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Two overlooked Asian artists who left a mark on Modern British art celebrated with UK exhibitions
In 1989 the artist Rasheed Araeen issued a challenge to the British art establishment in the form of an exhibition. The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-War Britain at London’s Hayward Gallery featured 24 artists of Asian, African or Caribbean heritage (including Karachi-born Araeen) who had made careers in the UK but were still, he contended, racially excluded from the “citadel of Modernism”. Leading newspaper critics were sceptical, even scornful, with one concluding: “For the moment, the work of Afro-Asian artists in the west is no more than a curiosity, not yet worth even a footnote in any history of 20th-century western art.”
Today is another story. Two bastions of Modern British art are now devoting exhibitions to diasporic artists who were connected, in different ways, to The Other Story exhibition: Li Yuan-chia (1929-94) at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge and Kim Lim (1936-97) at the Hepworth Wakefield.
Li had an itinerant life from a young age, shuttling between orph
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List of British Chinese people
Main article: British Chinese
This article is a list of notable people of Chinese ancestry who were born in or have settled in the United Kingdom.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are British Chinese or must have references showing they are British Chinese and are notable.
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Acting
- Leah Bracknell (born 1964), actress and yoga teacher, Eurasian, English father and Chinese-Malaysian mother
- Gemma Chan (born 1982), actress
- Julia Chan (born 1983), actress
- Lobo Chan (born 1960), actor
- Maggie Cheung (born 1964), actress
- Tsai Chin (born 1933), actress and singer, first Chinese Bond girl
- Vera Chok (born 1977), actress
- Christina Chong (1983), actress
- William Gao (born 2003), actor, Eurasian
- Paul Courtenay Hyu (born 1968), actor, writer and Elvis impersonator, Eurasian
- Linda Louise Duan (born 1993), actress
- Jon Foo (born 1982), actor and wushu martial artist
- Mona Hammond (born 1931), actress
- Jessica Henwick (born 1992), actress, Eurasian
- Alice Hewkin (born 1999),
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The British Asian music scene is a thriving sub-culture in music, but a lack of awareness means it’s relegated to a niche within the industry. As a result, British Asian artists have less access to industry resources, and that lack of visibility can ultimately undervalue their music.
Broader challenges with inclusive research also hinder our understanding of the British Asian music scene. “Primary research” infrastructure, as it stands, makes reaching robust proportions of British Asians time- and cost-prohibitive. Little is therefore known about the music consumption habits of a group that is now almost 10 percent (5.5M+) of the UK population. Meanwhile, looking at the consumption of British Asian music among the general population leaves most of the story untold. Fortunately, triangulated, aggregated consumption data can help build a clearer picture of British Asian artists and listeners and increase global awareness of British Asian music throughout the broader music industry.
British Asian Music’s Bermuda Triangle
With South Asians across the globe accounting for almost a
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