Art In America Review
Reviewed by Ryan Holmberg – A new documentary by Linda Hoaglund examines protest art and photo-journalism in postwar Japan to illuminate popular opposition to a controversial treaty with the U.S.
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Reviewed by P. Hall – Linda Hoaglund’s documentary focuses on the 1960 controversy surrounding the renewal of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security —also known as ANPO—which allowed the U.S. to continue operating nearly 100 military bases across Japan. Significant opposition developed throughout Japan, but Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi (who had none-too-covert backing…
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Reviewed by Ayelet Zohar – ANPO: Art X War examines art in the 1950s and 1960s responding to the Asia-Pacific War (1931-45) and the subsequent American occupation of Japan (1945-52)—two long events that cast dark shadows of fear and anxiety about the future of the islands after the country’s surrender and defeat in war, as well as…
ANPO: Art X War 