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Mori Art MuseumJPKorakrit ArunanondchaiGhost tri-annual video and performance art series25 Sep 2024 – 19 Jan 2025Ghost is a tri-annual video and performance art series in Bangkok initiated by artist Korakrit Arunanondchai (b. 1986, Bangkok) in 2018. The forthcoming and final edition will be presented in the fall of 2025. For MAM Screen, curators of two editions - Arunanondchai of the first edition (Ghost:2561, 2018), and Christina Li of the second edition (Ghost 2565: Live without dead time, 2022) - have put together a special screening program with artists of the two editions as well as new voices that sh… more Mori Art MuseumJPNguyen Trinh ThiMAM Collection 018 24 Apr – 1 Sep 2024Nguyen Trinh Thi is an internationally active film director and video artist who was born in 1973 in Hanoi, Vietnam and is based there today. Unveiling histories that have sometimes been hidden, stolen, or misinterpreted, her diverse practice explores the role of memory, interrogating the role of artists in Vietnamese society. In 2021, Nguyen was selected as the first recipient of the Moving Image Commission, an initiative by the Han Nefkens Foundation, M+, Singapore Art Museum, and Mori Art Mu… more Mori Art MuseumJPOur Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living How Does Contemporary Art Respond to the Environmental Crisis?18 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2024The impact of humanity on our planet since the industrial revolution is said to match that of the thousands of preceding years of geological change. The environmental crisis is a challenge of utmost urgency, and right now an important theme on the international art scene. Our Ecology will feature four chapters of diverse expression courtesy of an impressive lineup of international artists, from historical works to … more Mori Art MuseumJPThe Karrabing Film CollectiveMAM Screen 01818 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2024Mori Art MuseumJPHiraki SawaHako (2007)18 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2024Mori Art MuseumJPWORLD CLASSROOM Contemporary Art through School SubjectsJohanna BillingLuke ChingManon de BoerSam FallsFischli & Weiss… (26)Shilpa GuptaNaoya HatakeyamaAziz HazaraSusan HillerYee I-LannChristian JankowskiTomoko KikuchiJoseph KosuthDinh Q. LêKlara LidénFutoshi MiyagiTatsuo MiyajimaYasumasa MorimuraYoshitomo NaraWang QingsongVandy RattanaJames RichardsHrair SarkissianAki SasamotoHiroshi SugimotoMartine SymsAkira TakayamaYuichiro TamuraSu-Mei TseAi WeiweiTomoko Yoneda19 Apr – 24 Sep 2023Since the 1990s, when the development of contemporary art began to be considered from multiple perspectives in different parts of the world, we have been seeing that contemporary art today goes far beyond the framework of arts and crafts and fine art in the school classroom. It is a composite field with connections to all subjects, including language and literature, mathematics, science, and social studies. In each of these disciplines, researchers are exploring the “unknowns” of the world, … more Mori Art MuseumJPRoppongi Crossing 2022: Coming & Going A Colorful Crossroads of People, Cultures, and Nature as Reflected in Contemporary Japanese Art Today1 Dec 2022 – 26 Mar 2023Roppongi Crossing is a series of co-curated exhibitions staged every three years by the Mori Art Museum. First launched in 2004 to provide a snapshot of the contemporary Japanese art scene at a particular point in time, this seventh edition in the series showcases works by 22 Japanese artists (all born between the 1940s and 1990s) and artist groups, in an exciting cross section of both young and promising artists as well as internationally established veterans. As the COVID-19 pandemic persists… more Mori Art MuseumJPShingo KanagawaPhotographing/Looking at, Knowing and Understanding Another 16 Jan – 31 Jan 2023Launched in the summer of 2020, “Meet the Artists” workshops give participants the opportunity to engage in art-based activities alongside artists and curators. In this latest edition of “Meet the Artists” participants will join Roppongi Crossing 2022: Coming and Going exhibition-featured artist Kanagawa Shingo in a program of dialogue and practice around photographing a specific person. Have you ever wanted to take pictures of someone? Over the three sessions of this workshop, we will … more Mori Art MuseumJPCAO FeiHaze and Fog (2013) / NOVA (2019) MAM Screen 01629 Jun – 6 Nov 2022As China’s most celebrated female artist representative of the generation born after the China’s economic reform, Cao Fei (born 1978 in Guangzhou, China, lives and works in Beijing) is highly prominent on the international scene with her works that project her personal and cultural relationship with contemporary China. Her wide-ranging practice includes photography, video, installations, performance, and digital media; and her interest in pop culture can be seen in contemporary eleme… more Mori Art MuseumJPChim↑PomHappy Spring 18 Feb – 29 May 2022Equipped with highly original ideas and impressive energy, artist collective Chim↑Pom has undertaken numerous projects intervening in society in ways that constantly confound our expectations. With themes ranging from cities and consumerism to gluttony and poverty, Japanese society, the atomic bomb, earthquakes, images of stardom, the mass media, borders, and the nature of publicness, their works serve as powerful statements on a plethora of phenomena and challenges in modern society, deliv… more Mori Art MuseumJPCyprien GaillardCyprien Gaillard22 Apr 2021 – 16 Jan 2022Mori Art MuseumJPSTARS: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the WorldSTARS ARE NOT MADE OVERNIGHT!31 Jul 2020 – 3 Jan 2021Mori Art MuseumJPFuture and the ArtsAI, Robotics, Cities, Life - How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow19 Nov 2019 – 29 Mar 2020Mori Art MuseumJPShizuka YokomizoThe Personal Time We Are Living Matsukawa Tomona19 Nov 2019 – 29 Mar 2020MAM Collection 011 will present Yokomizo Shizuka’s video portrait of retired British female pianists Forever (and again) (2003), coupled with Matsukawa Tomona’s paintings of women who work and live in Roppongi, Tokyo; thus exploring what it means to live and work in today’s world by observing women of different cultures and generations. more Mori Art MuseumJPCHEN Chieh-JenMAM Screen 012: Factory19 Nov 2019 – 29 Mar 2020Mori Art MuseumJPFake News?20 Jun – 27 Oct 2019Mori Art MuseumJPTakata FuyuhikoTakata Fuyuhiko20 Jun – 27 Oct 2019Mori Art MuseumJPRoppongi Crossing 2019: ConnexionsJapanese Contemporary Art Here and Now!9 Feb – 26 May 2019Mori Art MuseumJPMikhail KarikisMAM Screen 010 9 Feb – 26 May 2019Having studied disciplines as diverse as music and architecture, Mikhail Karikis (b. 1975 in Thessaloniki, Greece) has since forged an international career spanning film, photography and performance employed in the development of immersive installations. The three films presented in this program - set in an abandoned coal mine, a postindustrial village, and a factory with the disabled people - shed light on alternative models for human existence, friendship, labor, and action. All include scenes… more Mori Art MuseumJPCatastrophe and the Power of Art What art can do in chaotic times where the future is uncertain6 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019Recent decades have seen a stream of catastrophes around the world - from 9.11 in 2001 to the global financial crisis of 2008, Japan’s devastating quake and tsunami in 2011, and the list goes on - and many artists have produced works dealing with these tragic events, in an endeavor to inform the wider world of them, and ensure their stories are passed down to future generations. Unlike media coverage, with its emphasis on objectivity, such documenting from a personal perspective presents t… more Mori Art MuseumJPCHIA-WEI HSUMAM Screen 009 6 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019Hsu Chia-Wei (b. 1983 in Taichung, Taiwan) researches the political and social history of different locations from multiple angles and gives visual form to the unconscious lying in the gaps between history and memory, past and present. In this screening, by shining a light on the personal history of a man whose life was at the mercy of East Asian politics, and the history of Japanese rule in Taiwan, he throws into relief a dynamic aspect of the region’s history not evident in more offic… more Mori Art MuseumJPCrows MAM Collection 0086 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019Crows appear in myths around the world as good-luck omens and symbols of the sun, while also being repeatedly depicted as symbols of evil and ill fortune, due to the association of their black feathers and carrion-chomping habits with death. Taking these more-than-a-little ambiguous birds as their