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SCRATCHING AT THE MOON commemorates the first exhibition of Asian American artists organized by a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles.Documenting the practices of Patty Chang, Young Chung, Vishal Jugdeo, Simon Leung, Michelle Lopez, Yong Soon Min, Na Mira, Amanda Ross-Ho, Miljohn Ruperto, Dean Sameshima, Anna Sew Hoy, Amy Yao, and Bruce Yonemoto, the exhibition catalogue features artist portfolios and conversations, biographical entries, exhibition views, contributing essays that offer historical, cultural, and political context to the artists in the exhibition, as well as a curators' essay by Anna Sew Hoy and Anne Ellegood.