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MOT Collection: Walking, Traveling, Moving - The Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present / Special Feature: Tadanori Yokoo - Ever-Changing, Like Water / 100th Anniversary of Birth: Sam Francis
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
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Naoki Ishikawa, Yuki Katsura, Takeshiro Kanokogi, Shinpei Kusanagi, Shigeko Kubota, Koichi Kurita, Jun Nakano, Hiroshi Nakamura, Yutaka Bito, Naoyo Fukuda, Yoshio Fujimaki, Shunsuke Matsumoto, Tadayuki Mitsushima, Masamu Yanase, Tadanori Yokoo, Wataridori Keikaku [Tomoko Aso, Akiko Takeuchi], Andy Warhol, Olafur Eliasson, Sandro Chika, Jennifer Bartlett, Sam Francis, Richard Long et al.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,700 artworks in its extensive collection, which spans the modern and contemporary periods with a focus on the art of the postwar years. Each installment of the “MOT Collection” exhibition introduces artworks in the collection from various themes and angles in its effort to convey the diverse appeal of contemporary art.
The first-floor section, “Walking, Traveling, Moving: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present,” comprises a diverse array of works, from sketches drawn by Takeshiro Kanokogi who visited Tokyo immediately after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake to document the devastated areas, to works by Olafur Eliasson that were produced for his solo exhibition at MOT in 2020, when restrictions on freedom of movement were in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yoshio Fujimaki's masterpiece Scenes from the Sumidagawa River (1934) will also be exhibited, along with newly acquired works by Shinpei Kusanagi, Takayuki Mitsushima, and Wataridori Keikaku (Tomoko Aso, Akiko Takeuchi) that were created in correspondence to the “MOT Satellite” exhibitions.
The 3rd floor section titled, “Special feature: Tadanori Yokoo - Ever-Changing, Like Water” introduces works centering on those added to the museum’s collection on the occasion of the artist’s solo exhibition held in 2021. Featuring Yokoo’s oeuvre spanning from the 1960s to the present, the exhibit explores new appeals of his artistic practice by focusing on expressions related to “water” that appears in many of his rich variety of works. In addition, works by artists with a deep connection to Yokoo will be presented.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy a series of large-scale paintings by Sam Francis, of which this year marks his centennial.
*This exhibition is a continuation of the previous term, with some of the exhibits replaced.
*Please be informed that the contents of the exhibit may be subject to change.
The first-floor section, “Walking, Traveling, Moving: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present,” comprises a diverse array of works, from sketches drawn by Takeshiro Kanokogi who visited Tokyo immediately after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake to document the devastated areas, to works by Olafur Eliasson that were produced for his solo exhibition at MOT in 2020, when restrictions on freedom of movement were in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yoshio Fujimaki's masterpiece Scenes from the Sumidagawa River (1934) will also be exhibited, along with newly acquired works by Shinpei Kusanagi, Takayuki Mitsushima, and Wataridori Keikaku (Tomoko Aso, Akiko Takeuchi) that were created in correspondence to the “MOT Satellite” exhibitions.
The 3rd floor section titled, “Special feature: Tadanori Yokoo - Ever-Changing, Like Water” introduces works centering on those added to the museum’s collection on the occasion of the artist’s solo exhibition held in 2021. Featuring Yokoo’s oeuvre spanning from the 1960s to the present, the exhibit explores new appeals of his artistic practice by focusing on expressions related to “water” that appears in many of his rich variety of works. In addition, works by artists with a deep connection to Yokoo will be presented.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy a series of large-scale paintings by Sam Francis, of which this year marks his centennial.
*This exhibition is a continuation of the previous term, with some of the exhibits replaced.
*Please be informed that the contents of the exhibit may be subject to change.
Schedule | Dec 2 (Sat) 2023-Mar 10 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥500; University Students ¥400; High School Students and Seniors 65 & Over ¥250; Junior Hight School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 2 Companions free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/mot-collection-231202/ | ||||
| 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, 15 minute walk from exit 3 at Kiba Station on the Tozai line. | ||||
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