Timeless Chicago Chinatown: Smiling Boy on Street
By Nina Kuo
Gelatin photo with ink paint, 11 x 14 inches, 2007

Artist Statement
Entourage of streetwalkers show us memories of how our community stays together even though gentrification sets in, like a film set, as a deja-vu image.

About the Artist
I have worked with many Asian American and multicultural art centers that have helped shape my work as an artist. Art can be most expressive since those identity shocks are softened by my own interpretations. Hope you enjoy this poetic side: “Art is not just being radical or decorative but proving you can reveal your presence through your Art. Art must be purposeful while capturing everything we find very intimate to us”.