Ashikaga Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Ashikaga Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Ilya Kabakov "Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World"
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[2]- Media: Illustration - Other - Art Talk
- 2008-07-19 - 2008-09-14
Ilya Kabakov (1933-) is an internationally-acclaimed contemporary artist. Born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, Kabkov made a living as a children's book illustrator under a regime that prohibited free expression (...)
"Laws of Life" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Other - Other - Art Talk
- 2008-06-07 - 2008-07-13
This world, that life so briefly brushes. Why do we exist, and how much can we turn to face up against the certainty of death. How should we best live this limited life. In this day and age, when human (...)
Tsusei Kono Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-04-05 - 2008-05-25
Yuji Takagi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-02-02 - 2008-03-23
Yuji Takagi (1911-1999) was born in Sakae-cho, Ashikaga City. He moved to Tokyo at the age of 15, working at a steel machinery company and studying painting at Shunyo-kai. His early works were mostly based (...)
"Local Artist Part 4" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-01-12 - 2008-03-23
Ashikaga Shimin Bunka Zaidan Collection + Ashikaga Shimin Bunka Festival Selected Works Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2008-01-12 - 2008-01-27
"Kaiju and Art" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Sculpture - Art Talk
- 2007-11-03 - 2007-12-24
In the mid 1660s, the "Kaiju (monster) Boom" occurred, fascinating children in Japan. The striking and fantastic monster designs stimulated children's imagination. The Japanese monster design industry (...)
"Local Artist Part 3" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-11-03 - 2007-12-24
Rogyu, Kanun, Shodenkyo Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2007-09-15 - 2007-10-21
Rogyu Oyama(1902-1995), Kanun Makishima(1851-1942), Shogenkyo Hasegawa(1905-1983) were all from the town of Ashikaga, the location of this museum, and were all students of Soun Takasaki. However, these (...)
Kangen Ishikawa Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2007-07-28 - 2007-09-09
Born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1890, Kangen Ishikawa studied western painting in Tokyo when he was 19 but due to illness he had to return to the countryside, where he stopped painting for two years. It (...)
"Riichiro Kawashima and his Print Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2007-06-23 - 2007-07-16
Yoga (Western-style) painter Riichiro Kawashima (1886-1971) was born in Ashikaga, and during his stay in Europe he collected many prints. Preserved by his family for fifty years, the prints were donated (...)
Yoshikuni Iida "Prints and Sculptures"
[0] [0]- Media: Prints - Sculpture - Art Talk
- 2007-04-14 - 2007-06-10
After graduating from Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Yoshikuni Iida (1923-2006) spent 11 years in Europe. During that time he went from being a painter to becoming a sculptor. Many of his works (...)
Kwak Duk-Jun "The President and Kwak"
[0] [0]- Media: Photography - Film
- 2006-11-30 - 2006-12-24
Kwak Duk-Jun (born in Kyoto in 1937) is well known for his series "Ford and Kwak", depicting his face merged with that of US president Ford as seen on the cover of TIME magazine. Throughout his work, the (...)
"Yosuke Natori and Nippon Studio" Exhibition
[0] [3]- Media: Graphics - Photography
- 2006-09-30 - 2006-11-19
It is said that the 1930s was the age when photography was used to a great extent. The original layout of photocollages was the focus of great attention the world over and featured in Graph Magazine as (...)
"The Times of Ashikaga Meisen" Postcard Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Prints - Art Party - Art Talk
- 2006-08-19 - 2006-09-18
During the Taisho/Showa pre-war period, Ashikaga Meisen was heralded as the feature product of Ashikaga, a place famous for its textile and fabric industry. The modern designs and affordability soon made (...)
Bratislava Illustration Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Illustration - Film - Art Talk
- 2006-06-24 - 2006-08-06
The Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB) is the world's biggest exhibition of picturebook illustrations. Equally, the Bologna Children's Book Fair is an international gateway for new artists to make (...)
