Masumi Hayashi
dal 1/11/2007 al 29/12/2007
Segnalato da
1/11/2007
Masumi Hayashi
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland MOCA, Cleveland
Meditations: Remembering Injustice. The exhibition features 5 of artist's signature large-scale photo collages from her series on Japanese-American internment camps, along with an audio presentation of her interviews with former Japanese-American internees.
Meditations: Remembering Injustice.
In collaboration with the Akron Art Museum, SPACES Gallery, and the Cleveland State University Art Gallery, MOCA Cleveland presents one of four exhibitions celebrating the artistic accomplishments of Cleveland photographer, Masumi Hayashi, who was tragically killed in the fall of 2006. Spanning the late fall and early winter of 2007-08, each exhibition focuses on key aspects of Hayashi’s oeuvre and development as an artist.
MOCA Cleveland’s exhibition, Remembering Injustice, features five of Hayashi’s signature large-scale photo collages from her series on Japanese-American internment camps, along with an audio presentation of her interviews with former Japanese-American internees. This series had particular resonance for Hayashi, who was born in the Gila River Relocation Camp in 1945.
Although the internment camp sites represented by these photo collages appear relatively innocuous (having deteriorated beyond recognition or having been overtaken by nature), the titles and fragmented appearance evoke their tragic and incendiary historical connotations. In returning to and documenting these places, Hayashi used photography— a medium of recollection—to meditate on notions of collective memory, fear, injustice, and renewal.
On view November 2nd, 2007 through December 30th, 2007
MOCA Cleveland
8501 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland
Free admission