Susette Min: Unnamable Aftermaths: Asian American art as Theory for Democracy, Part 2

“Unnamable Aftermaths: Asian American art as Theory for Democracy” is a mini-symposium
on contemporary Asian American Art in two acts inspired by Susette Min’s groundbreaking
book, Unnamable: The ends of Asian American Art (NYU Press, 2018). Unnamable challenged the conceptualization of “Asian American art” as a site of reconciliation for historically marginalized artists to enter the canon in favor of a rethinking of the term as a discursive platform that sets up the conditions for a politics to come. For Part 2 of “Unnamable Aftermaths”, Susette Min will join us to reflect on her latest thinking on linking the words “Asian American” and art in light of the current historical moment.

Susette Min, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at UC Davis, is the author of Unnamable: The ends of Asian American Art. Her research interests include Asian American Literature, Ethnic American Literature, Asian American Art, contemporary art, and visual culture.

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