Hiroshi Nakamura (artist)

Sunagawa No.5", oil on plywood painting by Hiroshi Nakamura, 1955

Hiroshi Nakamura (中村 宏 Nakamura Hiroshi, born September 20, 1932 Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese artist who has worked in 'reportage' and surrealist styles.[1][2] Early works, like "Sunagawa No.5" (1955) and "The Base," (1957) critiqued the U.S. military presence in Japan. The protests represented in "Sunagawa No.5" were a response to the plane crash at Tachikawa Airfield in 1953 that killed 129 people. His later art took a more surrealist turn, with common motifs being high school girls and methods of locomotion, including planes and trains.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Kaido, Kazu; Elliott, David (1985). Reconstructions: Avant-garde art in Japan 1945-1965 : An exhibition. Museum of Modern Art. p. 38. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Hiroshi Nakamura". Visual Arts Library. The Legacy Project. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. ↑ C.B. Liddell (15 February 2007). "Hiroshi Nakamura: A cockeyed view of reality". The Japan Times. Retrieved 5 January 2011.