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The Japan Foundation presents
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Takeyoshi Tanuma: Dancers resting on the rooftop of the SKD Theatre. Asakusa, Tokyo
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Metamorphosis of Japan After the War
Friday, June 12 to Saturday, July 11, 2015
*Preview Party on Thursday, June 11@7:30pm
Exhibiting Photographers
Ken Domon, Ihee Kimura, Hiroshi Hamaya, Tadahiko Hayashi
Shigeichi Nagano, Ikko Narahara, Kikuji Kawada, Shomei Tomatsu
Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Eikoh Hosoe, Takeyoshi Tanuma
Exhibition Hours
Tuesday-Saturday 12:00pm-6:00pm
*Closed on Sundays, Mondays, and Independence Day
Admission Free
Exhibition Venue
West Los Angeles College Art Gallery
9000 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90230
*Directions & Parking: Click Here
In 1945,Japanmade a new start as a defeated and devastated country after World War II. However, after only 20 or so years, the nation's society, economy, and culture underwent dramatic transformations.
It is difficult to specify precisely when the postwar period ended, but for the purposes of this exhibition, the presenter defines the "postwar" era as the period from the end of the war in 1945 to the year of the Tokyo Olympics, 1964.
The photographers selected are Ken Domon, perhaps the best-known Japanese photographer of the 20th century for his cool-headed photo-realism, Ihee Kimura, whose approach to realism was distinguished from Domon's by its unique aesthetics, Hiroshi Hamaya, who photographed the climates and environments of mountain and agricultural villages together with the lives of their inhabitants, Tadahiko Hayashi, who produced marvelous portraits, Shigeichi Nagano, Ikko Narahara, Kikuji Kawada, Shomei Tomatsu, and Yasuhiro Ishimoto, who represent a younger generation of photographers, and Eikoh Hosoe and Takeyoshi Tanuma, who were two of the photographers who demonstrated the creativity of photography.
Each of these individuals had his own style, but all produced significant works that are important records of this period.
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