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DESCRIPTION:SULLIVAN GOSS &ndash\; An American Gallery is pleased to announ
 ce the gallery&rsquo\;s first exhibition from the estate of Japanese Ameri
 can artist FRANK TAIRA (1913 - 2010). On view March 3 through May 29\, 201
 1\, this exhibition features nine paintings from the mid 1950s to the mid 
 1970s &ndash\; an era in which the classically trained artist experimented
  avidly with Orphism &ndash\; a form of Cubism preoccupied with color. On 
 display are seven important paintings of Taira&rsquo\;s experiments with a
 bstraction.&nbsp\; Another highlight of the exhibition will be a 1957 self
 -portrait. \n Frank Moriihiko Taira was born in San Francisco to Japanese 
 parents in 1913.&nbsp\; When they decided to return to Japan\, Taira staye
 d behind &ndash\; working his way through high school.&nbsp\; He studied a
 t the California School of Fine Arts\, instructed by leading lights Victor
  Arnautoff\, Otis Oldfield\, and the director of the school\, Lee Randolph
 . He exhibited at a juried show at the San Francisco Museum of Art\, and w
 as invited to prepare a one-man show at the San Francisco Museum of Art. \
 n In 1942\, Taira&rsquo\;s world would forever change with Roosevelt&rsquo
 \;s executive order 9066T: mandating the internment of Japanese Americans 
 to &ldquo\;relocation camps.&rdquo\;&nbsp\; Taira\, a US citizen\, along w
 ith 120\,000 ethnic Japanese people\, were held in internment camps for th
 e duration of the war. None of Taira&rsquo\;s work from before this period
  survived. While confined\, he taught art at the Topaz Interment Camp alon
 gside Chiura Obatta\, Matsusaburo (George) Hibi\, and Mine Okubo. \n Upon 
 his release\, Mr. Taira moved to New York\, never again to live in Califor
 nia. He studied at Columbia University\, the Art Students League and the N
 ew School for Social Research. His paintings have been exhibited at galler
 ies\, the National Academy of Design\, the Salamagundi Club\, the First In
 ternational Biennale in 1998\, and the Florence (Italy) Biennale Internazi
 onale Bell'Arte Contemporanea in 2001. \n Taira&rsquo\;s body of work refl
 ects his journey as a marginalized minority trying to personalize the Mode
 rn art being made around him in the New World. It tells the story of hidde
 n struggle and the triumph of being rediscovered just years before the end
  of his life.
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SUMMARY:Frank Taira (1913 - 2010): The Color Inside
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