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Open Studio Program 83 Masaru Iwai: How to Clean Up the Museum
Fuchu Art Museum
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Masaru Iwai
The Tokyo-based artist Masaru Iwai has been creating films, installations, and performances about cleaning and sanitation since the early 2000s. Cleanliness has long been said to be next to godliness, but when we take a broader viewer, it can also reflect a contemporary puritanicalness that extends to ritualism and has hidden implications for the meaning of labor. Iwai treats the subject with warm humor, imagination, and a critical eye.
Art museums, with their expansive floors and large glass surfaces, are places where special kinds of cleaning occur daily. In this exhibition, Iwai spotlights typically unseen daily acts of art museum cleaning from a variety of angles. With Iwai as our guide, let’s turn our eyes to the hidden, consider why it’s kept out of sight, and whether this is truly necessary. Let’s clean up the museum!
[Events]
Kick-off Talk "How to Clean Up the Museum"
Date: Dec. 18 (Sat) 14:00
In Japanese
Performances
Dates: Dec. 18, Dec. 19, Dec. 26, Jan. 16, Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Dec. 30, Feb. 12, Feb. 13, Feb. 17, Feb. 18
Times: 12:00–17:00
Please see the official website for details and information on more events.
Art museums, with their expansive floors and large glass surfaces, are places where special kinds of cleaning occur daily. In this exhibition, Iwai spotlights typically unseen daily acts of art museum cleaning from a variety of angles. With Iwai as our guide, let’s turn our eyes to the hidden, consider why it’s kept out of sight, and whether this is truly necessary. Let’s clean up the museum!
[Events]
Kick-off Talk "How to Clean Up the Museum"
Date: Dec. 18 (Sat) 14:00
In Japanese
Performances
Dates: Dec. 18, Dec. 19, Dec. 26, Jan. 16, Jan. 22, Jan. 29, Dec. 30, Feb. 12, Feb. 13, Feb. 17, Feb. 18
Times: 12:00–17:00
Please see the official website for details and information on more events.
Schedule | Dec 18 (Sat) 2021-Feb 27 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Website | http://www.city.fuchu.tokyo.jp/art/koukaiseisaku/kokaikaisai/2021_open_studio83_iwai_masaru.html | ||||||
| Venue | Fuchu Art Museum http://www.city.fuchu.tokyo.jp/art/ | ||||||
| Location | 1-3 Sengen-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-0001 | ||||||
| Access | 17 minute walk from the North exit of Higashi-fuchu Station on the Keio line; From the South exit of Musashi-Koganei Station on the JR Chuo line, take the Keio bus towards Fuchu Station and get off at Ippongi. | ||||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it |
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