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... Constructed in 1965 in rural Dayi County in Sichuan Province, the monumental 114-figured sculptural installation Rent Collection Courtyard was instantly hailed as the “atomic bomb of the art world” worthy of study by all artists. Its legacy powerfully underscores the inextricably intertwined...

... of catastrophe and madness made in the postwar era of the atomic age. Trained as a radiochemist, Jess was drafted into the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1943 and served on the Manhattan Project monitoring plutonium production. He moved to San Francisco in 1949, where he pursued an art career and eventually shed...

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... “Atoms for Peace” campaign Fukushima nuclear meltdown transpacific critique Human Terrain System ruins ...

... atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Smithsonian National Air Space Museum Controversy commemorations culture wars critical transnationalism ...

... to the development of atomic culture—just as many of the qualities of radiation were first perceived on photographic paper. Photography was deliberately used to direct attention from the violence caused by the atomic bomb to the spectacular imaginary of the bomb itself. At the same time, photographs made...