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"The Modern Age of Japanese Sculpture" Exhibition

Yokosuka Museum of Art
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Before the modern age, Japan had no word for "sculpture" as such, but instead a history of producing other three-dimensional forms such as Buddhist statues, dolls, ornaments and altar objects, architectural decorations and so on. When sculptural techniques and art historical ways of thinking were imported from the West during the Meiji era, the word "choukoku" was created to signify "sculpture as art," creating a new framework for thinking about this form. Since then, Japanese sculpture has mainly centered on this conception of sculpture as art object, melding the two schools of western and traditional sculpture with its own unique history of development. This path that sculpture has taken in Japan is not only a problem of individual artists grappling with the concept of modernism, but also is linked to the more profound question of the modernization of society and the nation of Japan as a whole. This exhibition looks at the development of sculpture in Japan from the Meiji era through to the 1960s, featuring over 70 works that represent their respective eras and trends, divided into 7 sections, and investigates the notion of "modernity" in Japanese sculpture.

Schedule

Oct 28 (Tue) 2008-Dec 21 (Sun) 2008 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
10:00-18:00
Closed
Closed on every 1st Monday of each month.
Open on a public holiday Monday. Closed during the New Year holidays.
Notice
Closed November 10th (Mon) and December 1st (Mon)
FeeRegular ¥800, High School and University Students and 65 and over ¥600
VenueYokosuka Museum of Art
Location4-1 Kamoi, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa 239-0813
AccessFrom Maborikaigan Station on the Keikyu line, take the Keikyu bus and get off at Kannonzaki Keikyu Hotel / Yokosuka Bijutsukanmae. The venue is 2 minute walk from there.
Phone046-845-1211
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