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ArtBound, from KCET, produces new documentary featuring Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita and Gyo Obata.
From the iconic typeface of “The Godfather” book cover to Herman Miller’s Noguchi table, the influence of Japanese American artists and designers in postwar American art and design is unparalleled. While this second generation of Japanese American artists has been celebrated in various publications and exhibitions, less discussed is how the World War II incarceration — a period of intense discrimination and hardship — has also had a powerful effect on the lives of artists such as Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima, Isamu Noguchi, S. Neil Fujita and Gyo Obata.
The documentary includes interviews with three of Ruth Asawa's children and also features a several clips of her voice, making this piece an especially strong and insightful addition to Ruth's story, placing her in the context of these other important Japanese American artists and sharing their collective stories.
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We were so lucky to have shared a beautiful day at Lake Eden with 650 members of our community, celebrating the legacy of Black Mountain College at this year’s {Re}HAPPENING! In a new blog post we share our memories, including an album of some of our favorite photographs!
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Students at Black Mountain College, sunning on the dock at Lake Eden - looking out to the Studies Building. Photo by John Campbell courtesy of the Western Regional Archives. | Amanda Hollomon-Cook, photo courtesy of East Fork Pottery | Paul Lazar performs Cage Shuffle, photo courtesy Big Dance Theater | John Cage preparing a piano, in 1947. Photograph by Irving Penn / © 1947 (Renewed 1975) Conde Nast Publications Inc. | Ruth Asawa, photograph by Imogen Cunningham, 1952 | {Re}HAPPENING 9, photo by Michael Oppenheim
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