Museum of Mom's Art

Finished

Museum of Mom’s Art is an exhibition in which guest curators, Association “crazy about Shitamachi-Retro” and Tsuzuki Kyoichi, present more than 1,000 works of “Mom’s Art,” handcraft works of varying sizes created by mothers, which is an art form that has been quietly attracting attention since the early 2000s. The Mom’s Art that Tsuzuki Kyoichi has continued to seek out can be found scattered throughout Japan, at store fronts of shopping arcades, community halls, and michinoeki roadside stations. One distinctive feature of Mom’s Art, which is created by moms all over Japan, is that, despite the ingenuity and differences in materials and style of each individual piece, there is somehow a commonality about them. This exhibition presents a re-thinking of Mom’s Art from Tsuzuki’s humorous perspective. There will also be a special exhibit of three artists specially selected by Tsuzuki, titled “The Wayward Stars of the Mom Universe.” By encountering the appeal of Mom’s Art from various angles, this exhibition will home in on the times and places of creatives who have no association with specialized art education, their expression, and their charm. There may even be an exquisite work of Mom’s Art lying dormant in your own home or town.

Schedule

Jan 22 (Sat) 2022-Apr 10 (Sun) 2022