Contemporary Art Experimental Exhibition: Perspectives (1)

Intermediatheque

Finished

Artists

The University Museum, the University of Tokyo（UMUT）

Much of the Intermediatheque’s exhibition furniture consists of prewar furnishings once used at the University of Tokyo, and which have been redesigned. Among this diverse furniture, one of the oldest is a steel shelf from the Akamon Gate Warehouse (Library) built in 1916. Initially built for the conservation of precious documents, it has a massive structure, and can be said to constitute an important academic heritage handed down to the contemporary era. Combining this historic furniture and contemporary art, the Intermediatheque is organizing the experimental exhibition “Perspectives” in an attempt to bring contemporary art and science into interaction. The period of production of the shelf, a hundred years ago, coincides with the golden era of European artistic avant-gardes. By displaying within this historical shelf, at equally-spaced intervals, works by contemporary artists who have been influenced by avant-gardes, the present exhibition aims to accentuate the contours of each work, thus displaying the synchronicity characteristic of contemporary art.

Exhibiting Artists: Ayato Fujiwara / Shio Imai / Shunsuke Imai / Kei Imazu / Toshimasa Kikuchi / Daichi Takagi / Motohiro Tomii

Schedule

Jan 24 (Tue) 2017-Mar 26 (Sun) 2017

Opening Hours Information

Hours	11:00-18:00 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.

Fee

Free

Website

http://www.intermediatheque.jp/en/schedule/view/id/IMT0127