pritchard, Executive Assistant Nancy Blume, Head of Museum Education Programs Web Site Production Credits Juliet Y. Chou, Digital Design Director Stephanie Valera, Content Editor
Video Excerpt

View an excerpt from: Yang Fudong (born 1971, Beijing). Seven Intellectuals in a Bamboo Forest, Part I, 2003. 35mm black-and-white film transferred to DVD, sound. 29 minutes, 22 seconds. Asia Society, New York: Promised gift of Harold and Ruth Newman