The Prints of Roger Shimomura June 2, 2007

Painter and theatre artist, Roger Shimomura explores his Japanese American identity through a vibrant and provocative stylistic combination of 20th-century American pop art and traditional 18th- and 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints. 'The Prints of Roger Shimomura' features selections from more than 30 years of Shimomura's printmaking. Through viewing his printed works, one discovers his first attempt to combat racist stereotypes by appropriating racist caricatures and his first use of explicitly sexual imagery.