"Figurative: Personified Shapes" Exhibition

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At Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
Media: Sculpture, Art Party, Art Talk

Since ancient times, beginning with unglazed earthen objects, clay figures and magic figurines, Buddhist sculptures and dolls, humans have made objects in their own image.
In the modern age, such figurative forms became illuminated by notions of Western art and its value systems and came to be called "carvings", "ornaments", "dolls" or "craft". However, a portion of those artists who have taken humans and plants as their motifs have carried on working in their own idiom.
This exhibition is based on a historical approach to figurative sculpture different from the classification systems that have been handed down over the ages, attempting to transcend commonly-accepted categories of ornament, doll or carving. Borrowing the image of personified, anthropomorphic figures, these 6 artists have attempted to create and experiment with modern figures in these 50 works.

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Schedule

From 2008-07-25 To 2008-08-24

Fee

Regular ¥380, High School and College Students ¥280, Elementary and Middle School Students ¥180

Venue Hours

From 9:30 To 17:00
Closed on Mondays
Note:Last day, open until 16:00 only

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Navitime (Japanese)
Yahoo (Japanese)

Access

3 minutes walk from exit A2 at Tsukuba station on the Tsukuba express line.

Address

2-8 Azuma, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0031
Phone: 029-856-3711 Fax: 029-856-3358

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"Figurative: Personified Shapes" Exhibition</a>
Venue: Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
Schedule: From 2008-07-25 To 2008-08-24
Address: 2-8 Azuma, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0031
Phone: 029-856-3711 Fax: 029-856-3358

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