Artist Paints Herself Onto Typically White Narratives
Clip: Season 12 Episode 5 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Stephanie Mei Huang and her reasons for placing an Asian face on pervasive white symbols.
What does it mean to project yourself onto powerful symbols of the American West? L.A.-based Stephanie Mei Huang paints her Asian face over those of white settlers and cowboys in an effort to overcome the boundaries of her racialized and gendered identity.
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Artist Paints Herself Onto Typically White Narratives
Clip: Season 12 Episode 5 | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
What does it mean to project yourself onto powerful symbols of the American West? L.A.-based Stephanie Mei Huang paints her Asian face over those of white settlers and cowboys in an effort to overcome the boundaries of her racialized and gendered identity.
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