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"Figurative: Personified Shapes" Exhibition
Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
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Artists
Enpei Ito, Etsushi Nagatomi, Satoshi Yabuuchi, Hiroto Kitagawa, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Chisato Yamano
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.
Related events are also scheduled. Please see website for more details.
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.
Related events are also scheduled. Please see website for more details.
Schedule | Jul 25 (Fri) 2008-Aug 24 (Sun) 2008 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Regular ¥380, High School and College Students ¥280, Elementary and Middle School Students ¥180 | ||||
| Venue | Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki | ||||
| Location | 2-8 Azuma, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0031 | ||||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit A2 at Tsukuba Station on the Tsukuba express line; From the West exit of Tsuchiura Station on the JR Joban line, take the bus and get off at Tsukuba Center. The venue is 3 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 029-856-3711 | ||||
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