ITABASHI
Museum Special Exhibition: Wandering Paintbrushes - Tokyo and Kyoto: Avant-garde Painters in Wartime
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| Event Name | Museum Special Exhibition: Wandering Paintbrushes - Tokyo and Kyoto: Avant-garde Painters in Wartime |
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| Contents | In the late 1930s, the Japanese avant-garde art world was at its peak, while freedom of expression was being taken away with the war. However, looking at the works of these avant-garde painters, we can see that they were returning to traditional Western, Eastern and Japanese techniques and subject matter to confirm their own position and to seek new expressions to convey a realistic sense of the times. This exhibition features works by avant-garde painters who looked at reality in their own way during the war, along with documents from the time. This exhibition will show works by avant-garde painters who looked at reality and painted during the war, together with documents of the time. It will allow us to confirm the flow of avant-garde painting that was nurtured in the two cities of Tokyo and Kyoto. 0Exhibition Structure and Highlights Interest in Western Classical Painting -From Surrealism to Masaccio, Pisanello, and da Vinci 2. The Newcomers' Art Association and their Realism -From Western and Japanese classics to their respective realist paintings Longing for Classical Art -From Ancient Greece to Japanese Haniwa Terra-cotta Tomb Figurines, Buddhist Statues and Gardens The Discovery of "Region -Reportage on the Tohoku Region during the War: Tadashi Yoshii Avant-garde and Tradition in Kyoto -The Tale of Urashima, Ryoanji Temple, and Buddhist Statues: Kyoto's Avant-Garde Painters and the Classics |
| Date and Time | March 27, 2021 - May 23, 2021 (Closed on Mondays; open on May 3 and closed on May 6) 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Admission until 4:30 p.m.) In response to the declaration of a state of emergency, the museum will be temporarily closed from Monday, April 26 until Tuesday, May 11. |
| Location | Itabashi Art Museum |
| Participation Fee | General admission: 650 yen, high school and university students: 450 yen, elementary and junior high school students: 200 yen, 65 and older: 325 yen, persons with disabilities: 325 yen (one attendant is free) |
| contact information (for inquiries) (e.g. corporate phone number) | Itabashi Art Museum 03-3979-3251 |
| WEB | https://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/artmuseum/4000016/4001385/4001392.html |
| remarks | Conversation, Saturday, April 17, from 2:00 p.m. Mihoko Sugimoto (Artist, Illustrator) & Tomoko Hironaka (Curator, Itabashi Art Museum) The Renaissance in Avant-garde Painters and What My Grandfather Sugizenao Taught Me Conversation, Saturday, May 8, from 2:00 p.m. Tomoyo Shimizu (Curator, The Museum of Kyoto) & Tomoko Hironaka Avant-garde Painters in Kyoto at a Turning Point Please note that the content of this event is subject to change in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. |
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