Reagan Louie: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. (San Francisco).From Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. massage parlors massage parlor n. An establishment that offers therapeutic massage. massage parlor Sexology An establishment that advertises nonsexual manipulation and massage services, which may be provided by 'sex workers' who, for to Taiwanese betel-nut stands, Japanese love hotels to Filipino dance halls, photographer Reagan Louie spent six years patrolling Asia's underground sex dens in search of his subject. Highly keyed color and an almost classical sense of form characterize Louie's portraits of Asia's working girls. Despite the documentary approach, his is no sermon: The seventy-odd works swing from the poignant to the provocative to the downright prurient pru·ri·ent adj. 1. Inordinately interested in matters of sex; lascivious. 2. a. Characterized by an inordinate interest in sex: prurient thoughts. b. in order to ask uncomfortable questions about sex, power, and photography. Curated by SF MOMA'S Sandra S. Phillips, the exhibition is accompanied by the publication Orientalia o·ri·en·ta·li·a or O·ri·en·ta·li·a pl.n. Things, especially decorative objects, produced in or associated with eastern Asia. : Sex in Asia (with Louie's narrative plus Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl author Tracy Quan's intro). Aug. 23-Jan. II, 2004. |
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