{"product_id":"pictures-of-belonging-miki-hayakawa-hisako-hibi-and-min-okubo-9780520394674","title":"Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Min? Okubo","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis unprecedented exhibition reintroduces three trailblazing Japanese American artists of the pre-World War II generations.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo\u003c\/i\u003e brings together over ninety works by three pioneering Japanese American artists from the pre-World War II era. Despite long careers and critical acclaim, Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo have largely been overlooked in traditional American art history. This groundbreaking exhibition reintroduces their work and explores their deep connections with each other for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through three chronological sections, the exhibition traces the careers of these artists from the 1920s to the 1990s. \"Faces \u0026amp; Communities\" presents pre-World War II portraiture and figurative works, while \"Belongings \u0026amp; (dis)Locations\" showcases landscapes and still lifes from the prewar and wartime periods. The final section, \"Explorations \u0026amp; Rediscoveries,\" features postwar abstractions. \u003ci\u003ePictures of Belonging\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds the rich and heterogeneous oeuvres of Hayakawa, Hibi, and Okubo, which spanned eight decades and four states, highlighting the diverse communities in which these trailblazing artists flourished before, during, and after World War II. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, this book shifts the spotlight from the injustice and tragedy of Japanese American incarceration toward a broader picture of the so-called American experience through the compelling, divergent lives and artworks of these women of Japanese descent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by the Japanese American National Museum in association with University of California Press and with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art and the National Endowment for the Arts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exhibition dates: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e February 24 to June 30, 2024, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e November 15, 2024, to August 17, 2025, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, District of Columbia \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e October 2, 2025, to January 4, 2026, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e February 5, 2026, to April 19, 2026, at the Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fall 2026 at the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShiPu Wang\u003c\/b\u003e is the Coats Family Chair in the Arts and Professor of Art History at University of California, Merced. He is a former editorial board member of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's\u003ci\u003e American Art \u003c\/i\u003eand now serves on the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Board of Commissioners. Wang is the author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming American? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art and Identity Crisis of Yasuo Kuniyoshi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Other American Moderns: Matsura, Ishigaki, Noda, Hayakawa\u003c\/i\u003e. Wang was also the curator and editor of\u003ci\u003e Chiura Obata: An American Modern.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646478192914,"sku":"9780520394674","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_222ce0e9-891c-4a0f-bf65-88627e99f919.jpg?v=1733177511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pictures-of-belonging-miki-hayakawa-hisako-hibi-and-min-okubo-9780520394674","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}