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Imagire, Dorothy

Hapa Sansei Project

1992
pastiche kimonos

Mixed 3rd generation Japanese American project creating kimono garments from fabrics representing an individual's ethnic heritage.

Materials

kimono; textiles

Techniques

installations (visual work); pastiches; sewing (process)

Subjects

identity; kimonos; race (concept); heritage; Imagire, Dorothy; mixed race; Nikkei; race relations
Kevin's Identity Garment
Dorothy's Identity Garment
Source: Digital Image
Vintage kimono and African fabric.
Kevin's Identity Garment Dorothy's Identity Garment