Ed Paschke’s “Missile”: A Psychedelic Exploration of Power and Media
Ed Paschke, a Chicago-based artist known for his electrifying use of color and fascination with media imagery, created Missile in 1969. This striking piece exemplifies Paschke’s signature style—intense neon hues, distorted figures, and an unsettling interplay between pop culture and deeper societal tensions. The Visual Impact of Missile At first glance, Missile is an explosion […]
Roger Shimomura – Lithograph Collection
Roger Shimomura: Asian American Identity, Pop Art, Lithography, and Cultural Activism
Roger Shimomura is a pioneering Asian American artist, printmaker, painter, professor, and cultural activist whose work has transformed contemporary art, pop art, political art, and identity-based art in the United States. His powerful paintings, lithographs, prints, performance art, and installations challenge racial stereotypes, Japanese American history, WWII internment camp narratives, and cultural assimilation. Born in […]