I WOULD KILL FOR A FUGAZI REUNION
H STREET IS SO HARD TO GET TO
IS THAT ON THE RED LINE
Yesterday, 3 friends and I spent 7 hours speaking in memes, damn near got kicked out of the National Zoo, and got the side eye from half of DC. We are 12 years old and what is this?
t-t-t-true story
Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.
[…]
This group of artists represents a diverse cross-section of Asian American experiences and demonstrates, in microcosm, the nuances inherent to the Asian American experience. Roger Shimomura is a third-generation American of Japanese descent who has spent his career fighting stereotypes through his art. Shizu Saldamando was born in San Francisco and blends references to youth culture in Southern California with nods to both her Japanese and Mexican heritage. Other artists use concepts of diaspora, migration and transnationalism to expand the meaning of their Asian American identity. Some are artists from Asia who work in the U.S., like Satomi Shirai, who moved to New York from Japan, and Hye Yeon Nam, who came to the U.S. from Korea to study art. Zhang Chun Hong has spent the past year in her native China, but makes her home in Lawrence, Kan. Artists such as CYJO travel back and forth from Asia to America; her Kyopo Project focuses on the international community of Koreans living abroad. Tam Tran’s family relocated to Memphis, Tenn.,r from Vietnam during the early 1990s.
I went to this on Tuesday—it’s thoughtfully curated, and really good! I especially loved Tam Tran’s work, and Roger Shimomura’s.
yayyy i’m glad someone i know went to see it!!! i MIGHT be going down to dc for work so i want to try to see it then but everything’s up in the air right now :(
Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.
[…]
This group of artists represents a diverse cross-section of Asian American experiences and demonstrates, in microcosm, the nuances inherent to the Asian American experience. Roger Shimomura is a third-generation American of Japanese descent who has spent his career fighting stereotypes through his art. Shizu Saldamando was born in San Francisco and blends references to youth culture in Southern California with nods to both her Japanese and Mexican heritage. Other artists use concepts of diaspora, migration and transnationalism to expand the meaning of their Asian American identity. Some are artists from Asia who work in the U.S., like Satomi Shirai, who moved to New York from Japan, and Hye Yeon Nam, who came to the U.S. from Korea to study art. Zhang Chun Hong has spent the past year in her native China, but makes her home in Lawrence, Kan. Artists such as CYJO travel back and forth from Asia to America; her Kyopo Project focuses on the international community of Koreans living abroad. Tam Tran’s family relocated to Memphis, Tenn.,r from Vietnam during the early 1990s.
poetry on the metro
things i did to recognize world aids day:
HA HA HA GET IT
(taken at the national zoo)
spotted at the abc7 building in arlington
reliving high school
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xoericxo:
“Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter” Opens At the National Portrait Gallery Aug. 12
Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.
[…]
This group of artists represents a diverse cross-section of Asian American experiences and demonstrates, in microcosm, the nuances inherent to the Asian American experience. Roger Shimomura is a third-generation American of Japanese descent who has spent his career fighting stereotypes through his art. Shizu Saldamando was born in San Francisco and blends references to youth culture in Southern California with nods to both her Japanese and Mexican heritage. Other artists use concepts of diaspora, migration and transnationalism to expand the meaning of their Asian American identity. Some are artists from Asia who work in the U.S., like Satomi Shirai, who moved to New York from Japan, and Hye Yeon Nam, who came to the U.S. from Korea to study art. Zhang Chun Hong has spent the past year in her native China, but makes her home in Lawrence, Kan. Artists such as CYJO travel back and forth from Asia to America; her Kyopo Project focuses on the international community of Koreans living abroad. Tam Tran’s family relocated to Memphis, Tenn.,r from Vietnam during the early 1990s.
I went to this on Tuesday—it’s thoughtfully curated, and really good! I especially loved Tam Tran’s work, and Roger Shimomura’s.
yayyy i’m glad someone i know went to see it!!! i MIGHT be going down to dc for work so i want to try to see it then but everything’s up in the air right now :(](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4lcuq4zg1qzd6edo1_500.jpg)
