Roger Shimomura | Additional Paintings

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MR. WONG'S THEATRE COMPANY , 2001
Acrylic paint on canvas, 60 x 72 inches
$20,000.



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SUBURBAN LOVE, 1995
Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 72 inches, diptych
$25,000.

AFTER THE MOVIES, No. 1, 1993
Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 56 inches, diptych
$14,000.





JAP'S A JAP #1, 2000
Acrylic on canvas and mixed media, 36 x 48 inches each
$10,000.

The artist's collection of stereotypical W.W.II depictions of Japanese males as slant-eyed, buck-toothed, yellow-skinned demons, served as inspiration for the Jap's A Jap series. Combining these facial features with the bodies of typically dressed Americans in typical social situations, these paintings represent a reality for many Asian Americans - that not a day goes by when they are not, in some way, reminded how they are perceived as being different from the people around them. The term, "a Jap's a Jap" is a direct quote from 1941 by General Dewitt, commander of the Western Defense Command, who publicly expressed his support for the placement of all Japanese Americans in concentration camps during the war.

HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM JAPANESE AMERICANS, 2000
Xerox collage 19 x 28 inches $1,500.

The artist writes:
"This piece is a snotty parody on the Time magazine article How To Tell The Difference Between the Chinese and Japanese which came out during World War II."

Click images to read the original text from the Time magazine article (left) and Shimomura's "rewritten" companion text to the right of the original magazine text

Stereotypes and Admonitions, 2002-2003
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Stereotypes and Admonitions

An American Diary, 1997
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An American Diary