Introduction of Opening Exhibition, Exhibitions, Atrium Installation

Introduction of
Opening Exhibition, Exhibitions,
Atrium Installation and Courtyard Installation
© CDL
OPEN April 24, 2015
2014.10.23
Oita Prefecture Arts, Culture and Sports Promotion Foundation
Schedule
Opening Exhibition vol.1
“Modern: Blossoming Garden – Oita World Museum
- Oita & World 200 Masterpieces”
Period: April 24 – July 20, 2015
Exhibition: Draw Manga!
The Present and Future of Manga
Period (Provisional): August 1 – September 23, 2015
Exhibition of Oita Association of Artists vol.51
Organizer: Oita Association of Artists
Period (Provisional): September 29 – October 18, 2015
Opening Exhibition vol.2
“Dawn of Gods”
―Encounter of Venus, and Spiritual Landscape, East and West
Period (Provisional): October 31, 2015 – January 24, 2016
Theatre in Museum
Live, Dance, Dancing Museum!
Period (Provisional): Spring 2016
Atrium Installation
Eurasian Garden - The Netherlands, Japan Design Showdown
“Marcel Wanders × Reiko Sudo”
Oita Sightseeing Wall
“Mai Miyake’s World Cuckoo-Clock ―WORLD could be a safer place CLOCK”
Courtyard Installation
AMANIWA – Three Contemporary Crafts Artists
“Kyoko Tokumaru (Ceramics), Mariko Isozaki (Ceramics), Yoshihiko Takahashi (Glass)”
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Opening Exhibition vol.1
“Modern: Blossoming Garden Oita World Museum
- Oita & World 200 Masterpieces ”
Period
April 24 – July 20, 2015
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Exhibition Concept
“ Modern: Blossoming Garden - Oita World Museum
- Oita & World 200 Masterpieces ”
Having been holding such a tremendously unique cultural tradition from
ancient times, Oita, which is situated in the heart of Japanese Kyushu Island, and
its local people had been carrying long, long tradition of a large scale sense of
cultural mixture, hybrid co-existences as deeply typical and also unique and
genealogically basic character of Japanese essence of culture, as an old
Shintoism-Buddhist co-existence, and medieval and modern immigration of
Christian culture from Spain, and other European cultures through trading
relationship from the Netherlands.
For this most important opening exhibition, our museum has set an extremely
unique and specific concept for this exhibition while the exhibition itself could be
regarded as a certain kind of “ideal museum” , which no other existing museums
has so far achieved since, that each local modern master artwork encounter a
specific master artwork from the world, outstanding leading museums and
collections and those in Japan as well as the basis of “the original influence
sources”, and “another homeland of the artistic paradise” to represent newly its
possible development in the other culture.
Thus, after having done long and sufficient research, we have finished our
clarification and identification which master art work from the world museum
collection and which Japanese museum’s masterwork must meet each local
master’s art work from our collection, we are now truly convinced that this kind
of extraordinary encounter and meeting will certainly give an extremely broad and
new perspective to the population of Oita and art lovers from near and far, and
also would provide its new aspects and future art historical visions to
professional view and knowledge of its original museums and its collection, who
own and generously lend master artworks to our opening exhibition.
Exhibition Contents (Provisional)
More than 200 art works from world and Japanese museums and private
collection encounter art works of Oita Modern Masters.
Western Style Painting
Japanese Style Painting
Sculpture
Crafts
Furniture
123 works
72 works
2 works
67 works
13 works
Textile
Japanese Tea Utensils
Prints
Photography
6 works
14 works
1 work
2 works
Total about 300 works
Occasional change of exhibits due to conservation purposes is planned.
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Exhibition Sections
First
Chapter
Oita Prefectural Art Museum Opening Exhibition vol.1
“ Modern: Blossoming Garden - Oita World Museum
- Oita & World 200 Masterpieces ”
Celebration of the Modern
Colourful figures that are inscribed with a primitive resonance by the Japanese
abstract painter from Oita, Teppei Ujiyama, Jackson Pollock’s rhythm that transcends the
physical, and the celebratory flowers of Andy Warhol; all of these works celebrate the
opening of the Oita Prefectural Art Museum. This celebration is also dedicated to
“Modernism”, a great movement of the twentieth century. Cubist artworks by Pablo
Picasso and surrealist works by Salvador Dalí will be displayed. Each work serves to
introduce the “modern.”
