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DESCRIPTION:&lt;p style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;The Japanese American Museum
  of San Jose is honored to have artist Bryan Ida display his unique Ink Po
 rtraits from his &quot;con.Text&quot; series in the JAMsj Rotating Exhibit area.\n\n
 &lt;p style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;In con.Text\, Bryan Ida’s series of a
 lmost life-size portraits of entire figures\, every decision —and each s
 troke of the pen — the artist has made\, contributes to the power\, impa
 ct and profound sense of humanity these works convey. Ida has portrayed ea
 ch of his subjects in a revealing moment adapted from their personal stori
 es\, while rooting them in the context of the historical narrative that sh
 aped them. Each portrait chronicles a human drama\, in a subtle but litera
 l way. Literal\, in that the artist has rendered the contours\, shapes and
  shading of the figures with transcribed text rather than line.\n\n&lt;p styl
 e=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;“con.Text” is a series of 12 life-sized po
 rtraits that relate historical events and documents to the lives of the su
 bjects who are in some way connected to current times. The portraits exami
 ne a broad range of subjects including racism\, civil rights\, human right
 s\, and man’s inhumanity toward man.\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\
 ;&quot;&gt;The intent of this series is to portray individuals as the embodiment o
 f strength and pride standing defiantly in the face of oppression and fear
  by a power against them. With the current social and political environmen
 t and the recent acts that repeat past abuse and injustice\, Bryan is atte
 mpting to view historic events in the context of the contemporary climate.
 \n\n&lt;p style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;Bryan Ida’s website:\n &lt;a href=&quot;h
 ttps://bryanida.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;https://b
 ryanida.com/ &lt;/a&gt;\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;con.Text artist st
 atement \n &lt;a href=&quot;https://bryanida.com/about/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decora
 tion: underline\;&quot;&gt;https://bryanida.com/about/ &lt;/a&gt;  \n\n&lt;p style=&quot;white-
 space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;Bryan Ida’s Biography :\n &lt;a href=&quot;https://bryanida.c
 om/about/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;https://bryanida.com
 /about/ &lt;/a&gt;\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;Detailed information on
  con.Text : \n &lt;a href=&quot;https://bryanida.com/con-text-ink-portraits-on-pa
 nel/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;https://bryanida.com/con-
 text-ink-portraits-on-panel/ &lt;/a&gt;\n\n&lt;p style=&quot;white-space: pre-wrap\;&quot;&gt;To
  purchase the “con.text” book:\n &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blurb.com/b/9617
 045-con-text&quot;&gt;https://www.blurb.com/b/9617045-con-text&lt;/a&gt;\n
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SUMMARY:“con.Text” by Bryan Ida
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