motif, Aida Makoto and Chim↑Pom, both known for employing unconventional viewpoints and techniques to get to the heart of social and political issues, reflect various aspects of modern soci… more Mori Art MuseumJPApichatpong WeerasethakulMAM Project 025 Apichatpong Weerasethakul + Hisakado Tsuyoshi25 Apr – 17 Sep 2018Presenting Synchronicity, a brand-new video installation collaboration between globally renowned film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970 in Bangkok), and Hisakado Tsuyoshi (b. 1981 in Kyoto) whose artistic career has developed remarkably in recent years. Emerging from a dialogue-like process of mutual influence, the experimental work is an exciting one guaranteed to stimulate viewer imaginations.more Mori Art MuseumJPLeandro ErlichSeeing and Believing The Largest Solo Exhibition of Leandro Erlich's to Date!18 Nov 2017 – 1 Apr 2018An Argentinian contemporary artist of global repute, Leandro Erlich is perhaps best known in Japan as the creator of The Swimming Pool, a permanent installation at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.From massive installations to videos, Erlich's works employ optical illusions and sound effects to shake up our notions of common sense. Though what the audience sees may at first glance seem familiar, on closer inspection it proves to be a surprising, unsettling deviation fro… more Mori Art MuseumJPYamamoto AtsushiMAM Screen 00718 Nov 2017 – 1 Apr 2018Mori Art MuseumJPDane MitchellMAM Project 02418 Nov 2017 – 1 Apr 2018Mori Art MuseumJPCamille HenrotMAM Screen 0065 Jul – 23 Oct 2017Mori Art MuseumJPLaboratory for Chinese Contemporary Photography Three Shadows Photography Art Centre5 Jul – 23 Oct 2017Sino-Japanese photographer duo RongRong & inri launched their Beijing-based joint practice in 2000, and since then have continued to take photographs grounded in everyday life, focusing on subjects such as their growing family, the changing Chinese landscape, and destruction of the environment. In 2007 RongRong & inri used their own funds to establish the “Three Shadows Photography Art Centre,” a complex dedicated for photography on a large site in Beijing’s Caochangd… more Mori Art MuseumJPSUNSHOWER: Contemporary Art from Southeast Asia 1980s to Now Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN5 Jul – 23 Oct 2017With its total population counting around 600 million, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-faith Southeast Asia has nurtured a truly dynamic and diverse culture. Contemporary art from the emerging economic powerhouse of Southeast Asia is currently earning widespread international attention. The “sunshower” – rain falling from clear skies – is an intriguing yet frequently-seen meteorological phenomenon in Southeast Asia, and serves as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of the … more Mori Art MuseumJPMAM Collection 004: Imagining the Unknown Stories 4 Feb – 11 Jun 2017“MAM Collection 004” will present works by three artists: Yoneda Tomoko, Shilpa Gupta, and Yee I-Lann. For all works on exhibit here, the artists researched legends and historical events they had not actually experienced in person, using their own imaginations to recreate these events and render them as artwork. Yoneda Tomoko’s photograph series “Between Visible and Invisible” takes as its theme the historical relationship between that which can, and can… more Mori Art MuseumJPYoshinori NiwaMAM Screen 005: Selected Video Works 4 Feb – 11 Jun 2017“MAM Screen 005” will showcase the works on video of artist Niwa Yoshinori (b. 1982). Setting his work in the streets and other public spaces of various countries, and locations with political connections, Niwa stages social and historical interventions by engaging in what at first glance appear to be meaningless and absurd acts and schemes, and presents on video a portion of these happenings in their entirety, including the unexpected outcomes resulting from the negotiation, its fai… more Mori Art MuseumJPThe Universe and ArtPrincess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab30 Jul 2016 – 9 Jan 2017Our universe is of perennial interest, appearing in art all around the world as an object of worship and study over the centuries, and spawning countless stories. “The Universe and Art,” in just one exhibition, will offer a diverse selection of around 200 items from across the globe and down the centuries, in multiple genres, from meteorites