Teppei Ujiyama Dynasty 1974 oil on canvas 146.0 x 146.0cm Oita Prefectural Art Museum
Piet Mondriaan Tableau I (Painting I) 1921 oil on canvas 136.5 x 132.7cm Collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Second
Chapter
Life Beyond Death
The works of Tatsuo Takayama, a New
Japanese-style painter from Oita, who explored
life and existence, are paired with Georges
Rouault’s depictions of human suffering and
idealistic romanticism. The works of these
Eastern and Western artists show the dignity,
instability and mystery of humanity.
Tatsuo Takayama Eat 1973 color on paper 161.5 x 113.5cm Oita Prefectural Art Museum
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Exhibition Sections
Third
Chapter
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“ Modern: Blossoming Garden - Oita World Museum
- Oita & World 200 Masterpieces ”
Art in Daily Life “Objects” and
“Shapes” that Reflect the World
Onta Pottery, which contains the elegance of nature, will encounter the works of
William Morris, who advocated the mixing of life with art. Furthermore, works with
minimalist expressions of space by Piet Mondiraan and Gerrit Rietveld resonate with
various contemporary pieces of design and the beauty that is woven through daily life will
be exhibited during this chapter.
Shounsai Shono Basket, “Shinkafu” 1943 bamboo 17.0 x 47.0cm Oita Prefectural Art Museum
Bernard Leach Raku large plate Rabbit 1920 pottery 6.5 x 35.5 x 35.5cm The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Kenkichi Tomimoto Enamels Box 1941 porcelain 8.7 x 33.0 x 29.0cm The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Forth
Chapter
A Microcosm of Artists
Chikuden Tanomura, an artist from Oita who was a representative Nanga painter, and
who depicted dialogues with nature with a luxuriant imagination, will be have his works
displayed beside great masters such as Ike no Taiga, Buson, and Tessai. The exhibition
will show how each artist expresses the concept of utopia. Furthermore, guests will
encounter the works of Shounsai Shono, who promoted bamboo craftwork to the level of
art, the works of Sen no Rikyū, who established a style of tea ceremony marked by
simplicity and silence, and the works of other contemporary artists that express a sense
of Eastern spirituality. These works raise questions of the nature of universality.
Henri Rousseau Walk, Buttes-Chaumont c. 1908 oil on carton 46.2 x 38.4cm Setagaya Art Museum
Chojiro Black Raku Tea Bowl, Shaka 16th century 8.4 x 10.2 x 5.6cm MIHO MUSEUM
Chikuden Tanomura Snow view in Mountain 1834 ink with slight color in paper 123.7 x 47.8cm Oita Prefectural Art Museum
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Exhibition Sections
Fifth
Chapter
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“ Modern: Blossoming Garden - Oita World Museum
- Oita & World 200 Masterpieces ”
Blessed Ways of Seeing
Guests will encounter the works of Heihachiro Fukuda, who established a new style of
Japanese-style painting that featured novel composition and unique designs, Jakuchu Ito
and Seiho Takeuchi, artists who brought their new ways of seeing into Japanese art, and
William Turner and Claude Monet, who were innovative in their depiction of light and air.
These works will delight visitors’ eyes.
Heihachiro Fukuda Water 1958 color on paper 161.5 x 113.5cm Oita Prefectural Art Museum
William Turner Seascape with Buoy c. 1840 oil on canvas 91.4 x 121.9cm Tate
Yoko Matsumoto Thought Circuit IV 2006 oil on canvas 193 x 259cm Photo credit: Tadasu Yamamoto
Lenders to the Exhibitions (Provisional)
《Overseas》
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spain)
TATE, Victoria and Albert Museum (U.K.)
