"Southern Islands for the Artists" Exhibition

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts

Finished

Artists

Hisakatsu Hijikata, Sasuke Sugiura, Hiroshi Gima, Toshiko Akamatsu, Ryushi Kawabata et al.

During Meiji period, Japan started advancing to Micronesian Islands. In parallel with the beginning of the World War I, Japan took over the islands and started to govern them by 1921. From Taisho period to the beginning of Showa period, a lot of Japanese painters and sculptors visited these Islands -- like the famous painter Gauguin did in order to escape from the advanced society and to research the culture on these islands. This exhibition features works by these Japanese artists with the aim to seek for influences, both artistic and cultural, which these southern islands gave upon them. We will encounter newly discovered Japanese modern art that these artists cultivated in this particular area, whose history cannot be told without referring to problems of colonialism and war.

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[Image: Hisakatsu Hijikata "A Girl of Croton" (1972)]

Schedule

Apr 12 (Sat) 2008-Jun 22 (Sun) 2008

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-17:00 Closes at 17:30 on Saturdays, Sundays and Public holidays.
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays.
Notice	Open on May 5th (Mon), Closed on May 7th (Wed)

Fee

Adults ¥800, University and High School Students ¥600, 65 & above ¥400, Junior High School Students and below Free, Free on April 12th (Sat) & April 19th (Sat)

Venue

Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
http://hanga-museum.jp/english

Location

4-28-1 Haramachida, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-0013

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Access

12 minute walk from the Terminal exit of Machida Station on the JR Yokohama line, 15 minute walk from the East exit of Machida Station on the Odakyu line.

Phone

042-726-2771

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