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culture or stories?
Jalente Newman
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The artist of this
painting is by Yasuo
Kuniyoshi call the
Self-Portriat of a
photographer. Yasuo
migrated from Japen
to the US. He longed
to be a American
citizen. The bombing
of Pearl harbor Asian
were discriminated
and was denied the
opportunity. He
created this artwork
and it shows him
photographing
through a window
looking at land that he
wanted to call home.
The chinese artist Stephanie Shih creates art to share main dish in the chinese culture.
She creates replicas of foods that she grew up eating.

La piña
Ruth Asawa was born in
California to Japanese
immigrants, Asawa was
affected by her
experiences as a
Japanese American in
the twentieth century.
She creates art to
express her struggles
as an Asian American.
Micheal Yates is a
Filipino artist who
creates art based on
his family traditions. In
this art he shares his
mother’s duster and
placemats from the
Philippines. He shares
is family traditions
through his family
traditions.
 Citations:

1. Catbagan, M.; Lam, L.; Vitug, J. Asian American modernism with Abang-Guard
https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/6/abang-guard-asian-american-
modernism (accessed May 24, 2023).

2. University, S. Cantor Arts Center launches asian american art initiative

https://news.stanford.edu/2021/01/25/cantor-arts-center-launches-asian-american-art-
initiative/ (accessed May 24, 2023).

3. Gharib, M. Through food art, Asian-Americans stop “pushing heritage to the back
burner” https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/01/04/682182165/through-food-art-asian-
americans-stop-pushing-heritage-to-the-back-burner (accessed May 24, 2023).