nohita paul senior

MY QUESTION IS about how immigration impacts artists. I’m looking at a case study of this local artist, Jose Fouse and how his move from a collectivist culture to an individualistic [culture] has impacted his art. There are a lot of different ways that people adjust to a new culture, especially a collectivist or individualistic one because there are different values. It differs for each individual, but for him specifically, he uses art as a way to integrate his original culture and his new culture together.

MY PARENTS ARE immigrants. Even though we moved when I was a baby and I don’t remember much, I’ve seen how they’ve had to adjust their friend groups and their hobbies since they’re not in the same place that they grew up in. I was interested to see how that manifested into something I can relate to. I was interested in art because I feel like it’s a subject that I have a good handle on. I was comparing my own art making process to a different person’s.