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Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani Exhibition
Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels
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Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani
Born in America in 1920, Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani grew up in his mother’s hometown of Hiroshima. He returned to America in 1938; during WWII he spent four years in a California internment camp as an “enemy alien.” After the war he worked in New York as a chef and painter of works that often featured cats and flowers. After the September 11th attacks of 2011, however, he observed hostile attitudes toward Arabs that recalled memories of a similar time 70 years before, and began creating paintings of his internment camp. He also painted Hiroshima’s A-Bomb Dome engulfed in flames, a work that stopped passersby in their tracks and sparked conversations about the atomic bombing. Mirikitani’s works contain messages for our contemporary society in which globalism creates a winner-take-all mentality and nationalism causes us to forsake others.
Schedule | Jul 22 (Sat) 2017-Sep 2 (Sat) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| 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 | ||||
| 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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