NWPB Presents
Roger Shimomura
Episode 9 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Roger Shimomura - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Artist Spotlight
Featured Art: Roger Shimomura, Enter the Rice Cooker, 1994
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NWPB Presents is a local public television program presented by NWPB
NWPB Presents
Roger Shimomura
Episode 9 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Featured Art: Roger Shimomura, Enter the Rice Cooker, 1994
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipArtist Roger Shimomura and his family were sent to internment camps, forced to abandon their homes and possessions at the outset of World War Two.
In the piece that we see here, the large scale screen print, we have the juxtaposition of two cultural stereotypes.
We have a samurai warrior who would normally be entering with a sword, but in this case he has a modern electric rice cooker.
And on the other side of the semitransparent screen, there is a silhouette of a Hollywood starlet.
Shimomura is really a master of dealing with the complex identities of Japanese Americans, in reference to his family's history.
NWPB Presents is a local public television program presented by NWPB