Memories of Childhood, Roger Shimomura; Linda Samson-Talleur; Steinbaum Krause Gallery; Michael Sims; Lawrence Lithography Workshop

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Roger Shimomura; Linda Samson-Talleur; Steinbaum Krause Gallery; Michael Sims; Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Memories of Childhood
Roger Shimomura; Linda Samson-Talleur; Steinbaum Krause Gallery; Michael Sims; Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Memories of Childhood
Roger Shimomura , Linda Samson-Talleur , Michael Sims
Memories of Childhood
1999
Roger Shimomura
born 1939
Linda Samson-Talleur
born 1953
Michael Sims
born 1944
Memories of Childhood, 1999
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: color lithograph; letterpress; wove paper
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 255 x 310 x 20 mm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 10 1/16 x 12 3/16 x 0 13/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund
Accession number: 2002.0045
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Conflicting Memories," Oct-2003, Steve Goddard Memories of Childhood, Roger Shimomura’s book of lithographed images and letterpress quotes, portrays his experiences while interned in Camp Minidoka, Idaho. Shimomura spent nearly three years as a young child with his paternal grandmother and parents as his three uncles fought in World War II for the United States. Inspired by his grandmother’s diaries, Shimomura represents the small human details of daily life within the context of the internment camp. Birthday cake and barbed wire, an uncle leaving camp with an American flag in hand, a moment of conversation with another child across a boundary of confinement - express intimate memories in a distanced pop-art style. Through transparent overlays, individual memory is placed in high relief against a backdrop of collective memory and national policy.