Product Description:

This timely volume is the first to cover the post-90s wave of New York-based, Asian-American art collectives including Basement Workshop, Godzilla: Asian American Art Network, Godzookie and the Barnstormers. Envisioning Diaspora puts these groups into an art-historical context, focusing on the impact that the 1960s Asian-American art movement has had in the U.S. and internationally through interviews and never-before-published archival images. Curator, filmmaker and arts writer Alexandra Chang traces the term Asian American," which began as an outgrowth of the late-1960s civil rights movement and has become integrated into the contemporary mainstream multicultural discourse. She examines the formation of artist collectives, delving into the identity politics, aesthetics and diaspora of Asian-American art. Dynamically designed by Jonathan Lo, the book includes three custom bookmarks and a cover that flips out to reveal a full-color image of an artwork by Barnstormer Kenji Hirata, photographed by the artist GION."

About the Author:

Alexandra Chang is an arts writer, filmmaker, and independent curator. She has curated exhibitions and written on contemporary art, graffiti, design, and architecture. She also programs events at New York University's Asian/Pacific/American Institute and has served as the managing editor for Art Asia Pacific magazine and features editor for amNew York. Her writing has appeared in Art Asia Pacific, ArtKrush, Asiance magazine, Art in Asia, amNew York, Chicago Tribune's RedEye, Time Magazine, and the Boston Globe among other publications. She holds an M.A. from New York University from the John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master's Program for Humanities and Social Thought with a concentration in Asian American Art.