and fossils to historic astronomical material by Da Vinci and Galileo; mandalas; Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) which we ma… more Mori Art MuseumJPWatching the Earth from the Universe MAM Screen 00430 Jul 2016 – 9 Jan 2017“MAM Screen 004” will be held as a screening program of single-channel video works in conjunction with “The Universe and Art: Princess Kaguya, Leonardo da Vinci, teamLab.” This exhibition aims to help us get an overview of the modern human society through the universe and reexamine the Earth from more of a “cosmic” viewpoint, which could be the key to understanding the geopolitics, gender issues, as well as the meaning of the word “planet” and &ldq… more Mori Art MuseumJPVideo HirobaVideo Hiroba - Reexamining the 1970s Experimental Video Art GroupMAM Screen 00430 Jul 2016 – 9 Jan 2017Mori Art MuseumJPRoppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice 26 Mar – 10 Jul 2016Emergence of Alternative Histories, Alternative Images on Physical Body and Gender, and Alternative Landscapes Mori Art Museum is pleased to present “Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice” from Saturday, March 26 to Sunday, July 10, 2016. Staged by the Mori Art Museum triennially since 2004, “Roppongi Crossing” is a series designed to offer a comprehensive survey of the Japanese contemporary art scene. For the 5th edition, through the different methods of art prod… more Mori Art MuseumJPDinh Q. LêDinh Q. Le 25 Jul – 12 Oct 2015Born in 1968 in Hà Tiên, a Vietnamese town near the Cambodian border, Dinh Q. Lê immigrated with his family to the U.S. at the age of ten to escape the Khmer Rouge. After studying photography and media art, Lê attracted attention with his tapestries made by weaving together strips of photographs, a process inspired by traditional Vietnamese grass mat weaving. Woven into this series of works are images chosen from among a variety of motifs including the Vietnam War, Cambo… more Mori Art MuseumJPGreat Crescent, Art and Agitation in the 1960s - Japan, South Korea, TaiwanMAM Research 00125 Apr – 5 Jul 2015Mori Art MuseumJPGo-Betweens: The World Seen through Children 31 May – 31 Aug 2014Different Cultures, the Real World and the Imaginary, Adulthood and Childhood... "The Power to Live" that Emanates from Children Who Move to and fro across All Sorts of Borders Photographer Jacob A. Riis, who documented the lives of poor immigrants in New York during the late 19th century, dubbed immigrant children who performed various tasks in acting as bridges for parents with a poor grasp of English, "go-betweens." This exhibition focuses on the childhood characteristic… more Mori Art MuseumJPMelvin MotiMAM Project 2131 May – 31 Aug 2014Different Cultures, the Real World and the Imaginary, Adulthood and Childhood... "The Power to Live" that Emanates from Children Who Move to and fro across All Sorts of Borders Photographer Jacob A. Riis, who documented the lives of poor immigrants in New York during the late 19th century, dubbed immigrant children who performed various tasks in acting as bridges for parents with a poor grasp of English, "go-betweens." This exhibition focuses on the childhood characteristic… more Mori Art MuseumJPAndy Warhol15 Minutes Eternal1 Feb – 6 May 2014Mori Art MuseumJPEmre HunerSolo Exhibition21 Sep 2013 – 13 Jan 2014Mori Art MuseumJPRoppongi Crossing 2013: OUT OF DOUBT21 Sep 2013 – 13 Jan 2014Mori Art MuseumJPAll You Need Is LOVE: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Exhibition26 Apr – 1 Sep 2013To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Roppongi Hills and Mori Art Museum, the Mori Art Museum is pleased to present “All You Need Is LOVE: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku” from Friday, April 26 to Sunday, September 1, 2013. In 2003, the Mori Art Museum celebrated its inauguration with “HAPPINESS: A Survival Guide for Art and Life,” an exhibition that dealt with that most universal of themes and an emotion important to all of us: “happiness.” In a sim… more Mori Art MuseumJPYamashiro ChikakoMAM Project 018 17 Nov 2012 – 31 Mar 2013Yamashiro Chikako (b. 1976 in Okinawa) uses a variety of media including video and photography to produce works on the theme of her native Okinawa.In her first video I Like Okinawa Sweet (from OKINAWA TOURIST) (2004), by devouring a famous brand of Okinawan ice cream in front of the US military base, the artist portrays an Okinawa that