The British Museum in London is hosting an exhibition – Manga Now: Three Generations, dedicated to a graphic art form of Japan which coincidentally is an amazing cultural export of Japan. It was after the World War Two that modern Manga became popular in Japan and later spread out abroad to sell millions of copies of magazines every year.
The free exhibition on display from September, will feature the work of three Japanese artists at the top of their fame, which are the never-before-seen artworks newly commissioned, created by Nakamura Hikru, Hoshino Yukinobu and Chiba Tetsuya.
Since the early 1900s, Manga has been fusing compelling story-telling with traditional Japanese artistic genres. At the venue, there is also a rare opportunity to view early artworks of this form, in contrast with the new work and also see how it has evolved over three generations for a contemporary audience.
The free exhibition is being held in Room 3 of the British Museum in London. However there’s opportunity to explore further. Die-hard Manga fans can participate in a programme of events being hosted by the museum to accompany the show from 3rd September to 15th November. It includes a talk with author Helen McCarthy on Manga in world culture and a workshop on drawing with Hugo Yoshikawa, the illustrator. To know more about the events being hosted by the British Museum on this widely popular Japanese graphic art form, visit the site- britishmuseum.org.
