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[Image: Claude Monet “Grotte de Part-Domois” (1886) The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki]

Aquatic Symphony— Giving Shape and Color to Water

Tenshin Memorial Museum Of Art, Ibaraki

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Artists

Claude Monet, Taikan Yokoyama, Jiro Nozawa, Sigenobu Yoshida et al.

During the Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami caused unprecedented damage, but at the same time insufficient water supply made the lives of many people difficult. Connected deeply with life and ever-changing in form, water has stirred the imaginations of artists since ancient times. Taking Shunso Hishida and Toshio Matsuo’s paintings of Ibaraki’s Izura coast as its departure point, this exhibition introduces landscapes featuring the ocean and lakes of Ibaraki Prefecture, which is abundantly blessed with natural water. Also on display are works by artists such as Usen Ogawa and Sokyojin Kobayashi, who portrayed the lives of the people and creatures residing in Ibaraki. Visitors can also take in water-themed masterpieces from around the world, including Taikan Yokoyama’s “Shoso Hakkei” and Claude Monet’s “Grotte de Part-Domois,” as well as “Unite the Stars/Flower/Sad,” Niro Nozawa’s painting displayed at Rokkaku-do Temple, Shigenobu Yoshida’s prismatic film “Path of Light,” which shows the Iwaki Sea before the 3.11 disaster and the ocean in northern Ibaraki afterwards, and Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s installation “Water Supply From the Rain of Ten Years Ago.” These works present their artists’ contemplations of water in an array of contemporary forms.

[Related Event]
Gallery Talks by Curator
Dates: Aug. 23 (Sat), Sep. 14 (Sun) 13:30–15:00

Schedule

Aug 2 (Sat) 2014-Aug 28 (Thu) 2014

Opening Hours Information

Hours	9:30-17:00
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day.
Notice	Exhibition Hours: 9:00-17:00

Fee

Adults ¥190, Seniors over 70 ¥90, University and High School Students ¥80, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥80, Special Exhibition Fees may be charged separately.

Venue

Tenshin Memorial Museum Of Art, Ibaraki
http://www.tenshin.museum.ibk.ed.jp/07_english/