continues to be “licked,” while in her representative work Seaweed Woman (2008), by giving herself up to the flow of water and weed in the sea off Hen… more Mori Art MuseumJPArab Express: The Latest Art from the Arab World 16 Jun – 28 Oct 2012Arab Express: The Latest Art from the Arab WorldDates: 16 June - 28 October, 2012Contemporary art from the Arab world is currently attracting attention across the globe. Numerous exhibitions have been held over the past decade in art museums in Europe and the United States.There are also clear indications that the art industry within the Arab world itself is maturing, with a new museum dedicated to local modern and contemporary art opening in Doha (Qatar) and satellite branches of the Louvre and… more Mori Art MuseumJPHO Tzu NyenSolo Exhibition 4 Feb – 27 May 2012Based in Singapore, Ho Tzu Nyen presents his works throughout the world—in Hong Kong, London, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, and more—and he has gained prominence at numerous international Biennale and international film festivals. Ho participated in the 2011 Venice Biennale as a representative of Singapore, exhibiting his new work The Cloud of Unknowing (2011 - 2012), which was the talk of the town. Ho reveals the imaginary that lies dormant as shared memory in historical fact and reality. … more Mori Art MuseumJPTsang Kin-WahSolo Exhibition 17 Sep 2011 – 15 Jan 2012Based in Hong Kong, Tsang Kin-Wah shows his work in Beijing, Paris, New York, and throughout the world, and he is frequently in the limelight at international biennales. Tsang incorporates text and letters to create singular works. Some of his works look as if they are wallpaper pattern designs featuring beautiful flowers and leaves, but upon taking a closer look, the viewer will see that the designs consist of a series of English alphabet and Chinese characters that hold provocative meanings. … more Mori Art MuseumJPFrench Window Looking at Contemporary Art through the Marcel Duchamp Prize18 Mar – 3 Jul 2011For ten years, an elite association of contemporary art collectors known as ADIAF has hosted what has become one of France’s most prestigious art awards, the Marcel Duchamp Prize. To celebrate the award’s first decade, this exhibition presents the work of 28 artists, including all of the winners of the Grand Prix, selected finalists and also Duchamp himself.The exhibition’s title refers to Duchamp’s well known work Fresh Widow, which depicts a French window, and a similar… more Mori Art MuseumJPMotohiko OdaniPhantom Limb 27 Nov 2010 – 27 Feb 2011ODANI MOTOHIKO: PHANTOM LIMBWith a body of dynamic work using media as diverse as sculpture, photography and video, Odani Motohiko (born 1972) is one of Japan's most acclaimed artists – both at home and abroad. The artist's work tends to arise out of his interest in the sensations of fear, pain and unease, and his way of giving physical and sculptural expression to abstract sensations and psychological conditions is unique and often confronting. At the same time, Odani possesses his own criti… more Mori Art MuseumJPKaterina SedáMAM Project 013 27 Nov 2010 – 27 Feb 2011Czech artist Katerina Seda (born 1977) is interested in small things in daily life that appear either problematic or obvious. She runs projects in which she proposes games involving members of her family or people from small villages. These humorous projects often serve to encourage communication between people and they can also result in real solutions to problems. Seda has rapidly gained a reputation in Europe and the United States and this will be the first time she exhibits work in Japan.more Mori Art MuseumJPSensing Nature: Yoshioka Tokujin, Shinoda Taro, Kuribayashi Takashi Rethinking the Japanese perception of nature24 Jul – 7 Nov 2010Sensing Nature: Yoshioka Tokujin, Shinoda Taro, Kuribayashi Takashi Rethinking the Japanese perception of nature The Mori Art Museum presents "Sensing Nature: Yoshioka Tokujin, Shinoda Taro, Kuribayashi Takashi" from Saturday, 20 March to Sunday, 4 July, 2010. Proposing a reconsideration of the Japanese sense of nature, the exhibition fits into the Mori Art Museum's theme for 2010, which is "redefining Japan." Japanese culture and art has always been in a close relationship with nature. In Ja… more Mori Art MuseumJPTROMARAMAMAM PROJECT 012 24 Jul – 7 Nov 2010Tromarama, an artist trio primarily active in Bandung, Indonesia, has so far created