The Japan Foundation is pleased to present Logical Emotion: Contemporary Art from Japan, an exhibition jointly organized by curators from Japan and Switzerland, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between these two countries. The event is scheduled to begin at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zürich, Switzerland in October, 2014, and then travelling to Poland and Germany.

With 14 participating artists, architects, and designers, the exhibition will consist of over 80 works including new site-specific works and large-scale installations. Logical Emotion, the title of which might seem to be paradox at first, introduces new aspects of Japanese contemporary art through its genre-breaking display of works that contain both logical and emotional elements.

Overview

Schedule of Exhibition

Curators	Kenjiro Hosaka (Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Sabine Schaschl (Director/ Chief Curator, Museum Haus Konstruktiv)
Organizers	The Japan Foundation, the participating museums
Participating Artists	Noe Aoki, Koji Enokura, Kazunari Hattori, Akihisa Hirata, Ryoji Ikeda, Teppei Kaneuji, Yayoi Kusama (only in Switzerland and Germany), Taiji Matsue, Masayasu Mitsuke, Shinji Ogawa (only in Poland), Tatsuo Miyajima, Hiroshi Sugito, Go Watanabe, Yuichi Yokoyama

Switzerland

Dates	October 2, 2014 - January 11, 2015
Venue	Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
Sponsored by	Swiss International Air Lines
Supported by	Culturescapes

Poland

Dates	February 13 - April 26, 2015
Venue	Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK
Curator	Delfina Jałowik (Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow MOCAK)

Germany

Dates	May 22 - July 26, 2015
Venue	Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale)
Curator	Wolfgang Büche (Curator, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale))

Akihisa Hirata
perspective for Häm, 2014

Yayoi Kusama
LOVE IS CALLING, 2013
© Yayoi Kusama
Courtesy of David Zwirner, Victoria Miro Gallery, Ota Fine Arts, Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc.