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Japanese museums shun video artwork on wartime atrocities acclaimed abroad

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Contemporary artist Meiro Koizumi’s video artwork “The Angels of Testimony,” which has received international acclaim for addressing wartime atrocities committed by Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese War, faces resistance from Japanese museums reluctant to exhibit it. Despite its critical and artistic success abroad, Koizumi remains hopeful that his work will eventually be shown in Japan to complete its intended message. The piece features three screens displaying interviews with a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier named Hajime Kondo, who was 99 years old when the film was made.
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Contemporary artist Meiro Koizumi created an artwork titled "The Angels of Testimony," which has received acclaim abroad but faces reluctance from Japanese museums to exhibit it due to its confrontation with wartime violence committed by Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese war. The piece, featuring three screens that emerge from darkness in a darkened space, includes interviews and testimonies like one from former Imperial Japanese Army soldier Hajime Kondo, who was 99 when the work was filmed. Koizumi hopes his creation will be seen in Japan to fully complete its message but has faced resistance from domestic institutions, highlighting tensions around historical memory and national reconciliation in Japan.

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Japanese museums shun video artwork on wartime atrocities acclaimed abroad ‘The work will only truly be complete when people can see it in Japan,’ Meiro Koizumi says of his award-winning creation Created by contemporary artist Meiro Koizumi, “The Angels of Testimony”, has won acclaim overseas, but Japanese museums have been reluctant to exhibit the work, which confronts memories of violence committed by Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese war.
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🔮 Japanese museums shun video artwork on wartime atrocities acclaimed abroad ‘The work will only truly be complete when people can see it in Japan,’ Meiro Koizumi says of his award-winning creation Created by contemporary artist Meiro Koizumi, “The Angels of Testimony”, has won acclaim overseas, but Japanese museums have been reluctant to exhibit the work, which confronts memories of violence committed by Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese war.
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Japanese museums shun video artwork on wartime atrocities acclaimed abroad ‘The work will only truly be complete when people can see it in Japan,’ Meiro Koizumi says of his award-winning creation Created by contemporary artist Meiro Koizumi, “The Angels of Testimony”, has won acclaim overseas, but Japanese museums have been reluctant to exhibit the work, which confronts memories of violence committed by Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese war. asserted
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“The work will only truly be complete when people can see it in Japan,” said Koizumi, 50, who hopes it will eventually be exhibited in his home country. asserted
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Three screens emerge from the darkness of the exhibition space. asserted
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At the centre is the late Hajime Kondo, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier who was 99 when the work was filmed. asserted
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