TAB Event - Miyako Ishiuchi "Mother's"

Miyako Ishiuchi "Mother's"

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At Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Media: Photography, Film

In celebration of Miyako Ishiuchi's exhibition held in the Japanese Pavilion of the 51st Venice Biennale last year, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography is holding this exhibition "Miyako Ishiuchi: Mother's".
Ishiuchi's work entitled "Mother's" is a series of photographs that simply depict her mother - who bore half a lifetime of troubles - as a woman, including images of her clothes and jewelry. On display will be incomplete works as well as the final film versions of the "Mother's" series.

[Image: "Mother's #49" 2002 ]

Schedule

From 2006-09-23 To 2006-11-05

Artist(s)

Miyako Ishiuchi

Website

http://www.syabi.com/details/ishiuchi.html (Japanese)

Fee

Adults ¥700, University and High School Students ¥600, Junior High School Students + Over 65s ¥500, Third Wednesday of the Month: Over 65s Free

Venue Hours

From 10:00 To 18:00
thursdays closing at 20:00, fridays closing at 20:00
Closed on Mondays

Maps

Navitime (Japanese)
Yahoo (Japanese)

Access

7 minutes walk from East Exit at JR Ebisu Station

Address

Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo
Phone: 03-3280-0099 Fax: 03-3280-0033

Community around this event

14 people recommend this event: olivier, masatake_18, segak1, museum (JAPAN), nogoo (Japan), ryahay1230, hirato (JPN), kaita, rojiura (Japan), mujinamo, sayama (JPN), and 3 others

Reviews

Olivier Thereaux

Beautiful Mourning - Miyako Ishiuchi "Mother's"

Almost six years have passed since my mother died. is how Miyako Ishiuchi introduces the display of "Mother's", for its sixth display, this time at the Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Tokyo.

donald_japantimes: (2006-10-05 at 16:10)

A daughter's conversation
By Kay Itoi
Interview for The Japan Times

At last year's Venice Biennale, photographer Miyako Ishiuchi (b. 1947) represented Japan with her "mother's" photography series. Featuring mostly black-and-white prints of her late mother's possessions -- lingerie, shoes and cosmetics -- it was one of the biennale's highlights...

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20061005a2.html

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Miyako Ishiuchi "Mother's"</a>
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Schedule: From 2006-09-23 To 2006-11-05
Address: Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo
Phone: 03-3280-0099 Fax: 03-3280-0033