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.

  • 2024 first semester Italy *TBC
  • October 19 - November 19, 2023
    Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (Thessaloniki, Greece)
  • September 12 - October 1, 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)
  • March 10 - April 8, 2022
    Museum & Gallery Tuanku Fauziah Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penang, Malaysia)
  • January 19 - February 27, 2022
    GMBB (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • December 2 - December 21, 2021
    Hong Kong Central Library (Hong Kong, China)
  • September 4 - 26, 2021
    Kaohsiung Cultural Center (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
  • August 8 - 29, 2021
    Yilan Museum Of Art (Yilan, Taiwan)
  • April 8 - May 6, 2021
    Assiut University (Assiut, Egypt)

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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