Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes chronicles the blossoming of Asian American art and anticipates the growing democratization of American art and culture. Pairing work by twenty-four contemporary Asian American visual artists with responses provocatively drawn from cultural critics, other artists, activists, and intellectuals, this book explores themes of geographical movement, the sexuality of Asian bodies, colonization, miscegenation, hybrid forms of immigrant cultures, the loss of home, war, history, and memory. Elaine H. Kim's historical introduction charts the trajectory of Asian American art from the nineteenth century to the present, offering a comprehensive account of artists, major artworks, and major events. Commentaries by writers, artists, and cultural activists examine the work of visual artists such as Pacita Abad, Albert Chong, Y. David Chung, Allan deSouza, Michael Joo, Hung Liu, Yong Soon Min, Manuel Ocampo, PipoNguyen-Duy, Roger Shimomura, Carlos Villa, and Martin Wong. Prominent artists and critics such as Homi K. Bhabha, Luis Camnitzer, Enrique Chagoya, Gina Dent, Ellen Gallagher, Arturo Lindsay, Kobena Mercer, Griselda Pollock, Jolene Rickard, Faith Ringgold, Ella Shohat, Lowery Stokes Sims, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie offer thought-provoking reflections on each artist. Sharon Mizota's extended captions further elucidate the paintings, graphics, photography, installations, and mixed-media constructions under discussion. As a set of dialogues, simultaneously visual and textual, Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes encourages the cross-cultural conversation that is shaping the emerging art of Asian Americans and of the United States in general. Alternately personal, intellectual, aesthetic, and political, these essays and the art they consider provide unique perspectives on both the past and the future of American art.

Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art

Arts & Photography

Elaine H. Kim

Lisa Lowe

Margo Machida

Sharon Mizota

History & Criticism

University of California Press

East to America: Korean American Life Stories

Korean Americans (KA) began immigrating to America more than 100 years ago, but it was only as LA burned in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict that the media began to focus attention on the KA community. What the media portrayed was mercilessly unbalanced: images of KA as hysterical shopkeepers & gun-toting merchants. Here are powerful & candid interviews with more than 30 individuals from NY to Chicago, San Francisco, & L.A., the book's focal point. The stories of recent immigrants flow into those of 3rd-generation KA. These men & women render a portrait of a community grappling with racial tensions, class & gender differences, & the notion of family & home. Includes an overview of Korean history that contextualizes these stories.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Diane Pub Co.

4 essays on DICTEE w/visual essay by Yong Soon Min

Writing Self, Writing Nation: A Collection of Essays on Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Literature & Fiction

Hyun Yi Kang

Shelley Sunn Wong

Third Women Press

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