Hiroshi Nakamura (artist)

Hiroshi Nakamura (中村 宏, Nakamura Hiroshi, born September 20, 1932 Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese artist who has worked in 'reportage' and surrealist styles.[1][2] Early works, like "Sunagawa No.5" (1955) and "The Base," (1957) critiqued the U.S. military presence in Japan. The protests represented in "Sunagawa No.5", the Sunagawa Struggle, were a response to the planned expansion of Tachikawa Airfield.[3] His later art took a more surrealist turn, with common motifs being high school girls and methods of locomotion, including planes and trains.[4]

Sunagawa No.5, oil on plywood, 1955

References
  1. Kaido, Kazu; Elliott, David (1985). Reconstructions: Avant-garde art in Japan 1945-1965 : An exhibition. Museum of Modern Art. p. 38. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. "Hiroshi Nakamura". Visual Arts Library. The Legacy Project. Archived from the original on 28 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. Hoaglund, Linda. "Protest Art in 1950s Japan: The Forgotten Reportage Painters - Nakamura Hiroshi". MIT OpenCourseWare. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. C.B. Liddell (15 February 2007). "Hiroshi Nakamura: A cockeyed view of reality". The Japan Times. Retrieved 5 January 2011.


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