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...muted orange wall facing the gallery’s entrance is a work by a contemporary Japanese artist, Monita Shiryu. It is a black lacquered panel covered by wispy yellow brushstrokes, shining with gold glitter. In another setting, this work would not seem to resemble calligraphy, but in this context the influence is clear. The panel, at once familiar and foreign, contemporary and historical, piques visitors’ interest and draws them into the show...
...went on to describe the poems in a personal sense, including stories from the spans of time in his life when he himself lived alone, though all of the poems were spoken in impersonal voices. A sense of the meaning of Manning’s new works in the context of his own life may best be conveyed by the lines, “it was yours...only a dream/ a mean and beautiful one, but yours...
...drops the word “genocide” numerous times. Eager to make this relatively unknown episode seem relevant to book-buying audiences, she has avoided using “Mau Mau” in her work’s title. Instead, she gives the out-of-context label “gulag” to the British labor camps used to detain suspected Mau Mau rebels...
...Combining an account of actual lives in the context of world history, yet told with the charm and humor of a Sunday comic strip, Yoshitaka Kiyama's "The Four Immigrants Manga" should not be missed. A book to be enjoyed by readers of history and comix, this once-lost artifact works as both a delightful read and a reminder of where Americans come from...
...There’s a lot in [the transcript] that can be taken out of context,” she said...