Hiroshima Trilogy: 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing Part Ⅰ
Life=Work
In observing the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is holding a trilogy of exhibitions examining Hiroshima from three perspectives—its past as a city destroyed by an atomic bomb, its path of reconstruction, and its present and future.
The first offering, “Life = Work,” opens with A-bomb Drawings by Survivors depicting actual experiences of the atomic bombing. On this footing, it then examines the work of 13 artists whose art deeply reflects their past experience, method of living, or life as a whole. The works in some cases arise from the artist’s own tragic experience related to the atomic blast, war, or loss of loved ones. In others, the artist has no direct experience of an event but seeks to find a connection with it in his or her own life. In many cases, they are works the artist has devoted a lifetime to creating.
As an exhibition directly linking life experience with art, “Life = Work” casts light on the sources of creative expression and reveals how an artwork—as a crystallization of the artist’s life—has a power to convey that individual’s experience. Then, by demonstrating art’s power to transcend time and cultural barriers for sharing by people everywhere, “Life = Work” shows what art can achieve.
artists
Yasuo Kazuki, Shin Miyazaki, Goro Shikoku, Aya Daido, Tadashi Tonoshiki, Miyako Ishiuchi,
Yasuka Goto, Tadayoshi Irino, Shigeo Egami, Yoshio Yoshimura, Tomoharu Murakami,
Tomoya, Hiroyuki Oki
Information
No admittance 30 minutes before closing
*Price in parentheses is that of advance ticket and a group of 30 or more
*Free for children under Junior High School age
Event Calendar
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Special Exhibition Art Navigator Tour
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Between Memories and Objects
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Screening of Wada Reijiro, SCARLET RIVER
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Kusama Yayoi and Nostalgic Feature Phones
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Transitory SATOMACHI —Exploring Seasons, Life, Sensibility, and Climate through the 24 Solar Terms and Cicada Observation—
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mocamoca Workshop
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Special Exhibition Art Navigator Tour
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Between Memories and Objects
special exhibition
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Screening of Wada Reijiro, SCARLET RIVER
open program
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Kusama Yayoi and Nostalgic Feature Phones
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Transitory SATOMACHI —Exploring Seasons, Life, Sensibility, and Climate through the 24 Solar Terms and Cicada Observation—
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Collection Exhibition Art Navigator Tour
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Special Exhibition Art Navigator Tour
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Collection Exhibition 2025-Ⅱ
collection exhibition
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Between Memories and Objects
special exhibition
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Transitory SATOMACHI —Exploring Seasons, Life, Sensibility, and Climate through the 24 Solar Terms and Cicada Observation—
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Closed
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Idobata Water Cooler Chats
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Collection Exhibition Art Navigator Tour
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mocamoca Workshop
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Special Exhibition Art Navigator Tour
EVENT
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Collection Exhibition 2025-Ⅱ
collection exhibition
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Between Memories and Objects
special exhibition
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Transitory SATOMACHI —Exploring Seasons, Life, Sensibility, and Climate through the 24 Solar Terms and Cicada Observation—
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Closed
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Collection Exhibition 2025-Ⅱ
collection exhibition
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Between Memories and Objects
special exhibition
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Transitory SATOMACHI —Exploring Seasons, Life, Sensibility, and Climate through the 24 Solar Terms and Cicada Observation—
EVENT
Closed