unique installations as well as animation video works using stop-motion video-editing technique, while the materials they use vary from over 400 pieces of woodblocks for woodprint to huge quantities of buttons and beads. The "cool" music video clips created out of low-tech yet painstaking hand work suggest entirely new possibilities for art. Featuring a newly commissioned video installation, this exhibition show… more Mori Art MuseumJPRoppongi Crossing 2010: Can there be Art? The Creative Potential of a New Japan20 Mar – 4 Jul 2010Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art? The Creative Potential of a New Japan The Mori Art Museum presents "Roppongi Crossing 2010: Can There Be Art?" from Saturday, 20 March to Sunday, 4 July 2010. "Roppongi Crossing" is a series of exhibitions, held once every three years by the Mori Art Museum, located on the top floor of the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in the heart ofTokyo.The exhibition series began in 2004 and introduces the most exciting Japanese artists of today, as a barometer of the … more Mori Art MuseumJPTellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-KalleinenComplaints Choirs28 Nov 2009 – 28 Feb 2010Mori Art MuseumJPAi WeiweiAccording to What?25 Jul – 8 Nov 2009Ai Weiwei is one of contemporary China's most exciting creators, with a range of activities including everything from art and architecture to design, publishing, and curating. In the last few years, Ai's international reputation has grown dramatically through a series of highly acclaimed projects, including his contribution to Documenta 12 in 2007, and a collaboration with architects Herzog & de Meuron on the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "Ai Weiwei: According to … more Mori Art MuseumJPKoizumi MeiroSolo Exhibition 25 Jul – 8 Nov 2009MAM Project 009 presents Koizumi Meiro (born 1976), an up and coming young artist, who works predominantly with the medium of video. Koizumi's recent works tend to capture dialogues between the artist and the characters or scenes where the artist gives directions to the actors telling stories. They cover such topics as memories of childhood shared with their mothers and trauma resulting from the breakup of relationships. Sometimes comical and at other times violent, the stories depict emotions s… more Mori Art MuseumJPThe Kaleidoscopic EyeThyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection (T-B A21)4 Apr – 5 Jul 2009Mori Art MuseumJPChalo! India: A New Era of Indian Art 22 Nov 2008 – 15 Mar 2009"Chalo" is Hindi for "Let's go." With the words "Chalo! India" (Let's go! India), we invite you to discover an explosion of creativity and vitality in Indian contemporary art. "Chalo! India" will take you on a journey through more than 100 works by 27 artists and artist groups from all over India. Encompassing a broad range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography and installation, this exhibition examines the latest movements in Indian contemporary art. Following independence from … more Mori Art MuseumJPAnnette MessagerThe Messengers9 Aug – 3 Nov 2008"Annette Messager: The Messengers" is the first major solo exhibition for leading French artist Annette Messager to be held in Japan. Painting, photography, articles, objects assembled from found objects, words, stuffed animals, plush toys, fabrics, embroidery, thread and knitting: these and many other objects from everyday life have found their way into the art of Annette Messager since she began working in the 1970s. Keeping her work based firmly in everyday life, Messager explores the variou… more Mori Art MuseumJPIn between 1 Aug – 3 Aug 2008As a part of the ASIAN Summer In Roppongi Hills celebration of Roppongi Hills' 5th anniversary, the Mori Art Museum will hold a special screening of video art from Asia. "In-Between: Asian Video Art Weekend" will be held on the first weekend of August. The use of moving pictures in artistic expression gained popularity in the 1970s with the development of video technology. Since then, each new technological breakthrough has seen moving pictures utilized in new and exciting ways. In recent days, … more Mori Art MuseumJPHistory in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize25 Apr – 13 Jul 2008"Who do you think will win the Turner?" — That's a constant topic of conversation in the U.K. each fall. "The Turner Prize" is one of the most significant