Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience (2019)
56m
Running Time
May 6, 2019Release Date
Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience (2019)
56m
Running Time
May 6, 2019Release Date
Plot.
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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