Sungdam Hong “East Asian Yasukunism”

Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels

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Sungdam Hong

“Yasukunism” is a term coined by Okinawa International University professor Douglas Lummis referring to nationalism and state violence pervasive in daily life, satirically comparing Japanese conservatives’ romanticism of Yasukuni Shrine and the military age with German Nazism. Today, this “Yasukunism” can be seen on parade not only in Japan, but across East Asia, extending to issues including post-3/11 Japan, Fukushima, and Okinawan military bases. Using the glamorization of Yasukunism to reexamine its aesthetics and ideals, this summer’s “East Asian Yasukunism” presents Korean artist Sungdam Hong’s “Yasukunism Illusions,” an overpowering series of enormous paintings ten years in the making. Talks, poetry readings, performances, film screenings, and other events are also part of this project bringing the East Asian historical issues of Yasukunism into sharp relief.

[Related Event]
Talk
Speakers: Sungdam Hong, Yukinobu Okamura
Date: Aug. 11 (Tues) from 14:00

Schedule

Aug 5 (Wed) 2015-Aug 30 (Sun) 2015

Opening Hours Information

Hours	9:00-17:00 Open 9:30-16:30 in December to February.
Closed	Monday Closed during the New Year holidays. Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.

Fee

Adults ¥900; High School and Junior High School Students, Under 18s ¥600; Elementary School Students ¥400; Seniors 60 & Over ¥800

Venue

Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels
https://marukigallery.jp/en/

Location

1401 Shimokarako, Higashimatsuyama-shi, Saitama 355-0076

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Access

12 minutes by taxi from the South exit of Shinrin-koen Station on the Tobu Tojo line; From the East exit of Higashi-Matsuyama Station on the Tobu Tojo line, take the bus and get off at Maruki Bijutsukan Higashi. The venue is 2 minute walk from there.

Phone

0493-22-3266

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