Musée de l'Orangerie (France)
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Centraal Museum Utrecht (The Netherlands)
《Domestics》
Tokyo National Museum / Kyoto National Museum / The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo /
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / The National Museum of Art, Osaka / Tochigi
Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts / The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki / The Museum of Modern
Art, Toyama / The Suiboku Museum, Toyama / Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art / Aichi
Prefectural Museum of Art / The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
/ Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art / Chiba City Museum of Art / Setagaya Art Museum /
Yokohama Museum of Art / Sato Memorial Art Museum Toyama / Nagoya City Art Museum /
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art / Osaka City Museum of Modern Art (Planning Office) / The
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka / Takamatsu City Museum of Art / Marugame GenichiroInokuma Museum of Contemporary Art / Fukuoka Art Museum / Fukuoka Asian Art Museum / Oita
Art Museum / Sezon Museum of Modern Art / Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art / Idemitsu
Museum of Arts / Mitsui Memorial Museum / The Japan Folk Crafts Museum / Eisei-Bunko
Museum / Sogetsu Foundation / Miho Museum / Kawai Kanjiro's House / Kahitsukan・Kyoto
Museum of Contemporary Art / Nomura Art Museum / Takashimaya Historical Museum /
Kiyoshikôjin Seichô-ji Temple / Ohara Museum of Art / Hiroshima Museum of Art / Tachibana
Museum / Ishibashi Museum of Art
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Atrium and Courtyard Installation
Atrium Installation
Eurasian Garden
—The Netherlands, Japan Design Showdown
“Marcel Wanders × Reiko Sudo”
Oita Sightseeing Wall
“Mai Miyake’s World Cuckoo-Clock
― WORLD could be a safer place CLOCK”
Courtyard Installation
AMANIWA
−Three Contemporary Craft Artists
“Kyoko Tokumaru (Ceramics), Mariko Isozaki (Ceramics),
Yoshihiko Takahashi (Glass)”
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Atrium Installation
Eurasian Garden
— The Netherlands, Japan Design Showdown
In 1600, the Dutch ship “De Liefde” drifted down to Usuki in Oita Prefecture. It was
the first page of a relationship between the Netherlands and Japan. The local
people cared for the injured Dutch. To recreate this story in the present day, a
“Eurasian Garden” will be featured in the atrium of the museum. The Eurasian
Garden in OPAM is created by two top artists, Dutch designer Marcel Wanders
and Japanese textile designer Reiko Sudo, and is a fusion of the contemporary
and the traditional.
Marcel Wanders
Amsterdam-based Marcel Wanders (Boxtel,
Netherlands, 1963) is a prolific product and
interior designer and art director, with over 1700
projects to his name for private clients and
premium brands such as Alessi, Bisazza, Kosé
Corporation/Cosme
Decorte,
KLM,
Flos,
Swarovski, and Puma, among scores of others.
Marcel’s chief concern is bringing the human
touch back to design, ushering in what he calls
design’s ‘new age;’ in which designers,
craftspeople and users are reunited. In Marcel’s
universe, the coldness of industrialism is replaced
instead by the poetry, fantasy and romance of
different ages, vividly brought to life in the
contemporary moment.
Provisional design conception picture for “Eurasian Garden”
2014
Reiko Sudo
Reiko Sudo was born in Ibaraki Prefecture. After
working as a research assistant for textiles at the
Department of Industrial, Interior and Craft Design,
at Musashino Art University, she helped found
Nuno Corporation, where she is currently Design
Director. She is a Professor at Tokyo Zokei
University and a recipient of the Mainichi Design
Award, the ROSCOE Award and the JID Award,
as well as an honorary graduate degree holder
from University for the Creative Arts, UK. Her
works have been included in the permanent
collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New
York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Victoria &
Albert Museum, and the Tokyo National Museum
of Modern Art. Her commissioned textile design
for the hotel Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo, is highly
acclaimed.
Polygami
2010
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Atrium Installation
Oita Sightseeing Wall
“Mai Miyake’s World Cuckoo-Clock
― WORLD could be a safer place CLOCK”
“Kankou” (sightseeing) literally means “to show/see the light”: in other words, “to
show/see local excellence.” On the Oita Sightseeing Wall, excellent objects and
artworks from Oita appear as displayed through the eyes of a contemporary artist.