"The Library" Beautiful English Books
[0] [0]- Media: Product
- 2006-04-22 - 2006-06-04
Printing techniques were introduced to England by William Caxton (1422-1491). In the subsequent centuries, these printing techniques were used all over Europe, bringing incredible prosperity in the 19th (...)
"The Poet's Eyes: Makoto Ooka and his Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2006-02-10 - 2007-03-25
Representative contemporary poet, Makoto Ooka (1931) has been active as an art critic from early on in his life, meeting many artists both in Japan and overseas since the mid-1950s. He has especially become (...)
Supporting Exhibition for Artists associated with Ashikaga
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Product
- 2005-12-03 - 2005-12-18
Room 1: "Hisae Yuzawa Painting Exhibition", Room 2: "Aspergillus Atelier, Koji Saito with Plastic Atelier, Kunio Yoshioka Two Artists Exhibition", Room 3: "Kyoko Urino - Nature Study Series"
The 100th Birth Anniversary of Shogenkyo Hasegawa Memorial Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2005-10-01 - 2005-11-13
Born in Ashikaga-shi, he started learning Nan-ga (a school of Chinese painting which became popular during the Edo period) from Kan-un, an apprentice of Soun Tazaki at age 15, and later learned Western-style (...)
Now and Then: Toy Expo
[0] [0]- Media: Product
- 2005-07-09 - 2005-08-28
Tin cars and pretty dolls... Toys have always stimulated children's curiosity and imagination. Late Masahiko Irie was fascinated by the creative educational materials and ended up collecting over 100,000 (...)
Ashikaga City Art Foundation Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Other
- 2005-03-05 - 2005-03-21
39 Japanese Mirrors, Paintings (Riichiro Kawashima, Souun Tasaki), Antique Documents, Textiles, etc. Image: Riichiro Kawashima "Kyo Maiko"
Ashikaga City Art Festival Outstanding Works Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Crafts
- 2005-03-05 - 2005-03-21
Japanese-style and Western-style paintings, crafts, calligraphy, photography, and Japanese poetry.
Ikebukuro-Montparnasse: The Midday of Hideo Oguma
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2005-01-08 - 2005-02-20
The poet Hideo Oguma (1901-1940) was also an excellent painter with a distinct flair for satire. He began as an author of stories, poems, and avant-garde artworks in Hokkaido while working as a newspaper (...)
Artists from Ashikaga
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Crafts - Sculpture
- 2004-12-04 - 2004-12-19
"Artists from Ashikaga" is an opportunity for artists living in, or with connections to Ashikaga-city to present their works.
Treasures of Banna-ji Temple
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Sculpture
- 2004-11-03 - 2004-11-28
Banna-ji is a Shingon Temple dating back to the 12th Century. Originally built in 1196 by Yoshikane Ashikaga as a house of worship within his estate, it became a Buddhist Temple in 1234, when his son (...)
Ashikaga School Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Other - Photography - Graphics
- 2004-09-18 - 2004-10-24
The show traces the history and philosophy of the Ashikaga school, th oldest school estabilished in Japan.
2D
- Graphics (24)
- Illustration (38)
- Painting (217)
- Drawing (27)
- Calligraphy (12)
- Photography (101)
- Prints (42)
- Other (55)
3D
- Architecture (14)
- Sculpture (68)
- Installation (50)
- Furniture (15)
- Fashion (18)
- Product (23)
- Crafts (61)
- Ceramics (19)
- Other (47)
Screen
- Film (7)
- Video installation (23)
- Digital (1)
- Other (6)
Misc.
- Art Party (63)
- Art Talk (74)
- Performance Art (15)
- Art Competition (4)
In & Around:
Ginza, Shimbashi(74) Ueno(40) Kiyosumi, Odaiba(14) Nihonbashi, Kudanshita(66) Omotesando(58) Shinjuku(63) Shibuya(37) Roppongi(46) Nakameguro(32) Musashino, Tama(34) Yokohama, Kanagawa(32) Kanto: others(47)
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