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SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM 1-2, Kinuta-koen Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157 tel: +81 (3) 3415-6011; fax: +81 3 3415-6413 internet: www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp/index.htm Closed for repair December 1 - end of February
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•Postwar Art and Art Museums
July 20 - November 28, 2001 | ||||
| The exhibit and items displayed will attempt to answer the question: "How was art represented and what role was played by the art museum in Japan during the postwar period in the latter half of the 20th century?" | ||||
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•Shigeo Fukuda, Miran Fukuda
July 14 - September 9, 2001 | ||||
| Shigeo Fukuda, a major Japanese designer, is known for his lively poster designs and 3-D art objects. His daughter, Miran Fukuda, uses art as a mysterious device to contain the overflow of images from contemporary life, overturning viewersą preconceptions. This exhibition demonstrates the artistic intelligence of Shigeo Fukuda, a master of graphic design and Miran Fukuda, a contemporary star who has maximized her inborn talent. | ||||
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•Sofu Teshigahara and the Postwar Avant-Garde
September 22 - November 25, 2001 | ||||
| The postwar period was a chaotic time when many brilliant artists both cooperated and quarreled with each other as they created an avant-garde movement and restored vitality to Japanese art. One of the leaders was Sofu Teshigahara (1900-1979), who created the revolutionary Sogetsu School of flower arrangement (ikebana). This exhibition focuses on this innovative artist, who reflected the turmoil of the postwar years in his work, and examines related developments of the period. | ||||
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•Junkichi MUKAI's Paintings and Photographs of Japanese Houses: An Exhibition Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth (tentative title)
March 16 - May 12 , 2002 | ||||
| Junkichi MUKAI spent most of his life painting traditional Japanese farmhouses with thatched roofs. He traveled throughout the country and always worked on location. He also made photographs that preserved scenes around his work sites and on his travels. This exhibition presents MUKAI's photographs for the first time in combination with his famous paintings of farmhouses which grew out of he beautiful natural environment of Japan. | ||||
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•On Display for the First Time
March 15 - May 12, 2002 | ||||
| A presentation of works that have not been previously exhibited, including recent acquisitions and donations to the collection and works that are being shown for the first time after restoration and repairs. | ||||
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