Mai Miyake, a contemporary artist active both domestically and internationally,
worked on the project “Cuckoo-Clock for the World”. The project aims to call back
doves (symbols of peace) to the world by creating peace (safety) for even the
smallest units of society, such as one’s family, company, and hometown. Due to
this project, the west area of OPAM’s atrium will be filled with “the light of Oita.”
Mai Miyake
Mai Miyake creates works which seek to explore
the true nature of things, whilst connecting past,
present, and future seamlessly by using
techniques that combine the sensibility and
profundity of Japanese traditional arts and crafts
with the artist’s own unique sprit. She does not
limit her media or restrict her work to just one
genre, and she works in genres such as antiques,
crafts, contemporary art and design. Her activities
include solo and group exhibitions and workshops
at the Contemporary Art Gallery at Art Tower Mito,
Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, POLA
Museum of Art, Mori Art Museum, and Setagaya
Art Museum, as well as private galleries, such as
Gallery Murakoshi, Gallery Kochukyo, Bunkamura
Gallery and more. She has also worked on
commissioned works such as Maison Hermès
(Ginza), and Banraisha Gallery of Keio University
Hiyoshi. She received a scholarship for 20082009 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts
(Paris, France). Three books of her collections
have been published such as “Maku Meiro: Down
the Rabbit Hole” (Hatori Press, Inc. 2012).
www.maimiyake.com
Window Display for Ginza Maison Hermès :
COME RAIN OR SHINE
Ginza Maison Hermès (Tokyo, Japan) 2007
© Satoshi Asakawa / Courtesy of Hermès Japon
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Courtyard Installation
AMANIWA
— Three Contemporary Craft Artists
AMANIWA – Garden of Sphere, is the courtyard that opens to the sky. Here,
installations by three contemporary craft artists working domestically and
internationally will be displayed. The works were created by artists grappling with
different materials and go beyond the genre of craftwork, stimulating not only our
sense of sight but also our sense of touch. As the environment of light and air
changes every moment, the works also change their appearance and stimulate
our five senses, letting our minds loose into the universe.
Kyoko Tokumaru
Kyoko Tokumaru was born in 1963 in Tokyo. In 1991 she
completed her MFA, majoring in Ceramic Art at the Graduate
School of Tama Art University. She started her artistic career with
an exhibition called “Changing ceramic art - the international
modern ceramic art exhibition” at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural
Part Museum in 1991. From 1996 to 2011, she participated in 11
art programs in Japan, the U.S., Argentina and Taiwan. She was
the winner of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2006 and
the Takashimaya fine-arts prize award in 2013. Her works are
featured in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan,
and others.
The Fire and the Water
(from Four Elements)
2007, Porcelain Clay
Mariko Isozaki
Mariko Isozaki was born in 1964 in Tokyo. In 1990 she graduated
from the Industrial, Interior and Craft Design Department of
Musashino Art University where she majored in ceramics. She
graduated from Faenze National Ceramic Arts Institute, Italy, in
1992. In 2005, she participated in a Government Overseas Study
Program for artists for one year, studying in Italy. She passed
away in September, 2013. Her works are displayed in Japan, Italy,
and Taipei.
Untitled-Tms5
2005, Ceramics
Yoshihiko Takahashi
Yoshihiko Takahashi was born in 1958 in Tokyo. In 1980, he
graduated from the department of three-dimensional design,
Tama Art University. After working as a junior assistant in the
facility of the department, he worked as an assistant in Glashaus
am Wasserturm from 1982 to 1984. From 1985, he settled in his
studio in Sagamihara-city, Kanagawa. He is presently a Professor
at Tama Art University. His works are featured in the collections of
the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of
Modern Art Tokyo, the Yokohama Museum of Art, Shimonoseki
City Art Museum, Museum Kunstpalast, the Corning Museum of
Glass, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and others.
Melting
2010, Glass
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