TAB Event - "The Myth of Tomorrow" Exhibition

"The Myth of Tomorrow" Exhibition

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At Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Media: Painting, Drawing

"The Myth of Tomorrow" is a work that Taro Okamoto was commissioned to make for a hotel in Mexico City between 1968 and 1969. However, due to a deterioration in the financial affairs of the people who made the commission, the work was not installed as planned and went missing for many years. Finally, some 30 years later it was rediscovered in September 2003.

Following its hugely popular display in Tokyo's Shiodome area in Summer 2006, this exhibition presents the work "The Myth of Tomorrow" together with a preparatory sketch for it that was found in Taro Okamoto's atelier last year.

Schedule

From 2007-04-27 at 15:30 To 2008-04-13

Artist(s)

Taro Okamoto

Website

http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/jyosetu/page6 (Japanese)

Fee

[Permanent Collection] Adults ¥500, Students ¥400, High school Students & Adults over 65 ¥250, free for Junior Hight School Students or younger. [Special Exhibition] Depends on each event.

Venue Hours

From 10:00 To 18:00
Closed on Mondays
Note:On a Public Holiday Monday, the museum is open but closed on the following Tuesday. Closed around the end of year celebrations (12/28~1/4)

Maps

Navitime (Japanese)
Yahoo (Japanese)

Access

11 minutes walk from Exit B2 at Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station on the Hanzomon Line; 14 minutes walk from Exit 3 of Kiba Station on the Tozai Line

Address

Metropolitan Kiba Park, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0022
Phone: 03-5245-4111

Community around this event

24 people recommend this event: nolte3, takatokyo, nogoo (Japan), Ashley1981 (UK), caragh, ryahay1230, fuchi (Japan), sayama (JPN), hashihana (Japan), tamaotto (日本), hokkamuri (Japon), kgarten (Japan / 日本), maha, seasail, sightsong (日本), mariemon, ktjweb, kous37 (日本), and 6 others

Reviews

sightsong: (2007-07-08 at 10:07)

大きい太郎の画というだけでオススメなのだが、実際、それ以上でもない。この5年程度、太郎をブームとして扱うのに嫌気がさしているからだろうか。
http://pub.ne.jp/Sightsong/?entry_id=792926

seasail: (2007-07-08 at 23:07)

渋谷に太陽の神話を！ていうでっかい横断幕を井の頭線の駅で見かけたのですが、あれは本気なのでしょうか・・・・・・・。もっとふさわしい場所がある気がする。

ikiku: (2007-08-10 at 03:08)

救いようのない絵なので、気の弱い人にはお勧めしません。

後、MOTコレクション第2期が素晴らしいです。現美の考える文脈というのが分かりやすくて面白かったです。同じ現代作家として非常にお勧め。

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"The Myth of Tomorrow" Exhibition</a>
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Schedule: From 2007-04-27 at 15:30 To 2008-04-13
Address: Metropolitan Kiba Park, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0022
Phone: 03-5245-4111