Garo Manga Exhibition
The Center for Book Arts
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Garo Manga: 1964-1973 will be an exhibition focused around the renowned manga (Japanese comics) journal Garo during the period of its greatest aesthetic experimentation and political commitment. Garo is well-known amongst comic enthusiasts and historians of postwar Japanese culture both for its challenging of formal and thematic conventions within the field of comics as well as for its engagement with the main political issues of the day, from right-wing incursions into national education policy to Japanese involvement in the Vietnam War.
This exhibition presents the work and development of Garo during this seminal period. The core of the exhibition will be each issue of Garo during its first decade, from its first issue in September 1964 to its 124th issue in December 1973. Garo issues will be displayed both open and closed, showing representative moments in the history of the magazine and the work of important artists.
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Schedule
from April 14, 2010 to June 26, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-04-14 from 18:00 to 20:00