Makoto Aida ranks among the most closely followed contemporary artists in Japan today. Since his debut in the early 1990s, Makoto Aida has brought a cynical perspective to such subject matter as pretty young girls, war, and salarymen, touching upon modern and contemporary Japanese society in a stream of striking works. Bringing together over 100 works ranging from early pieces to his very latest work, this exhibition, the first in the world on such a scale, illuminates every aspect of Aida’s practice to date.
In a series of public programs to be held in conjunction with the exhibition, we home in on essentially what makes Makoto Aida a genius, scrutinized from diverse Japanese and international perspectives. In doing so we further hope that now, at a time when we are questioning anew the form and direction Japan should be taking, Aida’s complex, multifaceted world - Japanese society in miniature - will serve as a medium through which a variety of discussions will arise.
Symposium
Art and Social History Referenced in Viewing Aida Makoto “Is Makoto Aida a Genius?”
Speakers: Makoto Aida, Yuji Yamashita (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University), Mami Kataoka (Chief Curator, Mori Art Museum), and others
Date & Time: 14:00-16:00, Sunday, December 16, 2012 (Door Open 13:30)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 300 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000; MAMC Member free
Bookings: Bookings will start from 11:00, Tuesday, October 23 on the Mori Art Museum website.
Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Talk Session
Makoto Aida's Art Examined from an International Perspective “How to Become the World's Greatest Artist”
Speakers: Makoto Aida, David Elliott (Curator, Writer), Mami Kataoka (Chief Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Date & Time: 19:00-20:30, Saturday, November 17, 2012 (Door Open 18:30)
Venue: Mori Art Museum
Capacity: 80 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Bookings: Bookings will start from 11:00, Tuesday, October 23 on the Mori Art Museum website.
Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Curator Talk
Aida Makoto's World juxtaposed with Modern and Contemporary Japanese Society "Aida Makoto and Japan, Chaotic and Complex"
Speaker: Mami Kataoka (Chief Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Date & Time: 19:00-21:00, Friday, November 30, 2012 (Door Open 18 : 30)
Venue: Mori Art Museum
Capacity: 80 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Bookings: Bookings will start from 11:00, Tuesday, October 23 on the Mori Art Museum website.
Japanese only
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.
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