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Interview with Roger Shimomura published by the  National Endowment for the Arts!

5/31/2017

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Mouse, 2016, Acrylic, 24 x 24 inches

Art Talk with Roger Shimomura
By Rebecca Sutton

"Roger Shimomura is in many ways a study in contrasts. His paintings are visually bright and frequently humorous, even as they expose the dark underbelly of stereotypes and racism. They are unquestionably American, even as they warp idealized visions of American life. And their flat colors, borrowed from pop art and comic books, belie their thematic complexity and depth.
 
In many ways, these contradictions are manifestations of a recurrent theme throughout Shimomura's life: having to defend that he is American, even when others insist that he is not. Born in Seattle to American-born parents, Shimomura was interned as a child with his family at Camp Minidoka in Idaho following the enactment of Executive Order 9066-legislation signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 that legalized the incarceration of Japanese Americans. Shimomura has returned time and again to this period through his painting and performance art, drawing from his own recollections, his grandmother's diaries, family photographs, and research. His explorations of the subject can be found at a number of exhibitions that mark the 75th anniversary of the order's passage, including Year of Remembrance at Seattle's Wing Luke Museum, which is participating in this summer's Blue Star Museums program, and Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and WWII at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
 
Shimomura has continued his probe of race in America beyond the internment, finding regrettably fertile ground within his personal social interactions and the daily news. This body of work has earned him four NEA Fellowships in painting and performance art, and a spot within the collection of over 90 museums. Shimomura, who also taught at the University of Kansas in Lawrence for 35 years, recently spoke with us by phone about the development of his aesthetic, his fascination with stereotypes, and the continued struggle for artists of color."

Read the Full Article Here

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Roger Shimomura at The MET

8/14/2015

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Five works by Flomenhaft artist Roger Shimomura are currently on view as part of the exhibition

Discovering Japanese Art
American Collectors and the Met

On View through September 27, 2015
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To read more about this exhibition, and view other included works, please CLICK HERE.
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The Whitney Museum Inaugural Exhibition

4/17/2015

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Congratulations to artists
ROGER SHIMOMURA, FAITH RINGGOLD, and ROMARE BEARDEN  
who have all been included in the inaugural exhibition for the
NEW Whitney Museum of American Art 
May 1 - September 27, 2015

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Roger Shimomura, American Guardian, Ed. 4/50, 2007, Lithograph, 31 5/8 × 43 1/8 inches, from Whitney Museum of American Art Permanent Collection (A limited number of editions are still available through Flomenhaft Gallery.)

This exhibition, America is Hard to See, "examines the themes, ideas, beliefs, visions, and passions that have preoccupied and galvanized American artists over the past one hundred and fifteen years."

For more information, or to purchase tickets, CLICK HERE 
to visit the exhibition website.
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Roger Shimomura Exhibition Featured in USA Today

12/2/2014

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PictureGeorge Takei views the Roger Shimomura exhibition. (Photo: Danielle Peterson, (Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal)

George Takei visited the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University in Oregon to view Roger Shimomura: Works on Paper in November.  Takei and Shimomura both spent early childhood years in internment 
camps during WWII.  

A great article in USA Today discusses the exhibition and Takei’s visit.
  


READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE.

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Roger Shimomura at the Smithsonian Museum of Art

7/12/2013

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Roger's Painting, Shimomura Crossing the Delaware, was recently acquired by the Smithsonian Museum of Art!

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Congratulations Roger!

5/21/2013

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The Library of Congress has purchased 6 lithographs (Minidoka Snapshots) by Roger Shimomura, for its permanent collection in Washington, D.C. The prints were published by the Lawrence LithographWorkshop in Kansas City, Missouri.  The set of prints is now sold out.

"Minidoka Snapshots is a suite of miniprints that attempts to capture some essential visual features of the interior camp environment.  Tar paper barracks, barren landscapes, barbed wire and guard towers are the principal components that make up the immutable view." -  Roger Shimomura

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Roger Shimomura's Painting Featured on the Cover of the Smithsonian's "American Art"

4/12/2013

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His painting, Diary: December 12, 1941 (1980), is on the cover of the Spring 2013 issue of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's journal American Art (Volume 27, No. 1) with a 20 page interview is inside.


Read the Interview HERE.

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