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Queering Contemporary Asian American Art
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art takes Asian American differences as its point of departure, and brings together artists and scholars to challenge normative assumptions, essentialisms,...
ISBN: 9780295741376
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War Baby / Love Child
Mixed Race Asian American Art
War Baby / Love Child examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art....
ISBN: 9780295992259
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George Tsutakawa
Painter, sculptor, teacher, and internationally renowned fountain designer, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was one of the treasure of the Pacific Northwest. In his life and his work he achieved...
ISBN: 9780295970219
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Paul Horiuchi
East and West
Born in Japan in 1906, Paul Horiuchi came to America as a youth of fourteen and found work with the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming. He held the job for two decades, until World War II brought...
ISBN: 9780295987958
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Shadows of a Fleeting World
Pictorial Photography and the Seattle Camera Club
Pictorialism emerged in the early twentieth century as a prominent style of fine art photography. Artists engaged in this style were interested in the effects of transient light and Japanese compositional...
ISBN: 9780295990859
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Experiences of Passage
The Paintings of Yun Gee and Li-lan
In this generously illustrated volume, the distinguished teacher, author, and critic Joyce Brodsky brings together works by the expatriate Chinese painter Yun Gee and his Chinese American daughter,...
ISBN: 9780295987750
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Frank Okada
The Shape of Elegance
Artist Frank Okada played a significant role in the modern art history of the Pacific Northwest. Born a Nisei in 1931, he was raised in Seattle’s International District and throughout his...
ISBN: 9780295985664
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Zhi Lin
In Search of the Lost History of Chinese Migrants and the Transcontinental Railroads
In this pointed and resonant project, internationally acclaimed artist Zhi Lin refocuses on the forgotten Chinese laborers in America from an iconic moment in US history. In the nineteenth century,...
ISBN: 9780924335433
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Roger Shimomura
An American Knockoff
For four decades, Roger Shimomura’s paintings, prints, and theatre pieces have addressed sociopolitical issues of Asian America. He does this through a style that combines his childhood interest...
ISBN: 9780975566275
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