"This book is published on conjunction with the exhibition Pictures of belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, organized by Japanese American National Museum. Exhibition dates: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 24 through June 30, 2024; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. November 15, 2024, through August 17, 2025; [and three other museums]"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Foreword / Ann Burroughs -- A note on terminology and the Japanese American experience by the Japanese American National Museum -- Acknowledgements / ShiPu Wang -- Introduction: pictures of belonging / ShiPu Wange -- I. Faces & communities. Plates -- The California School of Fine Arts in interwar San Francisco / Becky Alexander -- Faces of Belonging / ShiPu Wang -- II. Belongings & (dis)locations. Plates -- Hisako Hibi: depicting place and displacement / Cécile Whiting -- The Remarkable and resilient lives of Hisako Hibi and Miné Okubo / Patricia Wakida -- III. Explorations & rediscoveries. Plates -- Unquiet emotions: the Miné Okubo letters at the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art / Rihoko Ueno -- New Aquistions: notes from an expanding field / Melissa Ho -- Selected artist statements -- Selected exhibition records, 1920-50 researched and compiled by ShiPu Wang -- Selected bibliography compiled by ShiPu Wang with the assistance of Memphis Despain.
Summary:
"Pictures of Belonging showcases more than one hundred objects created by Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. These trailblazing American women of Japanese descent-part of the pre-World War II generation of artists in California-were committed to exploring art as a productive means of storytelling, but their achievements are rarely recognized in the pages of American history. The book puts the artists' works in dialogue with one another for the first time-creating new conversations on citizenship, community, and agency in the historical record during an era of exclusion for Japanese Americans in particular and Asian Americans as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.