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Viva Video! The Art and Life of Shigeko Kubota
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
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This exhibition will be the first major survey of the art of Shigeko Kubota (1937-2015) in Japan nearly in three decades. Born in Niigata and educated in Tokyo, Kubota moved to New York in 1964 to join the Fluxus movement. Kubota became internationally known as a pioneering artist for her “video sculpture,” which integrated video into three-dimensional structures. Her contribution to contemporary art, however, has yet to be adequately evaluated.
The goal of the exhibition is to provide an updated and contextualized survey of the Japanese American female artist Shigeko Kubota to international audiences. Shortly after the artist’s passing in 2015, the Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation was established in New York at the bequest of the artist to preserve and further the study of Kubota’s life and legacy, in addition to advancing the field of video art. Drawing significantly from a collection of recently restored sculptures, drawings, photographs, and ephemera of the Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation, and complementing them with additional works from Japanese museums and archival materials from the artist’s family, the exhibition will showcase a diverse array of materials for the first time.
What was Kubota thinking and seeking as a female artist who was developing her art on the world stage at the dawn of new media art? The exhibition will present multivalent views of Kubota’s life and work through drawings, photographs, archival documents, and video - including her Duchampiana video sculpture series.
Venue: Exhibition Gallery 3F
The goal of the exhibition is to provide an updated and contextualized survey of the Japanese American female artist Shigeko Kubota to international audiences. Shortly after the artist’s passing in 2015, the Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation was established in New York at the bequest of the artist to preserve and further the study of Kubota’s life and legacy, in addition to advancing the field of video art. Drawing significantly from a collection of recently restored sculptures, drawings, photographs, and ephemera of the Shigeko Kubota Video Art Foundation, and complementing them with additional works from Japanese museums and archival materials from the artist’s family, the exhibition will showcase a diverse array of materials for the first time.
What was Kubota thinking and seeking as a female artist who was developing her art on the world stage at the dawn of new media art? The exhibition will present multivalent views of Kubota’s life and work through drawings, photographs, archival documents, and video - including her Duchampiana video sculpture series.
Venue: Exhibition Gallery 3F
Schedule | Nov 13 (Sat) 2021-Feb 23 (Wed) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adult ¥1400; University Studetents and Seniors 65 & Over ¥1000; High School and Junior High School Student ¥600; Elementary School Students and under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 2 Companions free. | ||||||
| MuPon | ¥140 off / 10% discount / Up to 2 people / Doesn't apply to Set Tickets. Students OK.  Download the TAB app to get a discount on entry to this event. ※Paid subscriber only | ||||||
| Website | https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/shigeko_kubota/ | ||||||
| Venue | Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/ | ||||||
| Location | 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0022 | ||||||
| Access | 9 minute walk from exit B2 at Kiyosumi-shirakawa Station on the Hanzomon line, 14 minute walk from exit 3 at Kiba Station on the Tozai line. | ||||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||||
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