NAU Asian Studies Presents:

Art in the Atomic Age from Japan, the Pacific Islands, and North America

A lecture encompassing opposite sides of the pacific

November 1, 5:00 – 6:00 pm

Liberal Arts Building, room 120

Featuring:

Gabrielle Decamous, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, and author of Invisible Colors: The Arts of the Atomic Age (MIT Press, 2019). Gabrielle taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, and was the recipient of a Hilla Rebay International Fellowship, working with curators at the Guggenheim museums in New York, Bilbao, and Venice. She has also been the recipient of several KAKENHI Grantsfor Scientific Research in Japan.

And

Shawn Skabelund, an artist working to reveal their complex issues, ecologies, and cultural histories of and in specific landscapes. He has curated several exhibitions that explore themes including migration along the U.S/Mexico border, wildfires in the Southwest, and uranium mining and its impact on the Diné - the first exhibition entirely dedicated to the impact of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation.