UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

Las Vegas, Nevada

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Living Here

East Gallery - On Site Exhibition
Enter the Dragon by Stephanie H. Shih Image: Courtesy of the artist and Berggruen Gallery
Courtesy of the artist and Berggruen Gallery
Enter the Dragon by Stephanie H. Shih Image: Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art (Photography by Krystal Ramirez)
Enter the Dragon by Stephanie H. Shih Image: Installation View, Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art (Photography by Krystal Ramirez)
Enter the Dragon by Stephanie H. Shih Image: Courtesy of Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art (Photography by Krystal Ramirez)

Enter the Dragon

Stephanie H. Shih
Enter the Dragon, 2023
Ceramic
Courtesy of the artist and Berggruen Gallery

This work is on loan for the exhibition, Living Here, at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, June 20 - December 20, 2025

Enter the Dragon is arguably the most famous movie starring the 20th century’s most widely known Chinese American actor, Bruce Lee. Lee was born in San Francisco's Chinese Hospital in 1940. The film premiered one month after his death in 1973. This artwork belongs to a series that explores the history of the first Chinatown in the United States, in San Francisco. Hand-crafted and tactile, as if made to be held, these ceramic sculptures hint at the day-to-day experiences of life in one specific area of the diaspora.

  • Created: 2023
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