Megumi Fukuda

Each Day Begins with the Sun Rising
Four Artists from Hiroshima

On View February 12 – June 26, 2022

The exhibition Each Day Begins with the Sun Rising: Four Artists from Hiroshima features contemporary Japanese artists Megumi Fukuda, Taro Furukata, Genki Isayama, and Kana Kou. Together, they explore the profound cultural, political, and social impacts of the United States’ World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The social and political ramifications of the bombings have permeated nearly every sector of Japanese society, particularly the Seto Inland Sea region, which is dealing with ongoing fallout from nuclear energy policies and environmental degradation. The artists in Each Day Begins with the Sun Rising use social activism, historical research, performance, site-specific installation, drawing, painting, and video to address politics and resilience in the region.

In Megumi Fukuda’s installation Each Day Begins with the Sun Rising and Ends with the Sun Setting (2013–14), solar panels activate and illuminate discarded chairs, lamps, and television sets.

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