Children’s art from Hiroshima
Art made by Japanese school children in the aftermath of the Second World War is a highly appropriate though emotionally charged way to commemorate this year’s anniversary, the 70th, of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and London’s Daiwa Foundation galleries is doing just that. Paintings from Hiroshima (5-13 August 2015) brings together art produced by children, including pupils at a girls school that lost...
A ceramic homage to Japan’s tsunami victims
Kensuke Nakata has created thousands of ceramic cherry blossom petals in order to remember and raise awareness of people who suffered as a result of the tsunami disaster 2011 by celebrating their remarkable sense of stoicism. Japanese Stoicism, by Kensuke Nakata, is at Daiwa Foundation Japan House 8 September-18 September 2014. Impressed by their attitudes in dealing to overcome severe hardship and disruption to their lives,...
Handkerchiefs from Tohoku children
Yasashii Hankachi: Gentle Heart Project / Handkerchiefs for Tohoku Children, at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House galleries, is a creative response by children and collaborative designers in Japan to the devastation left by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku (northeast) area of Japan, in which more than 18,000 people lost their lives and many more faced the difficulties of being relocated, leaving a strong impact on local...