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Book SynopsisThis unprecedented exhibition reintroduces three trailblazing Japanese American artists of the preWorld War II generations. Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo brings together over ninety works by three pioneering Japanese American artists from the preWorld 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. Through three chronological sections, the exhibition traces the careers of these artists from the 1920s to the 1990s. Faces & Communities presents preWorld War II portraiture and figurative works, while Belongings & (dis)Locations showcases landscapes and still lifes from the prewar and wartime periods. The final section, Explorations & Rediscoveries, features postwar abstractions. Pictures of Belonging foregro
