Preface: Visual art and the imagining of Asian America - an editorial view / Margo Machida -- Foreword: Out of the West - Asian migration and modernity / Lisa Lowe -- INTRODUCTION: -- Interstitial subjects - Asian American visual art as a site for new cultural conversations / Elaine H. Kim -- GALLERY: with plate commentaries by Sharon Mizota -- INTERCHANGES: with figure commentaries by Sharon Mizota -- Pacita Abad: a woman of color / Faith Ringgold -- Kristine Yuki Aono: installing memories / Deborah Willis -- Tomie Arai: ties that wrap around the world / Jolene Rickard -- Sung Ho Choi: suitcase of memories / Suk-Man Kim -- Albert Chong: "It's complex" / Arturo Lindsay -- Ken Chu: you don't see yourself / Robert Vazquez-Pacheco -- Y. David Chung: sponge / Rick Lowe -- Allan deSouza: let's get lost / Kobena Mercer -- Michael Joo: a rock and a hard place / Gina Dent -- Jin Soo Kim: primal energy / Lowery Stokes Sims -- Hung Liu: odalisque / Griselda Pollock -- Yong Soon Min: defining moments / Luis Camnitzer -- Long Nguyen: flesh of the inscrutable / Laura Elisa Perez -- Manuel Ocampo: apocalypse now / Enrique Chagoya -- Hanh Thi Pham: contemplating Expatriate consciousness #9 / Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie -- Pipo Nguyen-Duy: the thin line between tragedy and beauty / Odili Donald Odita -- Roger Shimomura: Sansei samurai / Jaune Quick-to-See Smith -- Shahzia Sikander: a happy dislocation / Homi K. Bhabha -- Do-Ho Suh: place as an infinite ritual / Ellen Gallagher -- Mitsuo Toshida: transmigration and the double nation / Bert Winther-Tamaki -- Carlos Villa: the common cape / Amalia Mesa-Bains -- Martin Wong: Chino Malo / Yasmin Ramirez -- Lynne Yamamoto: relfections on hair and memory loss / Ella Shohat -- Zarina: embodiments of home/imprints of existence / Theresa Harlan
