#chinese american art

[weepingwidar]

Amanda Ba (Chinese-American, 1999) - Sericulture (2022)

[mangoslixes]

Being drawn to colours that they “associate with sunrise and sunset-times of transition and daily possibility” Livien Yin's paintings have an awe-inspiring palette and such a delicate, considered finish. “I try to render the way that sunlight feels against the skin, like a caress of the subjects in the painting.” Another recognisable quality of the artists work is their repetition of imagery, specifically hands and fruit. Sometimes the hands frame the face of the subject, and the fruit lies half eaten. And, sometimes the two images come together – a model's hands lazily peel an orange, another clasps an apple, mid-bite.

Livien Yin explains that their focus on hands is a means a of referencing both manual labour that characterised the first major wave of Chinese immigration and their connection to Chinese culture and cooking; “I like to paint hands to commemorate the cultural legacies and ‘acts of care’ passed down from the generations before us.” Whereas the fruit has a more specific reference – “when ‘paper sons and daughters’ were preparing to be interrogated at Angel Island Immigration Station, they memorised the details of their new identities using something called ‘coaching notes’ which were sometimes secretly sent to them inside fruit.” And, simultaneously, when placed in the hands of women, Livien intends for it to be a metaphor for sexual agency.

on Livien Yin

[lionofchaeronea]

A Trinity of Dragons: Fire, Earth, and Water, Rookwood Pottery Co., 1892

[kirby-the-gorb]

[nickysfacts]

Space Buns are so cute and give us such a doll like look, regardless if were in 2d or 3d!💜

🇨🇳🇯🇵🇺🇸

[kawaiistarfishbeliever]

"Sisters"

[vuelode-irbis]

The love given to the first piece inspired me to do another one with more flags!

ID: a digital drawing that features seven members of the Mustelidae family, colored with the palettes of different pride flags. From left to right and top to bottom: a wolverine with the theme of the intersex pride flag, behind it, there are purple and yellow circles; a chinese ferret-badger with the genderqueer pride flag colors, and some sparkly onomatopoeias in the same colors; a black-footed ferret colored with the genderfluid pride flag, a heart in blue, pink and white and a line with the flag colors besides it; a river otter with the aroace pride flag colors, as well as exclamation onomatopoeias; a steppe polecat in the demiboy pride flag colors, a crown and a heart over his head; a striped polecat colored with the demigirl pride colors, which also has a little crown and a heart around; lastly, an american badger colored in the queer flag, and holding a little one. End ID.

[cosmictortilla]

🐉 HAPPY YEAR OF THE DRAGON 🐉

[cardinal-island]

Street Fighter The Novel Where Strength Lies: Cover art

[quotidianish]

More antics of the blu mercs! Didn’t expect such a warm reception to these silly little headcanons at first, and I’m working up the motivation to finish the rest of the team (failing)

some sillies..

[weepingwidar]

Amanda Ba (Chinese-American, 1999) - Juggalette (2023)

[elegantstreetout-hideout]

[thunderstruck9]

Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965), Oriental Poppies, Blue Chinese Vase, c.1930. Oil on canvas, 36 × 30 in. (frame included)

[virtuastreetfighting-world5000]

Unused art for Secret File #28, by Tamio.

[museeeuuuum]

Hey... psst... hey you... do you like museum tours? Walk-throughs? Well, you're gonna love this new video I made. Yeah, it's pretty good. I mean, the video quality is shit when it's trained on me, but the footage of the museum is good, and I think my commentary is interesting. Yeah, I think you'd enjoy it, make a cup of tea, and grab a snack for while you watch it. Great, thanks!

[superartsy-carnival-0]

Super Street Fighter II: Poster