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Dream Within a Dream, In Honor of the Pacific Asian Pioneers by George Miyasaki
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Dream Within a Dream, In Honor of the Pacific Asian Pioneers
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography

Dream Within a Dream, In Honor of the Pacific Asian Pioneers

Artist
Year1999
Classification painting
Medium acrylic on canvas
Dimensions72 x 84 in. (182.9 x 213.4 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location


  • George Miyasaki's paintings focus primarily upon ideas and images that evolve out of the process of working.  His work is not concerned with depiction or narrative, but rather with the process of artistic creation; the exploration of, in his works, "a particular unknown, that unique something that appears and requires a definition in color, form,

    relationship."  Taking his inspiration from the courthouse site's physical and historical connection to the Chinese immigrants of the Gold Rush era, Miyasaki expanded the theme of his commission to encompass the many Pacific Asian pioneers who have emigrated to the United States.  Miyasaki's use of vivid color results in a dynamic work, the dimensions of which appear to shift as it is viewed from different vantage points, and which expresses his vision of the pioneer experience.