Hidden In Plain Sight Selected Writings Of Karin Higa

Higas Critical Work On Asian American Art History And The Art Of Japanese Americans Imprisoned In World War Ii Us Internment Camps Provides A Compelling View Into The Historical Realities Of Racially Marked Identity And Art-makingedited By Artist, Curator, Writer And Editor Julie Ault, Hidden In Plain Sight Brings Together Essential Writings By The Trailblazing Art Historian And Curator Karin Higa (19662013). The Selected Essays, Written Between 1992 And 2011, Focus On The Forced Evacuation Of Japanese Americans In Western Us States To Specially Constructed Concentration Camps, The Artistic Production And Communities That Took Root Within Them And The Individual And Collective Narratives Of Asian American Artists Amid Discriminatory Policies, Restricted Political Agency And Racism. While Exploring Issues Of Identity And Immigration, Higa Recuperates Significant Artists And Oeuvres From Historical Neglect And Engages Contemporary Artists To Examine How Art Acts As A Source For And Transmitter Of Cultural Identity.this Book Reveals How Higas Conviction That Art And Lived Experience Are Indissolubly Linked Was At The Root Of Her Methodological Modeling Of An Asian American Art History.