Sat, Nov 05
|Tucson Desert Art Museum
Paul Kitagaki's Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit: Triumphing over Adversity
Juxtaposing contemporary photographs of Japanese Americans with their incarceration photos from World War II, photographer Paul Kitagaki, Jr. has created a journey of sadness, power and triumph.
Time & Location
Nov 05, 2016, 7:00 PM – Apr 30, 2017, 7:00 PM
Tucson Desert Art Museum, 7000 E Tanque Verde Rd, Tucson, AZ 85715, USA
About
is the first body of work devoted to capturing the past and the present of Executive Order 9066 through photographs and oral histories. Through the juxtaposition of historic images and contemporary portraits of the same individuals or their descendants, Paul Kitagaki takes us on a visual exploration of the Japanese concept of Gambatte, or triumph over adversity.GAMBATTE! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit
Image: Members of the Mochida Family Awaiting Evacuation (May 8, 1942), via Wikimedia Commons.