Diana Freundl, Associate Curator, Asian Art, will discuss her exhibition "Pacific Crossings: Hong Kong Artists in Vancouver" (2017) in relation to the exhibition "Here Not There" (1995). "Here Not There" presented sculpture, stoneware and paintings by Vancouver-based Chinese artists Gu Xiong, Huang Yali, Sam Lam, Shi Guoliang and Zhang Qun that illuminated the problematic nature of cultural identity in unfamiliar territory and pointed to the impermanent character of “home” in the contemporary world. "Pacific Crossings" presents works from well-known Hong Kong artists David Lam, Carrie Koo, Paul Chui and Josh Hon, who immigrated to Vancouver throughout the 1960-90s. It explores various visual languages from Hong Kong’s modern and contemporary art beginnings including ink painting, abstract and landscape painting, and examines the influence that a new environment had on their practices. Following Freundl’s presentation, artists Josh Hon and Gu Xiong will join the curator in a discussion of issues arising from this pairing of exhibitions.