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"Model Minority is an assemblage of the readings, articles, ephemera, and archives discovered and created from Gendai Gallery's year-long programming series issued under the same name. The book contests the self-pretence of a unified Canada build on a foundation of diversity and passive coexistence. Instead, Model Minority invites an unpacking of the construct of "Minority" outside of official state discourse to see if evidence of a more critical or even radical multiculturalism might emerge through conflict, contradiction, and solidarity, in the context of our settler-colonial legacies." -- Distributor's website.

In this survey of Suzuki’s work from the 1970s to the present, Gagnon focuses on the extent to which it conveys bodily presence and relates it to other aspects of the artist's life, such as her Japanese-Canadian background, her position as a woman artist, and her love of jazz. Dault describes Suzuki’s work as a gestural suspension of energy, akin to haiku. Includes a detailed biographical chronology of the artist’s life and work. 8 bibl. ref.

Surveying the Philippine-born artist's political and artistic activity since the 1970s, Horne characterizes Maestro's work through notions of emptiness, repetition, place, and origin. The installation created during the artist's residence (an earth-filled room) is also analyzed. Japanese-Canadian writer Sakamoto's text is a story about man, woman, and child. Biographical notes. 23 bibl. ref.

Three little books commemorating a series of performances by three artists on the subject of cultural specificity and difference. Sakamoto describes works by Native-American artist Luna; Lai talks about Wong's "Chinaman's Peak"; Cardinal-Schubert relates the story of Kane's life and creatives processes. Biographical notes. 10 bibl. ref.

Six authors respectively present six artists whose work is overtly political, alternately discussing identity-conscious depictions of Asian Americans, feminist and representational aspects, experimental/collage technique, AIDS, politics and social welfare. Biographical notes. 81 bibl. ref.