Roger Shimomura: By Looking Back, We Look Forward

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Houses in an internment camp surrounded by dust clouds with barbed wire fencing and a watch tower in the background. In the right corner, a large black silhouette of a soldier with an automatic rifle pointed toward the camp and a second rifle over his shoulder uses binoculars to watch a toddler riding a tricycle.

Roger Shimomura By Looking Back, We Look Forward

Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery

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Over his long and prolific career, distinguished American artist and educator Roger Shimomura has channeled his outrage and despair into beautiful, provocative, often irreverent, and sometimes inflammatory art. He uses a brightly colored Pop-Art style to depict a dizzying combination of traditional Japanese imagery and exaggerated cultural stereotypes.

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