awards in the world of temporary art, and its exhibition and prize ceremony have become high profile events. The ceremony is broadcast live each year, and the winner receives major coverage in the national and international media. ‘History in the Making’ is the first single exhibition to bring together works by all the past recipients of… more Mori Art MuseumJPSaskia Olde WolbersMAM Project 007 25 Apr – 13 Jul 2008A Dutch artist based in London, Saskia Olde Wolbers (born 1971) makes videos with a mysterious transparency. She does this by first creating extremely elaborate sets by hand, and then filming inside these miniature environments, building up stories inside them. Olde Wolbers' constructed worlds are at times breathtaking in their beauty, and yet they are also unpeopled and desolate. Combined with a soft, somewhat hypnotic voice-over, her images penetrate deep into the minds and memories of viewe… more Mori Art MuseumJPArt is for the Spirit: Works from the USB Art Collection 2 Feb – 6 Apr 2008Warhol, Lichtenstein, Basquiat, Richter, Gursky, Araki, Morimura, Sugimoto, Miyamoto, Hatakeyama… Featuring around 140 works by 60 prominent international artists from The UBS Art Collection, the exhibition represents a new partnership between an art museum and a corporate collection, as well as a new perspective on the theme of "Art and Life." A world-class collection of contemporary art assembled by UBS, a global financial services firm, focuses on American and European paintings since the … more Mori Art MuseumJPRoppongi Crossing 2007: Future Beats in Japanese Contemporary Art13 Oct 2007 – 14 Jan 2008Mori Art MuseumJPAll About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary art 27 Jan – 6 May 2007Contemporary artists often look at the world from slanted perspectives in order either to highlight or counteract the conservatism of social norms, systems and thought. In doing this they imply alternative systems and approaches. A similar role can be attributed to humor, the source of laughter, which may include jokes, parody, comedy, irony, satire and nonsense. The creation of a perspective that distorts "normal" views of the world may have the effect of exposing people's real intentions, or i… more Mori Art MuseumJPAnimal Totems: A Prelude to Ashes and SnowGregory Colbert25 Jan – 1 Apr 2007Mori Art MuseumJPShoji UedaPhoto Stage - the Miniature Garden of Memories6 Dec 2006 – 14 Jan 2007Mori Art MuseumJPBill ViolaHatsu-Yume (First Dream) 14 Oct 2006 – 8 Jan 2007Bill Viola, one of the world's leading video artists, first traveled to Japan in 1980 on a one-year arts fellowship to study and experience first hand its cultural traditions and religions. He extended his stay by six months to work at Sony's Atsugi Research Center where he gained access to the most advanced video technology of the time. The influence of both experiences transformed his work. This exhibition, organized by the Mori Art Museum and The Asahi Shimbun, showcases work from Viol… more Mori Art MuseumJPAfrica Remix Akinbode AkinbiyiYto BarradaHicham BenohoudKotama BouabaneLoulou Cherinet… (20)Shady El NoshokatyYmane FakhirSamuel FossoDavid GoldblattAmal & Abd El Ghany KenawyMichèle MagemaSantu MofokengZwelethu MthethwaN'Dilo MutimaIngrid MwangiMoataz M. NasrOtobong NkangaAimé NtakiyicaEileen PerrierZineb SediraYinka Shonibare MBEPascale Marthine TayouPatrice Félix TchicayaGuy TillimFatimah Tuggar27 May – 31 Aug 2006Contemporary African art has never before been shown on such a large scale either in Japan or anywhere else. And, in all likelihood, it never will again. For this exhibition represents a turning point in the history of viewing African art: the point when perspectives shift from being based on a stereotype of Africa as dark, mysterious and homogenous, to a more accurate reflection of the continent's reality as a collection of scores of individual countries, peoples and traditions. Featuring 84 a… more Mori Art MuseumJPTokyo - Berlin / Berlin - TokyoHerbert BayerCandice BreitzMarianne BreslauerChargesheimerEi-Q… (33)Annika ErikssonHans FinslerArno FischerWalter FunkatGeorge GroszHannah HöchHeinz Hajek-HalkeHiroshi HamayaRaoul HausmannJohn HeartfieldFlorence HenriPeter KeetmanIhei (Ihee) KimuraYayoi KusamaKineo KuwabaraMartin LiebscherBoris MikhailovLászló Moholy-NagyKoji MorookaShigeichi NaganoYonosuke NatoriNina Fischer & Maroan el SaniNam June PaikWilly RömerAlbert Renger-PatzschChristian SchadFriedrich