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Cultural Politics
Artbound
Art and the Creation of a Resilient Japanese American Spirit
Post date:Faced with empty horse stalls and bare barracks, Chiura Obata, along with other artists, taught over 600 professionals and amateurs art. Their work fueled a spirit of resilience in their community and helped them face an untenable situation with dignity.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Art Duo Renders California in Traditional Japanese Nihonga Style
Post date:For their first solo show in the U.S. since 2013, international art duo Kozyndan create a love letter to the progressive mecca of California using traditional Japanese painting styles and materials.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Of Rabbits and Ronin: The Charismatic Characters of Stan Sakai's Comic Books
Post date:Japanese American artist and writer, Stan Sakai draws on the multi-cultural artistic nexus that is Los Angeles, creating characters, settings and imagery that are Japanese, but whose lettering and narrative style originate mostly in the West.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
The Dancing Brush: The Calligraphic Abstractions of Seyburn Zorthian
Post date:Seyburn Zorthian draws inspiration from Japanese Culture to create calligraphic abstractions that are dynamic visualizations of the energy created when cultures collide.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Urban Impressions: Barbara A. Thomason's 100 Not-So-Famous L.A. Views
Post date:Barbara A. Thomason spent five years depicting the freeways, rivers, restaurants, street signs, buildings, neighborhoods and landscapes that are familiar and dear to the people who call L.A. home.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Wisdom and Whimsy in the Ceramic Art of Julie Bagish
Post date:Julie Bagish creates rustic tea bowls and other earth-toned vessels of Japanese inspiration that overflow with a sense of playfulness.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Brickbats and Fat Cats: the Animated Watercolors of Moira Hahn
Post date:In the second installment of the "Japanese Accents" series, Meher McArthur examines the the cross-cultural fantasy artwork of Moira Hahn.
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Visual Arts
Artbound
Two Urban Subcultures Meet in the Art of Gajin Fujita
Post date:Gajin Fujita is a Japanese American artist who has gained international acclaim for his dramatic paintings that blend the graffiti and hip-hop style that he grew up with in East L.A. and Japanese artistic traditions that form part of his family's cultu...