Ben Sakoguchi

At age five, his family was interned at the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona following the enforcement of Executive Order 9066.

[1] In 1960, Sakoguchi earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

In 1964, Sakoguchi earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles.

[3] Sakoguchi is best known for his small paintings that were created in series, often with socially relevant themes, such as slavery and the internment of Japanese Americans.

[3][4] Aphrodisiac Brand, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is a mock orange-crate label.