Asian Traditions Modern Expressions : Asian American Artists and Abstraction, 1945-1970 Book

	Director's Foreword	7
	Acknowledgments	8
	Introduction: Finding the Middle Path	10
	"Abstraction" in the Traditional Art of East Asia	21
	With the Suddenness of Creation: Trends of Abstract Painting in Japan and China, 1945-1970	30
	International Abstraction in a National Context: Abstract Painting in Korea, 1910-1965	42
	Roundtable Discussion	48
	From Asian Traditions to Modern Expressions: Abstract Art by Asian Americans, 1945-1970	58
	Artists' Biographies	147
	Hybrid Worlds, Singular Visions: Hawaii's Asian American Heritage and Art	183
	Personalizing the Abstract: Asian American Artists in Seattle	186
	From Enemy Alien to Zen Master: Japanese American Identity in California During the Postwar Period	190
	A Brief Cultural History of the Chinese in California: From Early Beginnings to the 1970s	194
	Nipponism and the Smell of Paint: A Recollection of New York, circa 1958-1961	199
	Reminiscences of Mi Chou: The First Chinese Gallery in America	205
	Notes	213
	About the Authors	217
	Index	218
	Photograph Credits	224