Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives
June 21 – September 15, 2025
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
https://www.hiroshima-moca.jp/?moca-lang=en
https://www.hiroshima-moca.jp/exhibition/memoriesandobjects?moca-lang=en
Curator: Takeshi Matsuoka (Curator of Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Statue of Admiral Kato Tomosaburo, Hijiyama, 1935, pedestal (present day)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Naoji Ueda, Live for Love (1931) *Exhibition dates: June 21 – August 11
Naoji Ueda, Bust of Sugimoto Goro (1938)
Daisuke Kuroda, Mask of Liberty Mirage (2025)
Daisuke Kuroda, Practice for Liberty (2025)
Daisuke Kuroda, Sculptor’s Atelier (detail) (2025)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Daisuke Kuroda, Practice for Ueda (2025)
Daisuke Kuroda, Sculpture’s Atelier (2025)
Kuniichi Shima, TRACE HIROSHIMA 1988 (1988)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Bontaro Dokuyama, Public archive -Censored box (2018), Public recording (2018)
Bontaro Dokuyama, Reiwa Cherry Blossoms – 75 Years After WWⅡ (2020)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Cho Duck-hyun, A Memory of the 20th Century (1996)
Cho Duck-hyun, A Memory of the 20th Century (1996)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Gaku Tsutaja, Secret Diorama (2019)
Gaku Tsutaja, Secret Diorama (2019)
Fiona Amundsen, Eishi Kanariya, An Ordinary Life (2021)
Fiona Amundsen, Eishi Kanariya, An Ordinary Life (2021)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Fiona Amundsen, Yoshino Cherry Tree, Sanyo Buntokuden, Hiroshima (lovingly held), Japanese Pussy Willow Tree, Motomachi, Hiroshima (what you see), Eucalyptus Tree, Motomachi, Hiroshima (a different time), from The Trees are Leaking Light series (2025)
Iri Maruki, Toshi Maruki, The Hiroshima Panels 1. Ghosts (the second version) (c.1950)
Tadashi Tonoshiki, Work (Newspaper) (1981), Work (Newspaper) (1981)
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Installation view, Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bomb: Between Memories and Objects Monuments, Museums, and Archives, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, 2025
Haruka Komori + Natsumi Seo, Project Members, 11 Questions for you Who Once was 11… (in Hiroshima) (2023-)
Natsumi Seo, When I was 11…(in Hiroshima), (2025)