Asian History Month happens every May. It’s an opportunity to learn more about the diverse cultures and histories of the Asian communities around the world.
Asian artists have impacted how we see, hear, feel, touch, and interpret our surroundings. You might not even realize it! It can be in the design of the dishes you use, the graphics you see in advertisements, how you approach art and interpret its meaning, or even ideas about social activism.
At AUArts Library, we have hundreds of books and other materials available that let users take a deep dive into the worlds of Asian artists and art movements, and into the impact they had on a wide range of cultural, economic, and political events in history. Below is a taste of what we have in the collection.
Visit the library and discover even more …
TITLES IN THE PHYSICAL COLLECTION:
Good earth : the pots and passion of Walter Ostrom – Call# 738.092 O856
I'm afraid of men / Shraya, Vivek – Call# 306.76 S561
Death threat / Shraya, Vivek – Call# 306.768 S561
Writing the modern: selected texts on art & art history in Singapore, Malaysia & Southeast Asia, 1973–2015 / T.K Sabapathy – Call# 709.959 S113
Art and China's revolution / Chiu, Melissa – Call# 709.51 C543
Transformative jars: Asian ceramic vessels as transcultural enclosures / Grasskamp, Anna, editor – Call# 738.3095 T772
Grow : the art of Koyamori / Koyamori [Maruti_Bitamin] – Call# 741.5971 K887
Tastes of justice: the aesthetics and politics of food-art practices in Asia and Australia / Maravillas, Francis, editor – Call# 704.949413 T215
Yoshitomo Nara : self-selected works – paintings / Nara, Yoshitomo, artist – Call# 759.952 N218
Yayoi Kusama : every day I pray for love: art and collected poetry / Wehr, Anne, editor – Call# 709.52 K97e
Yoko Ono : one woman show, 1960-1971 / Biesenbach, Klaus, Cherix, Christophe, Ono, Yoko – Call# 700.92 O58B
Haegue Yang : ETA / Yang, Haegue, artist, Dziewior, Yilmaz, editor – Call# 709.2 Y221
Your bright future : 12 contemporary artists from Korea – Call# 709.5195 Y813
Rewriting modernism : three women artists in twentieth-century China : Pan Yuliang, Nie Ou and Yin Xiuzhen / Teo, Phyllis, author – Call# 759.951 T314
Voices rising : Asian Canadian cultural activism / Call# 971.00495 L693
E-RESOURCES IN THE COLLECTION:
Laughing Back at Empire: The Grassroots Activism of The Asianadian Magazine, 1978–1985 / Wong, Angie
Reel Asian: Asian Canada on Screen / Chang, Elaine
Landscapes of injustice : a new perspective on the internment and dispossession of Japanese Canadians / Stanger-Ross, Jordan, editor
Mediums and Magical Things : Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places / Kendall, Laurel, author.
The shaping of Persian art : collections and interpretations of the art of Islamic Iran and Central Asia / Kadoi, Yuka ; Szántó, Iván
