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Ruki Matsumoto Collection “Seeking Utopia: Russian Avant-garde and Soviet Modernism in Posters”
Setagaya Art Museum
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Kasimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky, Aleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko, Gustav Klutsis et al.
The collection of Ruki Matsumoto (1946-2012), a designer and creator of the fashion brand Ba-tsu, includes many posters from the Russian Revolution. This exhibition showcases approximately 180 posters created by renowned artists such as Vassily Kandinsky and Kasimir Malevich, as well as Russian avant-garde designers including the Sternberg brothers and Alexander Rodchenko. It gives a broad view of the diversity of poster art that flowered during a period of dramatic change in Russian society.
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Setagaya Design School
A series of lectures on avant-garde Russian posters. (In Japanese)
The Language of Russian Avant-garde Design
Date: Oct. 11 (Sat)
The Typography of Russian Avant-garde Design
Date: Oct. 19 (Sun)
Russian Avant-gardism and the State
Date: Nov. 2 (Sun)
Iconography and Methods of Propoganda
Date: Nov. 15 (Sat) 16:00-17:00
Times: 16:00-17:00 each session.
Art and Drama Workshop (in Japanese)
This series dramatizes people’s encounters with art. What kinds of drama will Russian posters produce?
Instructor: Akira Kashiwagi (dramatist, NPO Engeki Hyakkaten director)
Date: Nov. 16 (Sun) 13:00-18:00
Participants: 15 (first-come basis, ages 10 & up)
Admission: ¥500 for teenagers, ¥2000 for ages 20 & over
Reservations required.
Please see the museum’s website for details and reservations.
[Related Events]
Setagaya Design School
A series of lectures on avant-garde Russian posters. (In Japanese)
The Language of Russian Avant-garde Design
Date: Oct. 11 (Sat)
The Typography of Russian Avant-garde Design
Date: Oct. 19 (Sun)
Russian Avant-gardism and the State
Date: Nov. 2 (Sun)
Iconography and Methods of Propoganda
Date: Nov. 15 (Sat) 16:00-17:00
Times: 16:00-17:00 each session.
Art and Drama Workshop (in Japanese)
This series dramatizes people’s encounters with art. What kinds of drama will Russian posters produce?
Instructor: Akira Kashiwagi (dramatist, NPO Engeki Hyakkaten director)
Date: Nov. 16 (Sun) 13:00-18:00
Participants: 15 (first-come basis, ages 10 & up)
Admission: ¥500 for teenagers, ¥2000 for ages 20 & over
Reservations required.
Please see the museum’s website for details and reservations.
Schedule | Sep 30 (Tue) 2014-Nov 24 (Mon) 2014 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1000, Seniors 65 & Over ¥800, University Students and High School Students ¥800, Junior High School Students and Elementary Students ¥500. | ||||
| Venue | Setagaya Art Museum http://www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp/index_e.html  | ||||
| Location | 1-2 Kinuta-koen, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-0075 | ||||
| Access | 17 minute walk from the South exit of Yoga Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi line; From the North exit of Yoga Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi line, take the Tokyu bus and get off at Bijutsukan. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3415-6011 | ||||
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