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SMoA Collection - Modern and Contemporary Art I: Neo-Dada and Pop Art
Shiga Museum of Art
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Marcel Duchamp et al.
The pursuit of "sustainability" has begun all over the world. Behind this trend is a sense of crisis that society as it is will eventually fail. And it is indisputable that at the heart of "society as it is" is the so-called mass consumption society that began in the 1920s in the U.S. and the 1950s in Japan. The artists' counter to this mass consumption society was the Neo-Dada and Pop Art of the 1950s and 1960s.
Neo-Dada was a movement that emerged in the United States at the end of the 1950s. As the word "neo" (new) suggests, it was named for its similarity to the Dada that took place in Europe at the time of World War I. As seen in the work of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, the artists attempted to rebel against established art and aesthetics by using ready-made techniques, collages that appropriated multiple images, and silk screens (a type of printmaking technique) that facilitated the transfer of photographs.
Pop art is a movement that began in England in the late 1950s and shifted its focus to the United States in the early 1960s. As Andy Warhol is well known for, it boldly appropriated images and icons of popular culture in a mass consumer society, raising questions about the conventional understanding of high art and vulgar popular culture.
SMoA Collection - Modern and Contemporary Art I features works from the Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art's collection of Neo-Dada and Pop Art, as well as works by Marcel Duchamp, who was positioned as a predecessor to Dada and greatly influenced artists who followed in his footsteps. The works of Marcel Duchamp, who was positioned as a leading Dada artist and greatly influenced subsequent artists, will be exhibited.
Neo-Dada was a movement that emerged in the United States at the end of the 1950s. As the word "neo" (new) suggests, it was named for its similarity to the Dada that took place in Europe at the time of World War I. As seen in the work of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, the artists attempted to rebel against established art and aesthetics by using ready-made techniques, collages that appropriated multiple images, and silk screens (a type of printmaking technique) that facilitated the transfer of photographs.
Pop art is a movement that began in England in the late 1950s and shifted its focus to the United States in the early 1960s. As Andy Warhol is well known for, it boldly appropriated images and icons of popular culture in a mass consumer society, raising questions about the conventional understanding of high art and vulgar popular culture.
SMoA Collection - Modern and Contemporary Art I features works from the Shiga Prefectural Museum of Art's collection of Neo-Dada and Pop Art, as well as works by Marcel Duchamp, who was positioned as a predecessor to Dada and greatly influenced artists who followed in his footsteps. The works of Marcel Duchamp, who was positioned as a leading Dada artist and greatly influenced subsequent artists, will be exhibited.
Schedule | Jun 25 (Sun) 2023-Oct 1 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥540; University and High School Students ¥340; Junior High School Students and Under, Seniors 65 & Over residing in Shiga, Persons with Disability Certificates free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.shigamuseum.jp/exhibitions/5658/ | ||||
| Venue | Shiga Museum of Art | ||||
| Location | 1740-1 Setaminamiogayacho, Otsu-shi, Shiga 520-2122 | ||||
| Access | From the South exit of Seta Station on the JR Biwako line, take the Teisan bus or Ohmi Railway Bus towards Shigaidai or Daigaku-Byoin and get off at Bunka Zone-mae. The venue is 5 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 077-543-2111 | ||||
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