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On Drawing Asian Characters
Wednesday, Nov 26, 2008 4:51PM / Members only
I was asked to do a talk/presentation at the Association of Chinese Teachers Lunar New Year Conference in January concerning the drawing of Asians.
This came out of a concern that even Asian American teachers themselves are not aware of stereotypes involved in drawing of Asians.
I am going to get a little stipend which will partially pay for a digital project I will purchase for this presentation.
Here is the little blurb for my presentation:
The Association of Chinese Teachers (TACT)
presents
Lunar New Year Celebration Workshop
Year of the Ox
Drawing Asian Americans
Leland Wong is well-known for his colorful art. His posters for the Nihonmachi Street Fairs are collector’s items and his work is currently exhibited at the Chinese Culture Center. Leland will demonstrate his unique ability to capture the facial expressions, postures and emotions of Chinese American with a few simple lines.
DATE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009 8:30 – 12:00 A.M.
Francisco Middle School, Little Theater
2190 Powell Street (at Francisco), San Franciscouh oh...they're making fun of my eyes.
The Spanish Tennis Federation show their gratitude to their Chinese hosts.
A little kid once came up to me and did this before. His parents thought it was cute. I think the parents would look cute with a black eye.
The Spanish basketball team show their gratitude to their hosts in China. Chingate Madres!
The Argentines get on it too.
Hello Dr. Fu Manchu!
well...at least his buck teeth are natural.
Fu Manchu...a person to be feared.
rabbit teeth. Someone added that moustache.
What eyes???
Bow legged, hands together in the sleeve. Well...at least you can see pupils in his eyes. But damn...it's so slanted.
This one is interesting....it's an illustration from Japan. The Japanese has big eyes, the Korean has smaller eyes and the Chinese eyes with tiny tight eyes but yet he's the biggest figure n this illustration. This stereotypical drawing happens amongst Asians too.
Two cartoons of Japanese from a Popeye cartoon. Note the huge teeth. Coke bottle glasses. etc.
Looks like a yellow peril image...a fear of the yellow race taking over the world. A giant evil spectre floating above the city without a body with sharp claws ready to kill you. Bullets cannot stop it.
But there is what appears to be an Asian couple on the lower right. You can tell by their squinty eyes.
Interesting....the eyes are open but have no pupils. The skin is gray like a ghoul. He has fangs. A Qing dynasty official hat. He's not human. Kill him!
This recent illustration is is from Britain to protest the building of the Xizhang railroad. It shows ethnic Tibetans with normal eyes and the ethnic Han as evil with yellow skin, buck teeth and squinty eyes.
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A Gai Mo So Dream
Friday, Nov 21, 2008 2:24AM / Members only
I went to a see a play. I was the only person in the theatre. On stage were two people wearing opera masks. One represented an adult parent. The other person was a kid representing the son. He was wearing a flouresent orange life vest.
The adult parent began whipping the tar out of the kid with the stick end of the feather duster* (AKA Gai Mo So in Cantonese). The acting kid was screaming a crying in pain as he was being whipped with the gai mo so.
At one point a rack of baked goods fell which infuriated the parent even more, causing her to whip the kid even harder. I felt every painful lash of the feather duster and cried really hard with tears along with the performance. After awhile the kid stopped crying and laid there lifeless. It was really tough watching it.... zzzzzzzz *POP*
Time to get do Ling and Walt's 200-4x6 prints, print Tat Wong's uniform order, get Golden State's catalogue to Lucero, return Ada and Tim's order to Leathercraftsmen because of my cover typo, install a new lock for the side door of the apartment building, pick up my prescrīption, design TACT's 40th Anniversary t-shirt...*AAARGH*.
* The Chinese style feather duster is a common instrument used by many first generation Chinese parents to punish their children. It is made with a rattan stick and chicken feathers. When holding the stick end, it is a useful instrument to remove dust from the shelves and objects around the house. When helf by the feather end it is a lethal weapon capable of delivering a sting that hurts like hell and leave deep welts on the skin. It produces the "model minority" in academic institutions but not capable of producing leaders nor innovative thought after reaching adult life. Only obedient workers.
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Asian/American/Modern Art Artists and Scholars Panel
Friday, Nov 14, 2008 5:33AM / Members only
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Black and White Tones I Offer
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008 6:54AM / Members only
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Paintings, Posters and Propaganda
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2008 5:32AM / Members only
I'm going to be a part of this panel at the Chinese Culture Center of SF on Wednesday evening. But I dunno...I don't think I'll have much to talk about because from the looks of the e-mail chatter going on with the other participants which I've been passively observing, they want to make it a real radical political thing. But I'm a capitalist trying to make as much money as I can from the masses through my art. Uh oh... I think gonna get hung for being a revisionist.
Here's the blurb:
Paintings, Posters and Propaganda:
Artists Reflect and Connect with Community
Chinese Culture Center
750 Kearny Street, 3rd FloorWednesday, November 12, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
The Chinese Culture Center and Kearny Street Workshop invite you to join in on a discussion among five artists about the development of their art practices, their influences, and how they work within their communities.
Featuring Nancy Hom, Leland Wong, Lenore Chinn, Choppy Oshiro and Richard Godinez. Moderated by Robynn Takayama.
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