Art and War in Japan and its Empire: 1931-1960
Asato Ikeda, University of British Columbia, Aya Louisa McDonald, University of Nevada and Ming Tiampo, Carleton University
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Biographical note
Asato Ikeda received her PhD from the University of British Columbia in 2012 and she is a lecturer at the University of Victoria and the recipient of the 2012 Anne van Biema Fellowship at the Freer | Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution. Ikeda is currently writing a monograph that investigates Japanese wartime paintings through the framework of fascism.
Aya Louisa McDonald is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The author of Les Trente-six Vues de la Tour Eiffel, she is completing a study of Fujita Tsuguharu.
Ming Tiampo is Associate Professor of Art History at Carleton University. She is the author of Gutai: Decentering Modernism. She is currently co-curating a Gutai exhibition for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Aya Louisa McDonald is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The author of Les Trente-six Vues de la Tour Eiffel, she is completing a study of Fujita Tsuguharu.
Ming Tiampo is Associate Professor of Art History at Carleton University. She is the author of Gutai: Decentering Modernism. She is currently co-curating a Gutai exhibition for the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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All interested in Japanese and Asian modern art, war art, and the history of war and colonialism in Asia.
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