A Survey of the Work of Roger Shimomura

Here’s a show that shouldn’t be missed. If you are anywhere in the Delray Beach area of Florida, you should check this exhibit out…

Artist Roger Shimomura was two years old when his family was interned at Minidoka after the entry of the U. S. into World War II.  Forced to give up their property and personal freedoms, they joined more than 120,000 other persons of Japanese ancestry who left homes, jobs and businesses for an uncertain future behind barbed wire. This episode of profound discrimination informs the emotional core of the artist’s work on display in this exhibition, a compilation of 60 paintings, prints, sculpture and performance photographs spanning the artist’s career. Shimomura’s vivid canvases bring together the styles of Japanese woodblock prints, Pop Art, and comic books to illustrate the forms and consequences of racism. Images are sometimes violent, sometimes subtle, but always unforgettable.

Return of the Yellow Peril is a program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and the National Endowment for the Arts. Exhibition of Return of the Yellow Peril is funded in part by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, and the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council.

You can learn more about the exhibit and the museum here.