SWIMMING TO CHINA - EAST BAY EXPRESS 8/25-31/2000 BY KRISTIANNA BERTELSEN

"You’re alone, you’re in the middle of the ocean, and you’re naked. How do you feel?"

Zhang Xiao Tao - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN 8/9/2000 BY SARAH COLEMAN

"It's rare to find work that combines conceptual and political features so successfully..."

Dialogue Face To Face -ASIAN ART NEWS 1-2/1999 BY REENA JANA

"Pacific Bridge has fulfilled a great deal of its promise as an innovative gallery..."

Artistic Leap to Vietnam - SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS 4/13/1998 BY T.T. NHU

"It is a world Dorn and Gates have brought to Oakland by opening Pacific Bridge Gallery..."

Vietnam and Beyond - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN 7/21/1999 BY SARAH COLEMAN

"offers tiny glimpses into Vietnam's soul, but perhaps more importantly it conveys the passions of three talented artists..."

New Stories from an Old Chapter at Pacific Bridge -ASIAN ART NEWS 6-7/1999 BY REENA JANA

"This show included works by six of the most dynamic Filipino artists working today..."

Naked Truth - SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN 4/28/1999 BY SARAH COLEMAN

"Oakland's innovative Pacific Bridge gallery opened a year ago with the specific mission of bringing cutting-edge Asian art to the Bay Area..."

Good Carma - SF GATE E-PICK 11/24 - 12/1/1999 BY SUSAN MARQUEZ

"The number of paintings these three have produced for the show is as remarkable as their stylistic and technical range...."

Art Without Borders - CONTRA COSTA NEWSPAPERS 7/30/1999 BY ANITA AMIRREZVANI

"a small oasis near the railroad tracks in Oakland..."

Castoffs Take Wing - SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS 12/5/1999 BY T.T. NHU

"Tan worked on a 1961 Cadillac he found at an auto dismantler in Oakland. With the help of two local welders, he eviscerated the car, painted it gold and festooned the chariot with wings..."

The Art of Life, Indonesian Style - URBAN VIEW BY SARAH MURRAY Vol.1 No 14, 1999

"this exhibition has a very high profile in Indonesia..."

The Intuitive Eye - ASIAN ART NEWS 7-8/1999 BY REENA JANA

"Instinctive and intuitive artmaking, resulting in viscerally compelling works-these were the common threads in a recent show of new works by three Vietnamese-Californian artists..."

The Past in the Present -ASIANWEEK 7/22/1999 BY EUNICE PARK

"Vietnamese artists fuse folk and modern forms..."

Above and Beyond - ART ASIAPACIFIC ISSUE 22 BY BRADFORD EDWARDS

"one of the more significant group shows of contemporary Vietnamese artwork mounted thus far..."

Fragments of Vietnam - ASIANWEEK 3/18/1999 BY MARIKO THOMPSON

"meditates on boundries of space and self..."

The Luck of the Draw - BY SARAH MURRAY

"Vietnamese artist Nguyen Van Cuong shares his vision of life in today's Vietnam..."

On The Edge - URBAN VIEW BY KRISTA REID-MCLAUGHLIN 7/7-7/20/1999

"bridges the continents and offers us a world of expression rarely accessible in the USA..."

Trench Art -Zippo art sheds light on Vietnam War - FOXNEWS.COM 7/19/2000 MAI HOANG

"Much of that had to do with sex, drugs and disenchantment with the government's policy on the war..."

Ho? No, He Won't Go - ASIANWEEK 3/30/2000 LEAD EDITORIAL

"their behavior contributes to an atmosphere of intolerance that is antithetical to the spirit of our venerated freedom of speech..."

Ho Chi Minh Haters - ASIANWEEK 3/30/2000 BY JANET DANG

"as many as1,500 Vietnamese Americans have come out to decry the exhibition..."

Ho Chi Minh Exhibit - NPR All Things Considered 4/3/2000 By RICHARD GONZALES

"Richard Gonzales reports on the controversy that has erupted around an exhibit in an Oakland..."

Protest Missed Opportunity for Dialogue - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE 4/5/2000 BY THUY LINH

"How can they demand human rights and freedom of speech for Vietnam in the same breath as they try to suppress an artist's work and one's right to see it?..."

The Cherished Art of Protest - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE 3/21/2000 EDITORIAL

"the cornerstone of democracy is the right to display or say something that nobody else would..."

1,500 Show Up to Protest Exhibit on Ho Chi Minh - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE 3/20/2000 Associated Press

"as many as1,500 Vietnamese Americans have come out to decry the exhibition..."

Ho Chi Minh Art Exhibit Draws Fire - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE 3/30/2000 BY CHIP JOHNSON

"Busloads of protesters headed for Oakland..."

Vocal rally against Ho Chi Minh exhibit - SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER 3/18/2000 EXAMINER STAFF

"They try to call this art . . . This is communist propaganda..."

Local artist's Ho Chi Minh portrait sparks protests - BOSTON HEARLD 3/20/2000 LAUREL J. SWEET

"groups are mobilizing a protest of the show, which opens Saturday at the Pacific Bridge Gallery..."