Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s

This exhibition focuses on print expressions from the 1970s as seen in the work of 14 artists who helped develop a print movement in the world of Japanese contemporary art. The exhibition is divided into two sections: “An Age of Photographic Images,” which focuses on the use of photographic images in the print medium, and “Images of Autonomous Matter,” which focuses on works that were shaped by the intentions of matter.

Curated by
Kyoji Takizawa (Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts）

Exhibiting artists (exhibit order)
Section1: An Age of Photographic Expression
Tetsuya Noda, Kosuke Kimura, Akira Matsumoto, Satoshi Saito, Hideki Kimura, and Sakumi Hagiwara.
Section 2: Images of Autonomous Matter
Jiro Takamatsu, Katsuro Yoshida, Koji Enokura, Shoichi Ida, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Lee Ufan, Mitsuo Kano, and Arinori Ichihara.

Dates

2025 first semester Nicaragua *TBC

2024 first semester Canada *TBC

2024 first semester U.S.A. *TBC

January 15 - March 8, 2024
The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome (Rome, Italy)

October 19 - November 19, 2023
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (Thessaloniki, Greece)

September 12 - 30, 2023
Museum of Applied Art Belgrade (Belgrade, Serbia)

February 8 - 19, 2023
Pakistan National Council of Art(PNCA) (Islamabad, Pakistan)

January 24 - 31, 2023
Japan Information ＆ Culture Center, Consulate-General of Japan in Karachi (Karachi, Pakistan)

September 16 - 29, 2022
Liberation War Museum (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

July 22 - August 4, 2022
Embassy of Japan in Nepal (Kathmandu, Nepal)

April 18 - May 18, 2022
Sabah Art Gallery (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)

See past exhibition schedule

  • Photo: Tetsuya Noda, Diary; Aug. 22nd '68
    Tetsuya Noda, Diary; Aug. 22nd '68, 1968
  • Photo: Tetsuya Noda, Diary; Sept. 11th '68
    Tetsuya Noda, Diary; Sept. 11th '68, 1968

Photo: Kosuke Kimura, Present Situation - Existence- A
Kosuke Kimura, Present Situation - Existence- A, 1971

Photo: Shoichi Ida, Surface is the Between - Between Vertical and Horizon - Stone, Paper and Stone
Shoichi Ida, Surface is the Between - Between Vertical and Horizon - Stone, Paper and Stone, 1976

Photo: Koji Enokura, A Stain No.1
Koji Enokura, A Stain No.1, 1975

Photo: Lee Ufan, Port of Call 1
Lee Ufan, Port of Call 1, 1991

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