“Artists from Postwar Japan Part II: Inspired in New York, 1960s-1970s” Exhibition
The Nippon Gallery
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The Nippon Club presents Artists from Postwar Japan, Part II: Inspired in New York, 1960s- 1970s, Part I of which was held in 2014, and is honored to present masterworks of the leading figures of Japanese artists living (or long lived) in New York. We take pride in a series of the exhibition to record the achievements of Japanese artists and the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and the United States.
Between the 1950s and the 1960s, the Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art movements moved the mecca of art from Paris to New York. People all over the world, including visual artists, performers, musicians, filmmakers and other creators, came to New York expecting that amazing and exciting things must have been happening. Among the newcomers were Japanese young artists who, with aspirations of becoming prominent artists, arrived by cargo and passenger ships or propeller planes.
Participants in this exhibition are the artists who came to New York from the 1950s through the 1970s. They show their masterpieces in painting, graphics, or sculpture through which visitors can easily understand how the artists have, in the New York’s cultural environment, been influenced, and how their Japanese sensitivity to traditional methods has, for more than half a century, been an intrinsic part of the world’s foremost art scene in New York. The viewer can also enjoy documentation reporting their activities at the time.
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Schedule
from June 18, 2015 to July 15, 2015