In his recent work, under the banner, An American Knockoff (2009 to the present), Shimomura has taken on the long tradition of self-portraiture through the radical lens of cultural conflict. Two thematic directions - assimilation and resistance - are often fused together as the artist inserts himself as an aging Asian Everyman in various guises and situations, both funny and poignant.

Roger Shimomura: An American Knockoff

Goodyear, Ann and Chris Bruce

University of Washington Press

2015

2016.039.021