Banana, Roger Shimomura

Artwork Overview

born 1939
Banana, 2012
Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Material/technique: color lithograph
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 191 x 190 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 255 x 242 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 10 1/16 x 9 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2019.0020.01
Not on display

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Label texts

Banana is a slur similar to “race traitor” used as a pejorative for ethnic East Asian and Southeast Asian people who are considered to have abandoned or lost touch with their Asian cultural identity in order to adopt Western cultural identity.

Exhibitions

Kris Ercums, curator
2020
Kris Ercums, curator
2020