SeidenstückerOtto SteinertFrank ThielUMBO (Otto Umbehr)Wolf VostellTadanori YokooYva (Elsa Neuländer-Simon)28 Jan – 7 May 2006Mori Art MuseumJPMAM SCREEN Tokyo - Berlin / Berlin - Tokyo1 Mar – 30 Apr 2006Mori Art MuseumJPWING ShyaDistraction/Attraction10 Mar – 13 Apr 2006Mori Art MuseumJPHiroshi SugimotoEnd of Time 17 Sep 2005 – 9 Jan 2006Hiroshi Sugimoto is one of the most significant Japanese contemporary artists to have emerged in the last 30 years. In his photographic series, as well as his experiments with sculptural objects, architecture and exhibition design, Sugimoto attempts to highlight and expand our perception of such abstract qualities as time, light, space, movement, spirit - and the nature of reality itself. Hiroshi Sugimoto: End of Time represents the first chance to survey the artist’s whole photographic work,… more Mori Art MuseumJPCAO FeiFollow Me! Chinese Art at the turn of the Millennium2 Jul – 4 Sep 2005Mori Art MuseumJPFollow me! Contemporary Chinese Art at the Threshold of the Millenium 2 Jul – 4 Sep 2005Contemporary China is characterized by an incredible dynamism. Things seem to be transformed everyday, fuelled by astonishing economic growth, frantic urban development and the preparations for the 2008 Olympics. Of course these changes are reflected in art. Throughout the 1990s Chinese artists slowly emerged into the international art world and were invited to take part in numerous exhibitions across the world. Now, at the threshold of the new millennium, interest in Chinese contemporary art is… more Mori Art MuseumJPThe Elegance of Silence: Contemporary Art From East Asia29 Mar – 19 Jun 2005Mori Art MuseumJPThe World is a Stage: Stories Behind Pictures29 Mar – 19 Jun 2005The world abounds with stories. Myths, folktales, fantasies, mysteries and romances are conveyed to us by word-of-mouth, print, pictures, video and in other ways too. For all people, in both east and west, stories are the most primordial, most basic, form of instruction and entertainment. Every day we, also, make up our own new stories as part of our daily lives. This exhibition focuses on some of the stories that can be found within contemporary art; of course it concentrates on the kinds of s… more Mori Art MuseumJPTsuyoshi OzawaAnswer with Yes and No!24 Aug – 5 Dec 2004Mori Art MuseumJPMoMA The Museum of Modern Art . Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art from 1880 to PresentBerenice AbbottMarina AbramovićDieter AppeltTina BarneyMatthew Barney… (34)Hans BellmerChristian BoltanskiMargaret Bourke-WhiteConstantin BrancusiMarianne BrandtImogen CunninghamJim DineWilliam EgglestonWalker EvansAndreas GurskyGary HillAndré KertészYayoi KusamaSol LeWittMan RayTina ModottiLászló Moholy-NagyBruce NaumanGeorgia O'KeeffeClaes OldenburgZHANG PeiliJohn PilsonAlexander RodchenkoMartha RoslerCharles Jr. SheelerCindy ShermanKiki SmithEdward SteichenPaul StrandBill ViolaKara WalkerEdward WestonPiotr WyrzykowskiLI Yongbin28 Apr – 1 Aug 2004Mori Art MuseumJPJun Nguyen-HatsushibaMAM ProjectsHO! HO! HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS - BATTLE OF EASEL POINT - MEMORIAL PROJECT29 May – 19 Jul 2004Mori Art MuseumJPNiklas GoldbachGreetings1 Jun – 1 Jul 2004Mori Art MuseumJPRoppongi Crossing - New Visions of Japanese Art 2004 6 Feb – 11 Apr 2004The Mori Art Museum’s next exhibition, Roppongi Crossing: New Visions in Japanese Art 2004, will feature contemporary visual art, design, fashion, media art, photography, film and architecture, bringing together different snapshots to demonstrate the current state of Japanese art. The relationships between works will create a positive “crossing” or meeting place of diverse viewpoints and will also present a “crossing” for Museum visitors themselves, who will encounter evocative new app… more Mori Art MuseumJPHappiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life18 Oct 2003 – 18 Jan 2004The Mori Art Museum will open on 18 October 2003 on the 52nd and 53rd floors of TokyoÕs Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. The Museum's primary aim is to mediate between contemporary art and as broad a public as possible by illuminating the links between art and life. Its inaugural exhibition will embark on this by casting a fresh eye on the familiar and universal theme of happiness. Happiness is one of the most universal of human emotions; it has found expression in the art of all cultures and ages a… more |
