"In 2001, artist Kip Fulbeck began traveling the country photographing multiracial people of all ages and walks of life. They were photographed from the chest up, with no clothes, jewelry, hats or makeup on. And they were asked to write their answer to one big question: "What are you?" After photographing more than 1,200 people, the project culminated in the landmark book and exhibition Kip Fulbeck: Part Asian, 100% Hapa which toured throughout the U.S."
"The Lower Manhattan museum exhibition features 30 portraits and responses of local subjects, installed amidst a hand-painted mural that captures the beauty of being mixed. Inside the exhibition is a central reading table with the "Hapa.me" artist's books where visitors can explore a fuller archive of the project. The MOCA was one of the first museums to show the Hapa Project and it has remained on display as part of their permanent exhibition, which explores 200 years of the experience of Chinese in America."
Kip Fulbeck began photographing multiracial people in 2001, capturing chest-up portraits without clothes, jewelry, hats or makeup and asking each subject to answer "What are you?" The project grew to more than 1,200 portraits and became the book and exhibition Part Asian, 100% Hapa. The current Hapa.me — 25 years of the Hapa Project exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America revisits original subjects and presents 30 local portraits with updated responses. The installation includes a hand-painted mural, a central reading table with Hapa.me artist's books, and links to MOCA's permanent exhibition on Chinese American experience. The 2020 Census showed 10% of the U.S. population identified as multiracial, reflecting rising multiracial visibility.
Read at Time Out New York
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]