TAB Event - Geidai Collection Exhibition

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At The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
Media: Painting, Prints, Sculpture, Crafts

The Universtiy Art Museum will present the "Geidai Collection" exhibition in order to introduce the art collection of the Tokyo University of the Arts. The collection, whose formation began with the establishment of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts 120 years ago, contains such diverse works as antique arts, modern Japanese-style paintings, Western-style paintings, prints, sculptures and crafts, as well as works by the University's former teachers and students, consisting of over 29,000 items in total, including 22 that have been designated important cultural properties.

The spring-season Geidai Collection Exhibition held from April is a regular showcase of some of the major works from this collection. In the past academic year, the Museum organized special exhibitions of "Western-style Japanese painters, Paris" and "Okakura Tenshin: The Course of Art Education" to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the founding of the University. This was a prominent showcase of a number of major works from the collection and a reaffirmation of its historical importance. There are many works in the collection, however, which have been recognized as major pieces but have rarely had opportunities to be exhibited.

In light of this, this season's Geidai Collection Exhibition has chosen to exhibit works that have not yet been exhibited in recent years, showing them alongside other major works of antique arts, modern Japanese-style painting, Western-style painting, sculpture, craft and design. In particular, antique arts, modern Japanese-style paintings and drawings are exhibited over three separate periods so that visitors to the exhibition can see as many works as possible.

In addition, this Geidai Collection Exhibition has two special sections:

1. "Tokyo School of Fine Arts and Bauhaus"
As a related project to "the BAUHAUS Experience, Dessau", an ongoing exhibition that is being held at the Museum almost concurrently (April 26th-July 21st), this section showcases a selection of graduation works from the Zuan ("Design") Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (today, the Department of Design and Department of Architecture) from the Taisho and early Showa periods that reveals the influence of Bauhaus on the School.

2. "Kazuo Kikuchi and His Legacy"
2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kazuo Kikuchi (1908-1985), a former professor of sculpture at the University. This section focuses on works by Kikuchi and some of the other sculptors related to him drawn from the Museum's collection.

*Exhibited works will be changed throughout the exhibition period, with the following 3 sessions:
The 1st period: April 10th (Thu) - May 11th (Sun)
The 2nd period: May 13th (Tue) - June 15th (Sun)
The 3rd period: June 17th (Tue) - July 21st (Mon/National Holiday)

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