Knowing
Osaka Expo ’70
Significance
2
Category 1
Event
Category 2
Exhibition
Year
1970/3/15
Region(venue)
Japan
Region(content)
Hong Kong ・ Japan ・ South Korea ・ Taiwan ・ Indonesia ・ Malaysia ・ Myanmar ・ Philippines ・ Singapore ・ Thailand ・ Vietnam ・ India ・ Pakistan ・ Sri Lanka
City
Osaka
Content
The Japan World Exposition (Osaka Expo ’70) is held (Mar. 15 – Sept. 13).
As the first official international exposition in Asia, Singapore, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), Nepal, Burma (present-day Myanmar), Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan), Philippines, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) participated in national pavillions.
Participating artist(s)
Expo Museum of Fine Arts: V Contemporary Trends＝A. R. Chugtai (Pakistan), Lui Shoukwan (Hong Kong), Lee Ungno (South Korea), Lee Aguinaldo (Philippines), Liao Hsiup’ing (Taiwan), Kwon Ok-yon (Korea).
Indonesian Pavilion=27 Indonesian artists including Affandi, Agus Jaya, Ahmad Sadali, S. Sudjojono, Gregorius Sidharta Soegijo, Kartono Yudhokusumo, Popo Iskandar.
Korean Pavilion=25 artists of sculpture, Western painting, Eastern painting, calligraphy, including Sim Moonseop, Kim Inseung, Nam Kwan, To Sangbong, Son Eunseong, Yu Kyeongchai, Kim Kichan, Seo Seok, Chang Wooseong
Link
FM No.
2132