"Rooftop Gardens" Exhibition
Closes in 53 days
At Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Media: Illustration, Painting, Drawing, Installation
Gardens are things that evince the various relationships between nature and humans.
This exhibition explores the notion of the garden in modern and contemporary art, taking the light-filled third floor exhibition space to be an rooftop garden of sorts. Whether idealized as a sort of lost paradise in our memories, or captured as a record of nature's myriad phenomena, or even a kind of ludic space freed from the orderly strictures of the conventional world, artists have interpreted and recast this age-old trope in a stunningly varied number of ways. Showcasing their works in 10 different sections, each artist in this exhibition will approach such "cut-off pieces of nature from the land" through their own unique ways.
For related programs and more, please see the museum website.
Schedule
From 2008-04-29 To 2008-07-06
Open May 5th (Mon/national holiday)
Website
http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/kikaku/110/ (Japanese)
Fee
Adults ¥750, Students ¥600, Junior High & High school Students & Adults over 65 ¥370, Free for Elementary School Students or younger
Venue Hours
From 10:00 To 18:00
Closed on Mondays
Note:On a Public Holiday Monday, the museum is open but closed on the following Tuesday. Closed around the end of year celebrations (12/28~1/4)
Maps
Yahoo (Japanese)
Mobile Map (Japanese)
Access
11 minutes walk from Exit B2 at Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Station on the Hanzomon Line; 14 minutes walk from Exit 3 of Kiba Station on the Tozai Line
Address
Metropolitan Kiba Park, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0022
Phone: 03-5245-4111
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Reviews
"天空にひろがる庭”と”記憶の中の庭”が好きです。
http://niigatajin.blog.ocn.ne.jp/start/2008/05/post_04d6.html#comments
とてもよかった。
特に発見だったのは牧野虎雄。ぐねぐねした油彩の線で植物の生命力を怪物的に描き上げていく力はすごい。
現代作家では映像のブロワザと、「三千世界」の内海聖史が特に印象に残った。
でも、どの作品もそれぞれに私の好奇心とオススメ心を刺激するものでした。「大岩オスカール」と一緒にどうぞ。
収蔵作品の中からテーマに応じて学芸員がパッケージングしたこの企画は、「屋上庭園」という切り口で作品を解釈し、それらを通じて現代を捕らえようとしているのだろうか。庭造りの中で芽生えてくる感情の連鎖とその蓄積を、作品に対するそれのように喩えているのだろうか。
実際には「大地から切り離された自然」として、作家の解放された表現形態を10のセクションに分けて展示しているといった内容だったけれど、私はなんとなく「対象」に向けた感情の蓄積、その時間的な連続性を共にした作品という客観物にたいして、鑑賞者はどう接すればよいのか、みたいなことが気になった。
もちろん作り手は瞬時に感じたままを思えばよい、と言うかもしれない。けれどその「瞬時」にしたって、彼らの思う時間と見る側の感じるそれとは決定的に違うような気がする。
その中でも、ただ見ているだけで感情を突き動かされる作品もある。けれどいつもそうではないし、逆にそう感じられない作品のほうが多い。けれどこうしてまた美術館へ足を運ぶ動機の中には、ほかにも思うことがあるからなのだけれど、果たしてそれは・・。
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"Rooftop Gardens" Exhibition</a>
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Schedule: From 2008-04-29 To 2008-07-06
Open May 5th (Mon/national holiday)
Address: Metropolitan Kiba Park, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0022
Phone: 03-5245-4111
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