{"product_id":"pao-houa-her-the-imaginative-landscape","title":"Pao Houa Her: The Imaginative Landscape","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"booktitlebigred\" itemprop=\"name\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePao Houa Her: The Imaginative Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"catanno\"\u003eEdited with text by Lauren Dickens. Introduction and interview by Jodi Throckmorton. Text by Alexander Supartono.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"redstrong\"\u003eCombining photomontage with portraiture and scenes of Hmong American communities, Her mixes the real with the artificial in search of a diasporic identity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with San José Museum of Art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRooted in the experience of her Hmong community and shaped by family lore passed down by her elders, Pao Houa Her (born 1982) investigates the potential of photography to create nonlinear narratives exploring construction. She brings together formal and vernacular photographic languages manipulated into light boxes, wheat-pasted images and videos. Her's adoptive homes of Minnesota and California become stand-ins for Laos; plastic florals replace living tropics; ersatz and real meld together.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/museemagazine.com\/culture\/2025\/6\/26\/pao-houa-her-the-imaginative-landscape-san-jos-museum-of-art\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Imaginative Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces Her's ever-deepening exploration into concepts of home and belonging. With essays and an artist interview, this catalog explores Her's work in genres of portraiture, landscape, still life and the vernacular, as she photographs herself and the people and places around her through the tinted lens of diasporic longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003ePUBLISHER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInventory Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable align=\"left\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"220\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003eBOOK FORMAT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 7.75 x 9.5 in. \/ 124 pgs \/ 80 color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003eDISTRIBUTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD.A.P. Exclusive\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"infol\"\u003ePRODUCT DETAILS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9781941753835\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"newspec\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"redlabelhead\"\u003eEXHIBITION SCHEDULE\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"infot\"\u003eSheboygan, WI\u003cbr\u003eKohler Arts Center, 03\/15\/25–08\/31\/25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSan José, CA\u003cbr\u003eSan José Museum of Art, 07\/11\/25–02\/22\/26\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"SJMA Online Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47994717765787,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0399\/0867\/1643\/files\/IMG_5474.jpg?v=1780001678","url":"https:\/\/store.sjmusart.org\/products\/pao-houa-her-the-imaginative-landscape","provider":"SJMA Online Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}