"Fiction for the Real" Exhibition

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Finished

Artists

Leiko Ikemura, Sophie Calle, Miwa Yanagi, Chihara Shiota

It is often said that art forms became diversified in the 1990s more than ever before. The scene was rather chaotic, reflecting upon the remarkable development in information technology as well as the dismantling of the Cold War world order of East vs West. How do artists react when the concept of "truth" has become ambiguous?

This exhibition features four female artists - Reiko Ikemura, Sophie Calle, Miwa Yanagi, and Chiharu Shiota. They all work in different media and have different approaches to the concept of the "real", and yet they apply fictional narratives which ultimately lead viewers to paradoxical discoveries.

[Image: Miwa Yanagi "Elevator Girl House 1F" 1997; Courtesy of National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto]

Schedule

Mar 10 (Sat) 2007-May 27 (Sun) 2007

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-17:00 Closes at 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.

Fee

Adults ¥500; University Students ¥250; High School Students and Under, Seniors 65 & Over, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free; Special Exhibition Fees may be charged separately.

Venue

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
http://www.momat.go.jp/english

Location

3-1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322

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Access

3 minute walk from exit 1b at Takebashi Station on the Tozai line. 5 minute walk from exit 4 at Kudanshita Station on the Hanzomon and Tozai lines or Toei Shinjuku line. 15 minute walk from exit A1 at Jimbocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku and Mita lines or Hanzomon line.

Phone

050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial)

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