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Painting for Joy: New Japanese Painting of the 1990s

This exhibition introduces 30 works by young artists, who were in their 30s in the 1990s, using the medium of painting to discover new forms of expression. Included in the exhibition are such highly acclaimed artists as Makoto Aida, Yoshitaka Echizenya, Takanobu Kobayashi, Chiezo Taro, Yoshitomo Nara, Nobuhiko Nukata, Miran Fukuda, Naofumi Maruyama and Takashi Murakami.

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January 18 - February 15, 2012
Chongqing Three Gorges Museum Chongqing (Chongqing,China)

December 17, 2011 - January 6, 2012
Heilongjiang Provincial Museum (Harbin, China)

October 23-November 5, 2011
Dalian No.15 Middle School (Dalian,China)

October 2 - October 16, 2011
Visual Art Center, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University (Beijing,China)

June 10 - June 25, 2011
Public Information and Cultural Center Embassy of Japan(Seoul,South Korea)

May 13 - 31, 2011
Shinsegae Centum City 6F Shinsegae Gallery (Busan,Korea)

October 29 - November 21, 2010
Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art (Ukraine)

September 17 - October 17, 2010
National Art Museum of Ukraine (Ukraine)

June 18 - August 15, 2010
Contemporary Art Gallery in Celje (Celje, Slovenia)

April 14 - May 16, 2010
Classic & Technical High School of Diekirch, Diekirch City Art Gallery (Diekirch, Luxemburg)

January 29 - February 21, 2010
Croatian Association of Artists(HDLU) (Zagreb, Croatia)

January 13 - 23, 2010
Vjekoslav Karas Gallery (Karlovac, Croatia)

November 19 - December 2, 2009
Imam Ali Religious Arts Museum (Tehran, Iran)

September 26 - October 12, 2009
Museum of the City of Skopje (Skopje, Makedonia)

May 16 - June 7, 2009
1. SieboldHuis, 2. Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden (Leiden, Netherland)

April 1 - 30, 2009
G. Gounaro Museum (Athens, Greece)

April 17 - August 25, 2008
Cornell Fine Arts Museum (Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.)

January 18 - March 1, 2008
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho (Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S.A.)

November 8 - December 31, 2007
Art Museum of Western Virginia (Roanoke, U.S.A.)

August 16 - October 8, 2007
MacLaren Art Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie, Canada)

May 10 - July 31, 2007
The Japan Foundation, Toronto (Toronto, Canada)

February 11 - April 18, 2007
Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures (Porirua, New Zealand)


  • Takanobu Kobayashi: Dog'98

    Miran Fukuda: Kewpie Mayonnaise

  • Takanobu Kobayashi: Dog'98

    Takanobu Kobayashi: Dog‘98

  • Yoshitomo Nara: Frog

    Yoshitomo Nara: Frog

  • Naofumi Maruyama: Untitled

    Naofumi Maruyama: Untitled

  • Miran Fukuda: Portrait

    Miran Fukuda: Portrait

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