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This talk unearths an immensely creative yet almost entirely overlooked body of Japanese art. Drawn from Volk’s recently published In the Shadow of Empire: Art in Occupied Japan , and introducing charismatic but little-known paintings, prints, and sculpture made during the Allied occupation (1945-1952), it will show how the forgotten art of a country in the shadows of American, Soviet, and Japanese empire both accommodated and resisted the Cold War global realignment that followed on the heels of World War II. Volk will reveal the transnational dimensions of early postwar Japanese artistic practices and show how they hold the potential for rethinking our histories of Japanese and global postwar art alike. This is the keynote lecture for the Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Workshop, Alternative Paths in Japanese Arts. Registration To attend in person, please email sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org or call +44 (0) 1603 597507 to book your free place. Online attendees should register via Zoom using the link above. Doors open at 17:45. Please note that in-person spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Organisers This event has been organised by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) in partnership with the SOAS Japan Research Centre. The event is generously supported by the Ishibashi Foundation as part of the Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Programme. The Third Thursday Lecture series is funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation , the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and Yakult UK . Header image credit: Onchi Kōshirō, Impromptu No. 1 [2]: Wet Pavement , 1949, multiblock print, ink and color on paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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