Artasiamerica

The archive documents, preserves, and promotes the presence of Asian American culture in the United States since 1945. Possibly the largest historical archive on Asian American artists in the US, it consists of biographical materials, publications, statements as well as samples of works. In order to make this historical archive accessible to the pu... blic globally, AAAC has begun the process of digitizing portions of it into a web-accessible format. Named artasiamerica, it enables access to primary materials that compose the story of such artists and their historical presence in the US. The Archive project has focused on those artists exhibited at AAAC who signaled key themes by giving expression to what has become the substance and the subject of Asian American art. This will enable a memory and reflection upon individual Asian artists in a world largely bereft of such images. This digital resource may document precedents to artists working today, demonstrating the historical significance of this subject. Through the Cold War period and its aftermath, visual artists may continue to provide glimpses of a viable cultural path. The more extended reply to this question can be found in the written statement by the Director of AAAC: Notes on the Archive: An Introduction by Robert LeeRead More