Stanford Humanities Center
2020–21 Internal Faculty Fellow
Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University
Marci Kwon is assistant professor of art and art history at Stanford, where she focuses on the art and culture of the United States. Her first book, Enchantments: Joseph Cornell and American Modernism, is forthcoming from Princeton University Press in early 2021.
SHC Project
Artists in San Francisco Chinatown
Kwon's current book project examines the rich history of artists working in San Francisco Chinatown during the twentieth century. Through the work of artists including Jade Snow Wong, Bernice Bing, James Leong, Kaisik Wong, and Martin Wong, among others, Kwon explores the relationship between architecture, ornament, place, and race.
