The Imaginary Line Around the Earth — an exhibition of works by Los Angeles-based artist Bruce Yonemoto. The included installations and videos span the period between 1992 and 2017. Much of Yonemoto’s work examines the unreality of the media landscape, a landscape that distorts and manipulates our understanding of important and shared issues such as class and race. The exhibition will also debut Yonemoto’s most recent project, The End of the World at the Edge of the Earth, shot in Argentina and produced with a grant from Creative Capital.
An artist walkthrough with Bruce Yonemoto and Juli Carson took place on Apr 22, 2017.
Bruce Yonemoto is a visual artist and educator whose pioneering work in video, installation, and media art has critically examined the intersections of mass media, identity, and cultural memory. Born in San Jose, California, to parents who experienced the Japanese American incarceration during World War II, Yonemoto’s personal history deeply informs his artistic practice.
Educated at the University of California, Berkeley, the Sokei Art Institute in Tokyo, and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, Yonemoto has developed a body of work that interrogates the influence of Hollywood and popular culture on perceptions of race, sexuality, and desire.
His work has been exhibited internationally, including retrospectives at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, the Tate Modern in London, and Anthology Film Archives in New York.
