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- Collection: Weeks 11-13: Art in the Postwar (1952-1970, and beyond)
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A House of Comfort
The image consists of photos of a military brothel, prostitutes, and a person in underwear tinted with red. The artist raises the awareness to the tabooed issue of Japanese history to question the system of exploitation.
A Picture to be Burnt
A portrait of Emperor Hirohito with his face erased is placed in the middle of a Japanese national flag and is crossed over with a bold red diagonal lines from each corner of the flag.
Comfort Women, Women of Conformity
By contrasting images of Japanese mothers and Korean comfort women, Shimada visualizes the imperialist hierarchy.
Gunned Down
Nakamura's comment on the Girard Incident, a shooting of a middle-aged mother in a firing range by an off-duty U.S. guard.
