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"Box Art" Exhibition
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
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Tanks, airplanes, boats and robots... From the beginning of 1955, model toys became very popular in Japan, and have developed considerably until the present day.
Box art is the "face” of plastic model kit boxes, made with the aim of alluring consumers into buying them. Looked at as paintings, these boxes reflect the sudden surge of imagery in the post-war period and are a useful insight into post war Japanese society. This exhibition presents 160 key works of box art from the war years and the post war years.
•Talk events
All taking place from 14:00-15:30 in the main lecture hall. Attendance free of charge, reservation not required.
No.1: April 22nd (Sun)
Lecturers: Shunsaku Tamiya (representative director of Tamiya Ltd.) Kenji Kudo (curator, Aomori Museum of Art)
Topic: "Postwar Japanese Culture and Plastic Models".
No.2: April 29th (Sun, national holiday)
Lecturer: Katsuto Hasegawa (Managing director of Hasegawa Model Ltd.)
Topic: "The dawn of the age of plastic models - from Hasegawa solid models to plastic modes".
No.3: May 6th (Sun)
Lecturer: Reita Hirase (curator, Himeji City Museum of Art)
Topic: "Early Showa Visual Imagery"
No.4: May 13th (Sun)
Lecturer: Takasji Murakami (curator, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art)
Topic: "Prewar Mass Media Culture and Box Art
•Parent and child model making workshop
All workshops 14:00-16:00, free of charge.
Reservations: by phone at 054-263-5857
Capacity: 80 people
No.1: May 2nd (Wed)
No.2: May 3rd (Thu)
Lecturer: Staff from Tamiya Ltd.
Box art is the "face” of plastic model kit boxes, made with the aim of alluring consumers into buying them. Looked at as paintings, these boxes reflect the sudden surge of imagery in the post-war period and are a useful insight into post war Japanese society. This exhibition presents 160 key works of box art from the war years and the post war years.
•Talk events
All taking place from 14:00-15:30 in the main lecture hall. Attendance free of charge, reservation not required.
No.1: April 22nd (Sun)
Lecturers: Shunsaku Tamiya (representative director of Tamiya Ltd.) Kenji Kudo (curator, Aomori Museum of Art)
Topic: "Postwar Japanese Culture and Plastic Models".
No.2: April 29th (Sun, national holiday)
Lecturer: Katsuto Hasegawa (Managing director of Hasegawa Model Ltd.)
Topic: "The dawn of the age of plastic models - from Hasegawa solid models to plastic modes".
No.3: May 6th (Sun)
Lecturer: Reita Hirase (curator, Himeji City Museum of Art)
Topic: "Early Showa Visual Imagery"
No.4: May 13th (Sun)
Lecturer: Takasji Murakami (curator, Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art)
Topic: "Prewar Mass Media Culture and Box Art
•Parent and child model making workshop
All workshops 14:00-16:00, free of charge.
Reservations: by phone at 054-263-5857
Capacity: 80 people
No.1: May 2nd (Wed)
No.2: May 3rd (Thu)
Lecturer: Staff from Tamiya Ltd.
Schedule | Apr 7 (Sat) 2007-May 20 (Sun) 2007 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults and University Students ¥900; All other students ¥400 | ||||
| Venue | Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/en/guide/  | ||||
| Location | 53-2 Yada, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8002 | ||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from the South exit of Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae Station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line; From the South exit of Kusanagi Station on the JR Tokaido line, take the Shizutetsu bus and get off at Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae. The venue is 2 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 054-263-5755 | ||||
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