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September 22, 2005
The Artwork of Roger Shimomura
My talk is called "Thinking About Internment With Left and Right Brain." (Feel free to leave snarky comments about the title in the comments!) It's free and open to the public, and there's a reception afterwards. Best of all, the artist will be there. The event starts at 6:30 at the gallery. If you're at Clemson, stop on by. If you know someone at Clemson, let them know about the event!
UPDATE: I do not know what they are slipping into the drinking water at Clemson, but the event last night was the best-attended talk I've ever given on any campus anywhere about the Japanese American internment--including on campuses in California. Two hundred fifty people--most of them undergrads--filled every seat in the hall and people were standing in the back. It helped, I think, that Roger Shimomura (the artist whose work is being exhibited) had visited a number of classes on campus earlier in the day, and that Clemson freshmen had been given writing assignments based on his paintings. Still, I was just overwhelmed by the attendance.
I was also overwhelmed by Shimomura's artwork. I will link to a few images below, but seeing them "in person" on the wall of a gallery is a totally different experience from seeing them in miniature on a computer screen.
"Housing Discrimination" (2003)
"The History of Art, Version 2" (2003)
"Memories of Childhood" (1999)
"Memories of Childhood" (1999)
Posted by Eric at September 22, 2005 8:10 AM
Comments
The rest of us can only hope the show travels to other parts of the country.
Posted by: paul at September 23, 2005 8:56 AM
The only reason I went is caused I was FORCED to. I really didn't find the artwork interesting, and believe that there are MUCH BETTER artists out there to study (Warhol for instance). Overall, I think Shimomura is very overestimated as an artist.
Posted by: John at November 1, 2005 2:07 PM