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MAM Collection 005: Recycle and Build
Mori Art Museum
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Muneteru Ujino, Takahiro Iwasaki, Ryuji Miyamoto
Since the end of the Second World War, Japan has taken a “scrap-and-build” approach to development, demolishing aging buildings and infrastructure and replacing them with those employing the latest technologies. Behind this method, which alters the urban landscape in short, ten-year cycles, lies a “modern” reverence for technology, economics-first mentality, and desire for efficiency. The validity of scrap-and-build is now being reexamined, however, with renewed interest in building renovation over the past two decades being a manifestation of this.
The exhibition focuses on the relationship between cities and recycling, via the work of three Japanese artists of burgeoning reputation: Iwasaki Takahiro, who is representing Japan at this year’s Venice Biennale; Ujino, a participant in Yokohama Triennale 2017 scheduled for August this year; and Miyamoto Ryuji, awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2012.
Here you can see Ujino’s sound sculpture “Vertical Plywood City” (2011), which represents an imaginary city by combining plywood and old electrical appliances, as well as Iwasaki’s sculpture “Out of Disorder” (2007), consisting of miniature structures made from the threads of towels, clothes etc., and “Cardboard Houses” (1994-96), a series of photos by Miyamoto showing homeless dwellings made from collected cardboard boxes. These constructions made by recycling mundane everyday items may be unstylish, unfashionable, and lacking in rationality, but they certainly don’t lack originality, and are certain to remind us of things often forgotten.
The exhibition focuses on the relationship between cities and recycling, via the work of three Japanese artists of burgeoning reputation: Iwasaki Takahiro, who is representing Japan at this year’s Venice Biennale; Ujino, a participant in Yokohama Triennale 2017 scheduled for August this year; and Miyamoto Ryuji, awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2012.
Here you can see Ujino’s sound sculpture “Vertical Plywood City” (2011), which represents an imaginary city by combining plywood and old electrical appliances, as well as Iwasaki’s sculpture “Out of Disorder” (2007), consisting of miniature structures made from the threads of towels, clothes etc., and “Cardboard Houses” (1994-96), a series of photos by Miyamoto showing homeless dwellings made from collected cardboard boxes. These constructions made by recycling mundane everyday items may be unstylish, unfashionable, and lacking in rationality, but they certainly don’t lack originality, and are certain to remind us of things often forgotten.
Schedule | Jul 5 (Wed) 2017-Oct 23 (Mon) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults: ¥1000, University Students: ¥500 | ||
| Website | http://www.mori.art.museum/en/exhibitions/mamcollection005/index.html | ||
| Venue | Mori Art Museum https://www.mori.art.museum/eng | ||
| Location | 53F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo | ||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 1C at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya line, 6 minute walk from exit 3 at Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo line; From JR Shibuya Station, take the Toei bus and get off at Roppongi Hills. | ||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||
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