"Avant-Garde Nihonga 1938-1949" Exhibition

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Finished

Artists

Ryobun Yamaoka, Ryu Yamazaki et al.

The late 1930s in Japan were a period of turbulent social upheaval that saw a decisive break with the traditional aesthetic values of nihonga painting and the search for new modes of expression. Artists working during this period experimented with abstraction, surrealism and Bauhaus-inspired ideals, producing photograms, crafts and flower arrangements in addition to painting. This exhibition examines this avant-garde nihonga movement from various perspectives and explores the mutual influences that nihonga painters and Western painting circles exerted on each other.

[Image: Ryobun Yamaoka, "Spannung" (1938) private collection]

Schedule

Jan 8 (Sat) 2011-Feb 13 (Sun) 2011

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-17:00 Closes at 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.

Fee

Adults ¥850, University Students ¥450

Venue

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
http://www.momat.go.jp/english

Location

3-1 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322

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Access

3 minute walk from exit 1b at Takebashi Station on the Tozai line. 5 minute walk from exit 4 at Kudanshita Station on the Hanzomon and Tozai lines or Toei Shinjuku line. 15 minute walk from exit A1 at Jimbocho Station on the Toei Shinjuku and Mita lines or Hanzomon line.

Phone

050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial)

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