Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience

2019
Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience
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Released: 06 May 2019 Released
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Official Website: https://www.janm.org/mediaarts/masters-modern-design
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From the hand-drawn typeface on the book cover of The Godfather to Herman Miller’s biomorphic coffee table, the work of Japanese American artists/designers including Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita, and Gyo Obata permeated American postwar culture. While these second generation Japanese American artists have been celebrated, less-discussed is the powerful effect their World War II incarceration—a period of intense hardship and discrimination—had on their lives and art.

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