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CHIKAKU: Time, and Memory in Japan

CHIKAKU: Time, and Memory in Japan

CHIKAKU: Time, and Memory in Japan Japan-EU Year of People-to-People Exchange 2005

The originality of Japanese aesthetic expression has been the subject of keen international interest in these early years of the twenty-first century. Through an innovative presentation, this extensive exhibition will present a fresh interpretation of the unique evolution of Japanese art in terms of perception, time, and memory.


*Exhibition scenery at A Museum the Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo
 ("CHIKAKU: Perception, Time, and Memory in Japan" held in 2005)

Miwa Yanagi
"Girls in her sand (Installation)" and "Untitled I & II", Collection of the Artist


Rieko Hidaka
Right: Distance from the Sky III, 2004, Collection of the Artist
Left: From the Space of the Trees VII, 2000, Collection of Mrs.Katsuko Ueda and Mr. Kuniaki Ueda, Sanbi-shosha Collection
pigment on paper

Motohiko Odani
Left: Berenice, 2003, FRP etc., Takahashi Collection, Courtesy of Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo
Right: Skeleton, 2003, FRP, Courtesy of Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo

Tetsuya Nakamura
Premium Unit Series, 2003, Paint on FRP, Private collection

Hiroyuki Moriwaki
Lake Awareness, 2005, Collection of the Artist

Term:

 April 8 (Sat.) - June 25 (Sun.), 2006

Venue:

 Okamoto Taro Museum of Art, Kawasaki

Organizers:

 The Japan Foundation
Okamoto Taro Museum of Art, Kawasaki

Curator:

Toshiharu Ito
In collaboration with:
 Miki Okabe, Shinju Sugita, Kaoru Kataoka

Exhibition Architect:

Makoto Sei Watanabe

Participating Artists:

 Taro Okamoto, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Makoto Sei Watanabe, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Miwa Yanagi, Takashi Ito, Yayoi Kusama, Emiko Kasahara, Rieko Hidaka, Yoshihiro Suda, Tetsuya Nakamura, Motohiko Odani, Trinh T. Minh-ha
Sponsors:
JAL, Toho Tenax Co.

Symposium
Date:
 April 16, 2006, 14:00 – 16:00
Venue:
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
Moderator:
Toshiharu Ito
Panelists:
Chihiro Minato (photographer, art critic),
Prof. Ryuta Imafuku (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Lecture
Date:
 June 18, 2006, 14:00 –
Venue:
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
Lecturer:
Prof. Shinichi Nakazawa (Tama Art University)

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