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KANTEN 観展 is a play on the Japanese kanji for 観点 kanten, perspective, and 展覧会 tenrankai, art exhibition—coming together to indicate an exhibition of perspectives. KANTEN examines Japan’s expansionism during the Asia Pacific war from an array of viewpoints, exposing the considerable ways in which the past can be visualized and remembered.

The seven artists featured in this multimedia exhibition navigate, reevaluate, and process generational memory—creating artworks that delve into complex issues that have long been established as “history.” Together, these artists demonstrate very distinctive approaches to both the material and immaterial traces of wartime displacement and imperial subjectivization, the blurring of national boundaries, as well as the role of the US in the aftermath of the Asia Pacific War. By juxtaposing their work with a collection of original Japanese wartime postcards, KANTEN aims to reveal the limits of memory, narrative, and testimony.

With nationalism and neoliberal patriotism on the rise around the globe, it is becoming more urgent to explore art’s power to both construct and dismantle national histories. As one of the first US exhibitions on this subject, KANTEN broadens the resistance against an enduring reluctance to confront the underside of history—especially when it paints a disturbing picture.

Texts: referenced from the website of the apexart

KANTEN 観展:The Limits of History

Periof: 2023.3.24-5.20

apexart

291 Church Street New York

www.apexart.org

artists:
Bontaro Dokuyama
Taro Furukata
Soni Kum
Kyun-Chome
Ken Okiishi
Haji Oh
Motoyuki Shitamichi
The East Asia Image Collection, Lafayette College

Curated by Eimi Tagore-Erwin

2023.2.4-4.1 TEXTURE @ Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2024.3.7-4.20 “Un/Weaving” @ Alison Bradley Projects, NYC
  • 2024.11.30-2025.2.23 ANTEPRIMA x CHAT Contemporary Textile Art Prize 2024, Hong Kong
  • 2024.11.30-2025.4.27 APT 11 @QAGOMA, Queensland
  • 2024.7.17-8.17 Exhibition at THIS IS NO FANTASY
  • 2024.6.13-7.14 Exhibition at Linden New Art, Melbourne
  • Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2024-2026
  • 2024.3.7-4.20 “Un/Weaving” @ Alison Bradley Projects, NYC
  • 2023.3.24-5.20 KANTEN 観展:The Limits of History @apexart, NYC, USA
  • 2023.2.4-4.1 TEXTURE @ Canberra Contemporary Art Space
  • 2022.12.1-3.26 Roppongi Crossing 2022: Coming & Going @ Mori Art Museum
  • 2022.10.5: Artist talk at Australian National University
  • 2022.5.2-11 Bundanon Artist in Residence Program に参加
  • 2022.4.15-5.8 染・清流館にて「布の翼」展に参加
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