Japan Independent Exhibition

Japanese: 日本アンデパンダン展 - にほんアンデパンダンてん

The name of the Independent Exhibition, an exhibition held after World War II that was open to all and not judged, commonly known as "Anpan." There are two known exhibitions with the same name. One was started in December 1947 by the Japan Art Association, and the other was started in February 1949 by the Yomiuri Shimbun (commonly known as the "Yomiuri Independent Exhibition"). The former mainly brought together artists with strong social tendencies, and is still held once a year today. In contrast, the latter, while striving to introduce various trends from overseas, was always a stage for the emergence and activity of young artists until around the "anti-art" era of 1960, and played an extremely important role in postwar Japanese art.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

第2次大戦後催されたアンデパンダン展，すなわち無審査自由出品形式の展覧会の名称。通称〈アンパン〉。同一名称で，二つが知られる。一つは1947年12月に日本美術会主催で始まったもの，もう一つは49年2月に読売新聞社主催で始まったもの(通称〈読売アンデパンダン展〉)である。前者には主として社会派的傾向の強い作家が集い，現在も年1回開かれている。これに対して，後者は海外の諸動向の紹介に努める一方で，60年前後の〈反芸術〉のころまで常に若手作家の登場と活躍の舞台となり，戦後日本の美術のなかできわめて大きな役割を果たした。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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