Philadelphia Art Alliance
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Three exhibitions
dal 21/5/2002 al 4/8/2002
(215) 545-4302 FAX (215) 545-0767
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21/5/2002

Three exhibitions

Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia

Second-floor Galleries: 'Encounters: Sugamo Prison and the Tokyo War Crimes Trials, 1946-48'. Installation/Exhibition by Bill Barrette and 'A Brief History of Manga'. First Floor (Gallery B) Martin Bromirski: 'New Paintings and drawings made in Japan'.


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May 22 - August 4, 2002

Second-floor Galleries
Encounters: Sugamo Prison and the Tokyo War Crimes Trials, 1946-48
Installation/Exhibition by Bill Barrette

Installation by artist/guest curator Bill Barrette examining, from multiple perspectives, questions of justice, truth, and the role of photography in constructing historical narratives relating to the Tokyo War Crimes Trials and everyday life inside Sugamo Prison from 1946 to 1948.
Barrette's installation/exhibition includes intimate, exquisitely crafted objects made from recycled materials by Japanese prisoners, amateur photographs taken by American G.I. prison guards, official, archival photographs and other documents of condemned Japanese prisoners, including former General Hideki Tojo, Premier of Japan during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and drawings of everyday life inside the prison by Japanese prisoners which were given to American prison guards, among other artifacts culled by Barrette from U.S. veterans, the National Archives, and his own cousin, a former Sugamo prison guard.

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Second Floor Galleries
A Brief History of Manga

This complimentary exhibition in an adjacent gallery bridges earlier examples of drawing by Japanese prisoners in "Encounters" with contemporary Japanese manga (comic book culture).
With selections made by Bill Barrette and Christopher Couch, an authority on the history of American comic books and contemporary Japanese anime and manga, this exhibition offers a succinct introduction to manga through a range of comic books and enlarged prints of select pages--some dealing explicitly with World War II and Sugamo Prison, as well as exemplary drawings and paintings by up-and-coming Japanese artists.

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May 22 to July 7:

First Floor (Gallery B)
Martin Bromirski
New Paintings and drawings made in Japan

Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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