Modern Times in Paris 1925: Art and Design in the Machine-age
Pola Museum of Art
Ends Tomorrow
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Fernand Léger, René Lalique, Raoul Dufy, Hajime Sorayama et al.
In the 1920s, Paris underwent rapid industrialization to reconstruct the French capital in the wake of the First World War, ushering in a flourishing and dynamic era known as the Machine Age. This exhibition examines various aspects of the relationship between machines and people in the 1920s and ’30s with a focus on Paris as well as other parts of Europe, the U.S., and Japan. The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (the Art Deco Exhibition), a world’s fair held in Paris in 1925, was an important turning point in changing attitudes, as it heralded Art Deco, a geometric style inspired by machines. After the Great Kanto Earthquake, which occurred in 1923, Japan underwent rapid modernization. In the brief period of prosperity between the two world wars, ideas about machines and rationality changed drastically.
With great technological advances such as computers, the Internet, and AI, which promises to transform our lives even further, this is perhaps a good time to revisit the art and design of 100 years ago and reconsider the connection between machines and humans.
With great technological advances such as computers, the Internet, and AI, which promises to transform our lives even further, this is perhaps a good time to revisit the art and design of 100 years ago and reconsider the connection between machines and humans.
Schedule Now in session | Dec 16 (Sat) 2023-May 19 (Sun) 2024 Ends Tomorrow Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1800, Seniors 65 & Over ¥1600, University and High School Students ¥1300, Junior High School Students and Under free, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion ¥1000. | ||
| Website | https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/en/exhibition/20231216c01/ | ||
| Venue | Pola Museum of Art https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/english/ | ||
| Location | 1285 Kozukayama Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0631 | ||
| Access | From Gora Station on the Hakone Tozan line, take the Free Shuttle Bus. From Gora Station on the Hakone Tozan line, take the Sightseeing Shuttle bus and get off at Pola Museum of Art. | ||
| Phone | 0460-84-2111 | ||
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