Affiliated Courses
Binh Danh (b. Rạch Giá, Vietnam, 1977; lives and works in Gilroy, CA), The Botany of Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum #3, 2008. Chlorophyll print and resin 14 3/4 x...
ARTHIST 186B: Asian American Art (AMSTUD 186D, ASNAMST 186B)
This lecture course explores the work of artists, craftspeople, and laborers of Asian descent from 1850-present. Rather than a discrete identity category, we approach 'Asian American' as an expansive, relational term that encompasses heterogenous experiences of racialization and migration. Key themes include the history of immigration and displacement; diasporic geographies; art, activism, and community; feminist/queer perspectives; and interethnic conflict and solidarity. The course coincides with the public launch exhibitions of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI) at the Cantor Arts Center and includes regular visits to the museum and Stanford Special Collections.
Toshio Takaezu (American, 1922–2011)#8, c. 1990s. Stoneware with glazes, 7 1/8 x 6 x 6 in. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Gift of the artist, 2008.230
ARTHIST 284: Material Metonymy: Ceramics and Asian America (AMSTUD 284, ARTHIST 484, ASNAMST 284)
This course explores the rich history and contemporary state of ceramic production by Asian American/diasporic makers. It is also about the way history, culture, and emotion are carried by process, technique, and materials. Taught by an art historian and a physicist/ceramist, the course will privilege close examination of works of art at the Cantor Arts Center, and will also include artist studio visits, discussions with curators and conservators, demonstrations of and experimentation with technical processes of studio ceramics. This course is designed for students with interests in making, art history, engineering, intellectual history, and Asian American studies.