Wednesday, May 26, 2010
‘The Art of Gaman’ at the Smithsonian Museum
The Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian has an amazing new exhibit of works by Japanese-Americans interned during WWII. Under these bleak conditions people - not necessarily artists - coped by gathering found materials and creating beautiful objects. Carving birds, ships, shrines, building furniture and landscape painting & photography all became part of biding one’s time there. The word gaman means “to bear the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity.” A slideshow of some work can be seen here. More information about the exhibition here.
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