A *Candy Factory Project / Meiji Part 2 The project is based on the collection of the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery, which commemorates the Meiji Emperor and the beginning of the Japan's imperialism and modernization under his era. The collection was completed in October 1926 and features 80 paintings by various artists, each measuring 3 x 2.7 meters, Forty are in nihonga (a style using traditional Japanese colours) and another forty are oil paintings. They depict the lives of the Meiji Emperor and Empress and events significant to the new imperialist nation during the Meiji era, and are displayed in chronological order in two large gallery rooms. The museum is located at the grave of Emperor Meiji in the outer precinct of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. This project reconstructs this propaganda and removes all portraits and figures from the scenes. Meiji Part 1 |
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*Candy Factory Projects 2023
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