Asian American art
Art is a popular form of expression within the Asian American community and can be seen as a way for the community to push against tradition. Common forms of art are painting or photography and the first known record or Asian American art was in 1854, in the form of a photography studio by Ka Chau entitled "Daguerrean Establishment".[1] Performance art became a popular form of expression by the 1960s, allowing artists like Linda Nishio to focus on issues of representation and self-image.[2][3] Music is also used as a form of expression within the Asian American community.[4]
Popular Asian American artists include Mary Tape, Tishio Aoki, Ching Ho Cheng, and Sessue Hayakawa.[5]
Performance art
Performance art is an art form that expands on the natural form of stage performance or Theater. It gives the performers/artists to explore elements that are only glanced at.[6] Martha Graham is one of the most regularly mentioned when it comes to Performance Art in a more abstract manner. Asian American Artists like Winston Tong also went into this medium, except with an avant- gaerde approach.[7] In the 21st Century, the realm has expanded in boundaries and responses from them the viewers/audience. University of Illinois at Chicago art student was arrested during his street performance because his outfit brought cioun to the viewers, assuming he was one of the killer clowns roaming in 2016.[8]
Organizations and places supporting Asian American art
- Asian American Arts Alliance[9]
- Asian American Arts Centre[10]
- Chinese American Museum[11]
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago[12]
- CAAM ( Center for Asian American Media )[13]
- FilAm ARTS[14]
- Kearny Streets Workshops[15]
- Museum of Chinese in America[16]
- Tuesday Night Project[17]
- Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association[18]
- Visual Communication[19]
- Wing Luke Museum of The Asian Pacific American Experience[20]
- Asian American Arts Foundation[21]
- Grantmakers in the Arts[22]
- Pearl River Mart
References
- Asian American Art : A History, 1850-1970. 2008.
- "Linda Nishio", Drawing the Line, Japanese American National Museum, accessed June 7, 2015.
- Schultz, Stacy (2012). "ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARTISTS: Performative Strategies Redefined". Journal of Asian American Studies. 15: 105–127. doi:10.1353/jaas.2012.0000. S2CID 145241859.
- "Reiko Fujii". www.reikofujii.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- Asian American Art: Art History, 1850-1970. 2008. pp. 477–510.
- Jew, Kimberly May, et al. “Perspectives on Asian American Performance Art: Contexts, Memories, and the Making of Meaning on Stage. An Interview with Canyon Sam, Denise Uyehara, and Brenda Wong Aoki.” MELUS, vol. 36, no. 4, 2011, pp. 141–158., www.jstor.org/stable/23048516.
- Lee, Esther Kim (2003). "BETWEEN THE PERSONAL AND THE UNIVERSAL: Asian American Solo Performance from the 1970s to the 1990s". Journal of Asian American Studies. 6 (3): 289–312. doi:10.1353/jaas.2004.0021. S2CID 145197038.
- "Clown Sighting at UIC Turns Out to be Student Project". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- "Asian American Arts Alliance".
- "Asian American Arts Centre - Home". artspiral.org. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- "Chinese American Museum".
- "Chinese American Museum of Chicago".
- "Center for Asian American Media".
- "FIlAm ARTS".
- "Kearny Streets Workshops".
- "Museum of Chinese in America".
- "Tuesday Night Project".
- "VAALA". Vietnamese American Arts & Letter Association. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- "Home". Visual Communications. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- "Home > Wing Luke Museum". www.wingluke.org. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- "A3 Foundation - Asian American Artists Foundation". www.a3-foundation.org. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
- "Supporting ALAANA Organizations | Grantmakers in the Arts". www.giarts.org. Retrieved 2017-03-28.