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A Contemplative Eye: The Norio Awazu Collection

Nerima Art Museum
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Artists

Odilon Redon, Georges Renault, Tetsuro Komai, Hitoshi Karasawa, Hiroshi Asada, Masuo Ikeda et al.
Norio Awazu was a scholar of a wide range of fields including art, literature, and music, specializing in Japan and France. His scholarship of artists and writers such as Paul Klee, Franz Kafka, Shiki Masaoka, Sakutaro Hagiwara, and Hideo Kobayashi is famous. In 2014 he gifted the Nerima Art Museum with approximately 100 works that had hung in his study by Odilon Redon, Georges Renault, Tetsuro Komai, Hitoshi Karasawa, Hiroshi Asada, Masuo Ikeda, and other artists. This exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of the publication of “The Works of Norio Awazu” presents 50 of the donated works. Peer into the perspective, expression, and philosophy of this scholar through some of the artworks he loved best.

Schedule

Nov 19 (Sat) 2016-Feb 12 (Sun) 2017 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
10:00-18:00
Closed
Monday
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Notice
Closed Dec. 29–Jan. 3.
FeeAdults: ¥300, University and High School Students and Seniors 65 to 74 ¥200, Junior High School Students & Under and Seniors 75 & Over Free.
VenueNerima Art Museum
Location1-36-16 Nukui, Nerima-ku, Tokyo 176-0021
Access3 minute walk from Nakamurabashi Station on the Seibu Ikebukuro line.
Phone03-3577-1821
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