CHAIN REACTION: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF PATRICK NAGATANI
2021-08-02The exhibition will feature the entire Nuclear Enchantment series, a powerful body of work made between 1988 and 1993, which deals with the history of nuclear weapons development in New Mexico, as well as the effects of this industry on the people and places there. As a Japanese-American, this was a particularly resonant subject for Nagatani, whose parents were both put in internment camps during WWII, and whose father’s family hailed from outside of Hiroshima. Originally planned for August 2020, the exhibition was intended to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the U.S. bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Opposite – Trinitite, Ground Zero, Trinity Site, New Mexico, 1988-89 & 1993
Exhibition runs through to October 10th, 2021
Bruce Museum
1 Museum Drive
Greenwich
CT 6830
