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[Image: Yasumasa Morimura "Forest Tower (The Wind Blows)" (1984) Gelatin Silver Print 30x30cm ©Yasumasa Morimura]

Yasumasa Morimura ”The Genesis of I”

MEM
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Artists

Yasumasa Morimura
This exhibition consists of three chapters introducing Morimura’s early black and white photographs and video from mid 1980s to early 1990s as follows.
Chapter 1 “City on Table” MEM (3F) pt.1 September 2-October 2 pt.2 October 3-November 6
“Barco Negro na messa” is a group of still-life photographs created in 1984 and 1985 just before Morimura first showed his famous portrait of van Gogh. Lots of images from the series are carefully staged on table with props and little-objects in his studio.
Chapter 2 “Wandering Cometman” MEM (2F) September 2 - October 2
“Cometman” is Morimura’s first video work created in 1990. It has three chapters including Morimura’s performance documentary in Kyoto.
Chapter 3 “Letter from the Screen” NADiff gallery (B1F) September 2 - October 10
Video screening of a group of Morimura’s early video works.

Schedule

Sep 2 (Fri) 2016-Nov 6 (Sun) 2016 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
13:00-19:00
Closed
Monday
Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Notice
Chapter 2 ends on October 2nd.
FeeFree
Websitehttp://mem-inc.jp/2016/08/23/morimura_160902_en/
VenueMEM
http://mem-inc.jp/index_e
LocationNADiff A/P/A/R/T 3F, 1-18-4 Ebisu Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013
Access6 minute walk from the East exit of Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote and Saikyo lines. 7 minute walk from exit 1 at Ebisu Station on the Hibiya line.
Phone03-6459-3205
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