From DePaul University Art Museum:
As an increasingly ethnically ambiguous Asian American generation is coming of age, War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art looks at the construction of mixed-heritage Asian American identity in the United States. Working in traditional media as well as video, installation, and other approaches, artists explore a range of topics, including US wars in Asia, multiculturalism and identity politics, racialization, gender and sexual identity, citizenship and nationality, and trans-racial adoption.
War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art
curated by Laura Kina and Wei Ming Dariotis
War Baby / Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art investigate constructions of mixed heritage Asian American identity in the United States. As an increasingly ethnically ambiguous Asian American generation is coming of age, the exhibition will examine how, or even if, mixed heritage Asian Americans address hybrid identities in their artwork, as well as how perspectives from critical mixed race studies illuminate intersections of racialization, war and imperialism, gender and sexuality, and citizenship and nationality.
The exhibition will feature works across diverse mediums by 19 emerging, mid-career and established artists who reflect a breadth of mixed heritage ethno-racial and geographic diversity: Mequitta Ahuja, Albert Chong, Serene Ford, Kip Fulbeck, Stuart Gaffney, Louie Gong, Jane Jin Kaisen, Lori Kay, Li-lan, Richard Lou, Samia Mirza, Chris Naka, Laurel Nakadate, Gina Osterloh, Adrienne Pao, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Amanda Ross-Ho, Jenifer Wofford, Debra Yepa-Pappan.
Major funding for this exhibition was awarded through The National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Museums grant to DePaul University.
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art
curated by Laura Kina and Wei Ming Dariotis
August 9, 2013 – January 19, 2014
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
719 S. King Street Seattle, WA 98104
206-623-5124
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 8, 2013
6-7pm: Special preview for Museum members and invited guests. Light refreshments will be served
To RSVP, please contact mmartinez@wingluke.org or 206-623-5124 ext. 107
Please see the full listing of events on our project website:
WARBABYLOVECHILD.COM
Past Exhibition Dates:
DePaul University Art Museum
April 25, 2013 – June 30, 2013
Opening reception: Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:00-7:30pm
935 W. Fullerton Chicago, IL 60614
773-325-7506
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 6:00-8:00pm
Mixed Race Asian American Art and Identity panel discussion with curator Laura Kina, author Camilla Fojas and artists Chris Naka and Debra Yepa-Pappan.
Co-sponsored by the Japanese American Service Committee, DePaul’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity President’s Diversity Series, and Latin American and Latino Studies.
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