http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2351 Comments for "Glenn Kaino - Interview with an Artist" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2351 <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/Kaino_Plank120.jpg" title="View: Kaino_Plank120.jpg"><img style="width: px; height:px;" src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/Kaino_Plank120.jpg" class="inline" alt="Kaino_Plank120.jpg" title="Kaino_Plank120.jpg" /></a></p> <h2>Glenn Kaino - Interview with an Artist</h2> <p>By Bobby Okinaka</p> <p>Glenn Kaino (b. 1972) is one of the artists whose work is on display in the <a href="http://www.janm.org/exhibits/oneway/"><em>One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now</em></a> exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum (the exhibition runs until May 4, 2008). His installation entitled “Graft” features two stuffed animals, one a salmon masquerading in shark skin, the other a pig cloaked in a cow’s hide. Simply wearing a mask is not a strong enough metaphor for social identity; here Kaino demonstrates the sometimes absurd lengths people go through to find place or acceptance.</p> <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2351">read more</a></p> http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2351#comment Arts &amp; Design Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:16:11 -0700 bokinaka 2351 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum