Exhibition

Started by Picasso and others, Cubism was a revolutionary art movement well known for paintings composed of geometric lines and planes. This series of exhibitions asked viewers to consider the impact Cubism had on Asian artists following the introduction of mainstream modernism from Western Europe in the early 20th century, and to reappraise what modern Asian art art ought to be.

Traveling from the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, to the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea, in Seoul and then to the Singapore Art Museum, the “Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues” exhibition aspired to re-examine Asian modernism through the transnational art movement of Cubism. Exhibited according to theme as opposed to nationality, the exhibition featured approximately 120 pieces of art from eleven countries (China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam), including Sri Lankan contemporary art, which had rarely been shown at museums in Japan.

Modern Asian art was reassessed through four sections or themes: a focus on still life in “On the Table”; thoughts on Cubism as a way to push forward the modernization of art in “Cubism and Modernity”; a collection of self-portraits in “Body”; and a look at how Cubism developed independently in each country in “Cubism and Nation.

Data

Dates & Venue (Tokyo)	August 9–October 2, 2005
	The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
(Seoul)	November 11, 2005–January 30, 2006
	The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea (Deoksugung)
(Singapore)	February 18–April 9, 2006
	Singapore Art Museum
Curators	Tatehata Akira (Director, The National Museum of Art, Osaka) Ushiroshoji Masahiro (Professor, Kyushu University) Hayashi Michio (Associate Professor, Sophia University) Matsumoto Tohru (Chief Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Miwa Kenjin (Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Furuichi Yasuko (Exhibition Coordinator, The Japan Foundation) Choi Eunju (Chief Curator, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea) Kim Inhye (Assistant Curator, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea) Ahmad Mashadi (Senior Curator, Singapore Art Museum) Joyce Fan (Curator, Singapore Art Museum)
Artists	China Luis Chan, Huang Rui, Li Hua, Lin Fengmian, Pan Xuezhao, Pan Ye, Qu Leilei, Yun Gee, Zhao Shou India Narayan Shridhar Bendre, Ram Kumar, Rabin Mondal, Jehangir Sabavala, Fransis Newton Souza, K. G. Subramanyan, Gaganendranath Tagore Indonesia Ahmad Sadali, But Mochtar, Gregorius Sidharta Soegijo, Handrio, Mochtar Apin, Popo Iskandar, Srihadi Soedarsono, Sudjana Kerton Japan Fumon Gyo, Imanishi Chutsu, Kawaguchi Kigai, Koga Harue, Kuroda Jutaro, Migishi Kotaro, Mikami Makoto, Okamoto Toki, Sakata Kazuo, Satomi Katsuzo, Sumiya Iwane, Togo Seiji, Tsuruoka Masao, Yabe Tomoe, Yamada Masaaki, Yamamoto Keisuke, Yorozu Tetsugoro Korea Byon Yeong-won, Gu Bon-ung, Ha In-du, Ham Dea-jung, Han Mook, Ju Kyung, Kim Ki-chang, Kim Sou, Kim Whan-ki, Park Re-hyun, Park Young-seon Philippines Ang Kiukok, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Cesar Legaspi, Vincente Manansala, Galo B. Ocampo, Hernando R. Ocampo, Nena Saguil, Romeo Tabuena Singapore / Malaysia Chen Wen Hsi, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chia Yu Chian, Chuah Thean Teng, Ho Khai Peng, Latiff Mohidin, Lim Hak Tai, Syed Ahmad Jamal, Tay Hooi Keat, Tsai Horng Chung Sri Lanka George Keyt Thailand Thawan Duchanee, Fua Hariphitak, Tawee Nandakwang, Prasong Padamanuja, Sawasdi Tantisuk, Sompot Upa-In Vietnam Ta Ty
Organizers	The Japan Foundation; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea; Singapore Art Museum
Sponsors	Singapore Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Singapore Foundation
Cooperation	Tokyo Japan Airlines Singapore MediaCorp TV12 Arts Central; Clear Channel; Helutrans Artmove; SMRT Media; Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center
Grants	Seoul The Korea Foundation
Related Programs	Tokyo Talk Event August 27, 2005 / Lecture Hall, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Participants: Nakamura Kazumi, Matsumoto Tohru September 17, 2005 / Lecture Hall, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Participants: Kinoshita Nagahiro, Hayashi Michio Seoul International Symposium “Asian Art in the 20th Century” November 19, 2005 / The Korea Foundation Culture Center / Panelists: Joyce Fan, Patrick D. Flores, Agung Hujatnikajennong, Roobina Karode, Kim Young-na, Omuka Toshiharu Singapore Intrnational Symposium “Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues” March 25–26, 2006 / Singapore Art Museum / Panelists: Partick D. Flores, T. K. Sabapathy, Joyce Fan, Hayashi Michio, R. Siva Kumar, Ahmad Mashadi, Jim Supangkat, Ushiroshoji Masahiro, C. J. Wee Wan-ling
Notes	Japan–Korea Friendship Year 2005

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Catalogue (Tokyo)

Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues
Edited by The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The Japan Foundation

• Publisher:
  Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The Japan Foundation
• Year:
  2005
• Total Number of Pages:
  296 (+Appendix)
• Size:
  30 cm
• Language:
  Japanese (jpn); English (eng)
• NCID:
  BA72911834

[Contents]

p. 5	Foreword
	The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; The Japan Foundation; The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea; Singapore Art Museum
p. 10	序論アジアのキュビスム
	建畠晢
p. 17	第1章テーブルの上の実験
p. 18		オン・ザ・テーブル─静物の実験
		林道郎
p. 26		Section 1テーブルの上の楽器
		文= 林道郎
p. 29		コラム1「物語る」ための「フィールド」
		三輪健仁
p. 30		Section 2静物としての人体
p. 32		Section 3果物の歌
p. 34		Section 4–1キュビスムを通過して─グリッド
p. 36		Section 4–2キュビスムを通過して─アラベスク
p. 38		Section 4–3キュビスムを通過して─フィルター
p. 40		Section 5新生活の象徴：中国の木版画
		文= 林道郎（*Section 2～5）
p. 43	第2章キュビスムと近代性
p. 44		「複数の近代性」の交渉─アジア美術におけるキュビスムとの出会い
		アフマド・マシャディ
p. 50		Section 1「大都市（メトロポリス）」と「国際都市（コスモポリス）の理想」
		文= アフマド・マシャディ
p. 55		コラム2国際都市─東京・上海・シャンティニケタン
		建畠晢
p. 56		Section 2都市の碁盤目（グリッド）、新たな現実
		文= アフマド・マシャディ
p. 59		コラム3留学のかたち
		林道郎
p. 60		Section 3機械時代（マシーン・エイジ）の反響
		文= アフマド・マシャディ
p. 63		テーマ1キュビスムと戦争
		チェ・ウンジェ|崔銀珠
p. 69	第3章身体
p. 70		キュビスムにおける身体
		松本透
p. 76		Section 1キュビスムの裸婦
p. 80		Section 2キュビスムの語法
p. 84		Section 3キュビスムと音楽
p. 85		Section 4ジョージ・キートの鏡の像
p. 86		Section 5キュビスムの女性像
		文= 松本透（*Section 1～5）
p. 89		コラム4外国人教師
		後小路雅弘
p. 90		Section 6キュビスムの自画像
		文= 松本透
p. 91		テーマ2母と子
		キム・インヘ|金仁恵
p. 97	第4章キュビスムと国土（ネイション）
p. 98		ネイション─国民の創生
		後小路雅弘
p. 104		Section 1歴史
p. 106		Section 2伝統的な形式とモダニズム
p. 108		Section 3農村の暮らし
p. 110		Section 4都会の暮らし
p. 111		Section 5「ふるさと」を探して
p. 114		Section 6土地固有の風物
p. 116		Section 7海の道
		文= 後小路雅弘（*Section 1～7）
p. 118		コラム5ピカソ─1940年代から50年代のアジア諸国における受容
		キム・インヘ|金仁恵
p. 120		Section 8キュビスム・抽象表現主義とカリグラフィ
		文= 後小路雅弘
p. 122		テーマ3崇高なもの、神聖なものを案出する
		ジョイス・ファン
p. 129	キュビスム受容史（各国編）
p. 130		中国のキュビスム
		李超
p. 134		アジアのキュビスム─インドの場合
		ガヤトリ・デヴィ・シンハ
p. 138		自律性のイメージ─1950年代および60年代におけるインドネシアのキュビスム絵画をめぐる諸問題
		リスキー・A・ザエラニ
p. 142		キュビスムと日本
		大谷省吾
p. 146		韓国におけるキュビスム
		キム・ヨンナ|金英那
p. 150		一見したところ、キュビスム
		パトリック・D・フローレス
p. 154		マレーシアとシンガポールにおける近代美術の展開とキュビスムとの関わり
		アフマド・マシャディ
p. 158		スリランカ美術におけるキュビスムの記号／語法の「存在」
		ジャガト・ウィーラシンハ
p. 162		タイのキュビスム─キュビスムから抽象美術へ
		スティ・クナーウィッチャヤーノン
p. 167	作家略歴
	編= 古市保子
p. 187	用語解説
	編= 古市保子
p. 194	Selected Bibliography
p. 202	IntroductionCubism in Asia
	Tatehata Akira
p. 206	Chapter 1On the Table
p. 206		Experiments on Still Lifes
		Hayashi Michio
p. 210		Section 1Musical Instrument on the Table
p. 211		Section 2A Portrait Seen as a Still Life
p. 211		Section 3The Melody of Fruit
p. 212		Section 4–1Through Cubism—The Grid
p. 212		Section 4–2Through Cubism—The Arabesque
p. 213		Section 4–3Through Cubism—The Filter
p. 213		Section 5The Symbol of New Life—The Chinese Woodblock Print
		Text by Hayashi Michio (*Section 1–5)
p. 215	Chapter 2Cubism and Modernity
p. 215		Negotiating Modernities: Encounters with Cubism in Asian Art
		Ahmad Mashadi
p. 218		Section 1The Metropolis and the Cosmopolitan Ideal
p. 219		Section 2Urban Grid, New Realities
p. 219		Section 3Reflections on the Machine Age
		Text by Ahmad Mashadi (*Section 1–3)
p. 221		Theme 1Cubism and War
		Choi Eunju
p. 224	Chapter 3Body
p. 224		The Body in Cubism
		Matsumoto Tohru
p. 227		Section 1The Nude in Cubism
p. 227		Section 2The Cubist Idioms
p. 228		Section 3Cubism and Music
p. 228		Section 4The Mirror Image of George Keyt
p. 228		Section 5The Female Image in Cubism
p. 229		Section 6The Self-Portrait in Cubism
		Text by Matsumoto Tohru (*Section 1–6)
p. 230		Theme 2Mother and Child
		Kim Inhye
p. 232	Chapter 4Cubism and Nation
p. 232		The Birth of a Nation
		Ushiroshoji Masahiro
p. 235		Section 1History
p. 235		Section 2Traditional Form and Modernism
p. 236		Section 3Life in the Farming Villages
p. 236		Section 4Life in the City
p. 236		Section 5In Search of a “Spiritual Home”
p. 237		Section 6Native Scenes and Manners
p. 237		Section 7Sea Transport
p. 237		Section 8Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, and Calligraphy
		Text by Ushiroshoji Masahiro (*Section 1–8)
p. 239		Theme 3Devising the Divine and the Sacred
		Joyce Fan
p. 241	Column
p. 241		Column 1The “Field” for “Storytelling”
		Miwa Kenjin
p. 241		Column 2Cosmopolis: Tokyo/Shanghai/Santiniketan
		Tatehata Akira
p. 242		Column 3Forms of Studying Abroad
		Hayashi Michio
p. 242		Column 4Foreign Teachers
		Ushiroshoji Masahiro
p. 243		Column 5Picasso: Reception in Asian Countries in 1940s–1950s
		Kim Inhye
p. 246	Reception of Cubism
p. 246		Overview of Cubism in China
		Li Chao (Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University)
p. 248		Cubism in Asia—The Indian Example
		Gayatri Devi Sinha (Art Critic)
p. 251		Image of Autonomy: Problems of Cubist Painting in Indonesia in the 1950s and 1960s
		Rizki A. Zaelani (Art Critic)
p. 254		Cubism and Japan
		Otani Shogo (Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
p. 256		Cubism in Korea
		Kim Youngna (Director, Seoul University Museum)
p. 259		Apparently, Cubism
		Patrick D. Flores (Professor, Art Studies Department, University of the Philippines Diliman)
p. 261		Modern Art Developments in Malaysia and Singapore and Engagements with Cubism
		Ahmad Mashadi
p. 263		A Survey on the “Presence” of Cubist Sign/Idiom in Sri Lankan Art
		Jagath Weerasinghe (Artist)
p. 265		Cubism in Thailand: From Cubism to Abstract Art
		Sutee Kunavichayanont (Lecturer, The Art Theory Department, Silpakorn University)
p. 268	Biographies of Artists
	Edited by Furuichi Yasuko
p. 280	Glossary
	Edited by Furuichi Yasuko
p. 286	List of Exhibits
Appendix	Ajia no kyubisumu nenpu [Chronology of Cubism in Asia]

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Catalogue (Seoul)

Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues
Edited by Kim Inhye

• Publisher:
  Seoul: The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
  Tokyo: The Japan Foundation
• Year:
  2005
• Total Number of Pages:
  288
• Size:
  30 cm
• Language:
  Korean (kor); English (eng)

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Catalogue (Singapore)

Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues
Edited by Singapore Art Museum

• Publisher:
  Singapore: Singapore Art Museum
• Year:
  2006
• Total Number of Pages:
  276
• Size:
  30 cm
• Language:
  Chinese (simplified, chi); English (eng)
• ISBN
  9810551584

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Symposium (Tokyo)

International Symposium 2005
Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues

By placing an importance on empirical art historical findings but expanding its scope, the style and philosophy of Cubism were re-examined over two days. Going beyond an introduction of the local stylistic developments of the Cubism movement, the social and cultural issues inherent in the background were discussed, along with examination of the reception of Western modernism in Asia from multiple perspectives. Bringing together researchers from nine countries including the United States and Mexico, the symposium was also an opportunity to gain a comprehensive view of modern art history, which until then had been done regionally.

Data

Dates	September 10–11, 2005
Venue (Tokyo)	The Japan Foundation Forum
Organizers	The Japan Foundation

[Program]

Day 1 September 10, 2005

10:30–10:40	Opening Remarks
	The Japan Foundation
10:40–11:00	Keynote SpeechWhy Cubism?
	Tatehata Akira (Director, The National Museum of Art, Osaka)
11:00–13:30	Session 1Metropolis / Transnationalism
	Moderator	Mizusawa Tsutomu (Chief Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama)
	Presentations	1. The Reputation of Cubism in 1930s Japan: Modernism, Academism, and America
		Omuka Toshiharu (Professor, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
		2. Cubism in the Paris of the East
		Shen Kuiyi (Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego)
		3. The Discursive Space of “Asian Cubism”
		John Clark (Professor, Department of Art History and Theory, University of Sydney)
	Discussion / Q&A
14:30–17:30	Session 2Postcolonial Situation
	Moderator	Hayashi Michio (Associate Professor, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University)
	Presentations	1. Art and Culture in the Third Space: The Case of Indonesia
		Jim Supangkat (Art Critic; Chief Curator, CP Foundation)
		2. Translucent Traces of People: Peasant and Proletariat in Philippine Cubism
		Patrick D. Flores (Professor, Art Studies Department, University of the Philippines Diliman)
		3. Nayang Modernism: Between Idealisms
		Ahmad Mashadi (Senior Curator, Singapore Art Museum)
	Discussion / Q&A

Day 2 September 11, 2005

13:00–15:00	Session 3Body / Gender / Color / Decoration
	Moderator	Matsumoto Tohru (Chief Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
	Presentations	1. Representation of Women in “Cubism in Asia”
		Kim Young-na (Professor, Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University)
		2. Representation of Women and Imaginary Power
		Tanaka Masayuki (Curator, The National Museum of Western Art)
		3. Asian Possessions of the Cubist Body: “Home from Home”
		Bert Winther-Tamaki (Associate Professor, Department of Art History, University of California, Irvine)
	Discussion / Q&A
15:30–17:30	Session 4Narrative / Myth / Religion
	Moderator	Tsuji Shigebumi (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Otemae University; Director, Nishinomiya City Otani Memorial Museum of Art)
	Presentations	1. Asian Cubism and “Narrative”
		Ushiroshoji Masahiro (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University)
		2. Cubist Aesthetics and Narrative Strategies in Postrevolutionary Mexican Art
		Karen Cordero Reiman (Distinguished Professor, Art History Department, Universidad Iberoamericana)
		3. Narrative Cubism
		Tatehata Akira
	Discussion / Q&A
17:30–18:00	Wrap-up
	Hayashi Michio

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Report (Symposium: Tokyo)

International Symposium 2005 “Cubism in Asia: Unbounded Dialogues” Report
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko

• Publisher:
  Tokyo: The Japan Foundation
• Year:
  2006
• Total Number of Pages:
  400
• Size:
  21 cm
• Language:
  Japanese (jpn); English (eng)
• NCID:
  BA75577193

[Contents]

p. 5	Cubism in Asia Project and the Symposium
	The Japan Foundation
p. 11	Color Plates
p. 15	Symposium
p. 18		Introduction
		Hayashi Michio
p. 24		Program
p. 29	基調報告なぜキュビスムか
	建畠晢
p. 39	セッション1メトロポリス / トランス・ナショナリズム
p. 40		1930年代日本におけるキュビスム評価─モダニズム、アカデミズム、アメリカ
		五十殿利治
p. 45		「東洋のパリ」のキュビスム
		瀋揆一|シェン・クイ
p. 54		「アジアのキュビスム」の言説的空間
		ジョン・クラーク
p. 65		討論
p. 79	セッション2脱-植民地化状況
p. 80		第三の場における美術と文化─インドネシアの場合
		ジム・スパンカット
p. 91		人民の半透明な軌跡─フィリピンのキュビスムに見る農民とプロレタリア
		パトリック・D・フローレス
p. 99		南洋（ナンヤン）モダニズム─複数の理想主義の狭間で
		アフマド・マシャディ
p. 112		討論
p. 131	セッション3身体 / ジェンダー / 色彩 / 装飾
p. 132		「アジアのキュビスム」に見る女性の描き方
		キム・ヨンナ|金英那
p. 135		女性表象と、想像上の権力
		田中正之
p. 141		アジアによるキュビスム的肉体の獲得:「第二の故郷」
		バート・ウィンザー＝タマキ
p. 150		討論
p. 165	セッション4ナラティヴ / 神話 / 宗教
p. 166		アジアのキュビスムと「物語」
		後小路雅弘
p. 171		革命後のメキシコ美術に見るキュビスムの美学・叙述戦略
		カレン・コルデロ・レイマン
p. 177		ナラティヴなキュビスム
		建畠晢
p. 180		討論
p. 193	全体のまとめ
p. 201	Keynote SpeechWhy Cubism?
	Tatehata Akira
p. 211	Session 1Metropolis / Transnationalism
p. 212		The Reputation of Cubism in 1930s Japan: Modernism, Academism, and America
		Omuka Toshiharu
p. 217		Cubism in the Paris of the East
		Shen Kuiyi
p. 226		The Discursive Space of “Asian Cubism”
		John Clark
p. 236		Discussion
p. 247	Session 2Postcolonial Situation
p. 248		Art and Culture in the Third Space: The Case in Indonesia
		Jim Supangkat
p. 258		Translucent Traces of People: Peasant and Proletariat in Philippine Cubism
		Patrick D. Flores
p. 266		Nayang Modernism: Between Idealisms
		Ahmad Mashadi
p. 278		Discussion
p. 295	Session 3Body / Gender / Color / Decoration
p. 296		Representation of Women in “Cubism in Asia”
		Kim Young-na
p. 299		Representation of Women and Imaginary Power
		Tanaka Masayuki
p. 304		Asian Possessions of the Cubist Body: “Home from Home”
		Bert Winther-Tamaki
p. 312		Discussion
p. 325	Session 4Narrative / Myth / Religion
p. 326		Asian Cubism and “Narrative”
		Ushiroshoji Masahiro
p. 331		Cubist Aesthetics and Narrative Strategies in Postrevolutionary Mexican Art
		Karen Cordero Reiman
p. 337		Narrative Cubism
		Tatehata Akira
p. 339		Discussion
p. 350	Wrap-up
p. 357	シンポジウムを終えて
p. 358		メトロポリス / トランス・ナショナリズム　私たちはキュビスムとどう出会ったのか
		水沢勉
p. 360		脱-植民地化状況
		林道郎
p. 363		身体 / ジェンダー / 色彩 / 装飾
		松本透
p. 365		ナラティヴ / 神話 / 宗教
		辻成史
	Reflecting on the Symposium
p. 368		Metropolis / Transnationalism: “How We Encountered Cubism”
		Mizusawa Tsutomu
p. 370		Postcolonial Situation
		Hayashi Michio
p. 373		Body / Gender / Color / Decoration
		Matsumoto Tohru
p. 376		Narrative / Myth / Religion
		Tsuji Shigebumi
p. 384	Panelists' Profiles
p. 393	Cubism in Asia Project

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