April 5, 2022
A controversial art exhibition featuring works such as a statue
symbolizing the "comfort women" who worked in Japan's wartime
military brothels will be held in Tokyo next month, its organizers said Friday,
after being postponed for about a year due to protests.
The "Non-Freedom of expression Exhibition" will run from April 2
to 5 in the suburban city of Kunitachi, showcasing works that have been banned
or removed from public art museums due to their controversial nature, the
organizers said.
"We just want to offer an opportunity to appreciate art in
peace," Sadaaki Iwasaki, a co-representative of the organizers, told a
press conference, asking people opposing the event not to cause any trouble to
residents around the venue.
Sadaaki
Iwasaki, a representative of the organizing committee, said during a press
conference that the exhibition was being held to “provide an opportunity to
think freely about topics such as the Imperial system, colonial rule, the
Japanese military’s ‘comfort women,’ and nuclear power issues at a time when
people are forced into silence in various forms of expression.”
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