The Avant-Garde of "Nihonga" 1938-1949

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YAMAOKA Ryobun "Work" 1940,
Private collection 　　Traditional aesthetics in "Nihonga" used to be depicting beautiful scenery of nature on the earth. However, an artists' group,"the Rekitei Bijutsu Kyokai" established in 1938, started developing a new art form in the world of "Nihonga" against the creation of traditional aesthetics. Although the activity did not move forward smoothly due to the expansion of the World War 2, they tried to associate with western-style painters and add the elements of abstract expression, surrealism and compositions introduced by the Bauhause to "Nihonga". After the war, they established "Pan Real" as a re-birth of the Rekitei Bijutsu Kyokai, and continued to pursue new expressions. In this exhibition, we introduce works of those painters and their efforts toward this innovation.

Exhibition dates

Friday, September 3 - Sunday, October 17, 2010

Closed on Mondays

Exception: Open on September 20 (Mon./holiday) and October 11 (Mon./holiday),

　　　　　　Closed on September 21 (Tue.) and October 12 (Tue.)

Hours

Regular hours

9:30AM-5:00PM (admission until 4:30PM)

Evening hours (every Friday)

9:30AM-8:00PM (admission until 7:30PM)

Organizer

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Admission

	Day of admission	Advance	Group (20 or more)
Adult	850	700	600
University students	450	350	250
High school students and younger	Free	Free	Free

*Collection gallery is available with this ticket.

*Advance tickets:

　Ticket Pia, Family Mart (P-code: 764-294)

　Lawson (L-code:52862)

　Other major ticket vendors and convenience stores

Other museums

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo　2011/1/8 (Sat.)-2/13 (Sun.)

The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum　　　2011/2/22 (Tue.)-3/27 (Sun.)

Related events
Lecture: "The Avant-Garde of "Nihonga" the Pre-war to the Post-war"
Date & Time: September 26 (Sun.), 2010 2:00-3:30PM
　　　　　　　　(numbered tickets distributed 11:00AM-)
Place: 1F lecture hall
Fee: Free admission, maximum capacity 100
Lecturer: KIKUYA Yoshio (Professor, Yamaguchi University)
in Japanese only

Concert: "Spannung / Tension of Electron and Japanese"

Date & Time: September 24 (Fri.), 2010 6:00 PM-
Place: 1F hall
Fee: Free admission, maximum capacity 150
Program: Celebrated Air (J.S.Bach)
　　　　　　　Vocalise ( Rachmaninoff)
　　　　　　　Ave Maria ( Gounod)
　　　　　　　Others
Performers:
　　　　　　　Members of "Ipso facto"
　　　　　　　　　Theremein: FUNADA Kishin
　　　　　　　　　Keyboard & Computer: RAKASU PROJECT.
　　　　　　　　　Computerized guitar: NISHIDA Aya
　　　　　　　Musical Accompaniment & Percussion: SHIMAMURA Seika
　　　　　　　Images Cooperated by
　　　　　　　　　OKAMOTO Daisuke
　　　　　　　　　KIDA Yodai
　　　　　　　　　TANIZAWA Shoki
　　　　　　　　　　(Students of Kyoto Seika University)

Family Day: "Exhibition Tour for Parents and Children"
Date & Time: October 9 (Sat.), 2010 10:00-12:00AM
Place: 1F lecture hall, 3F exhibition hall
Fee: Free admission, 20 pairs of parents and children (elementary school)
What you do: Selecting a work from the exhibition, we will share the discoveries
　　　　　　　　of each kid. Parents will help their participation during the event.
Facilitators: Young-Ja PARK (Curatorial Assistant)
　　　　　　　　　YAMANO Hidetsugu (Chief Curator)
Reservation required, in Japanese only


MoMAK Films @ home: Japanese films
Date & Time: October 9 (Sat.) and 10 (Sun.), 2010 2:00PM–
Place: 1F lecture hall
Admission: 500 JPY per screening
Organizers: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
　　　　　　 　　The National Film Center
Cooperation: TOMITA Mika, KAWAMURA Kenichiro
(Associate Professors, Ritsumeikan University, College of Image Arts & Sciences)


Program

Date	Time	Title	Director	Language /Subtitles
October 9 (Sat.)	14:00- 15:34	Kagami SPIEGEL (1933)	KISHI Koichi	In German with Japanese subtitles
		Haru IM FRUHLING - EIN FILM VON JAPANISCHEN FRUHLINGSFESTEN (1934)
		OGINO Collection (1930-37) contains 8 titles	OGINO Shigeji	Silent films except "Kanten"
	15:55- 18:22	Tsuki yori no Shisha (1934)	TAZAKA Tomotaka	Silent film
October 10 (Sun.)
	14:00- 15:01	Ani-Imouto (1936)	KIMURA Sotoji	In Japanese only
	15:15- 16:14	Karayuki-San (1937)

Publicity materials

Flyer PDF（1.37MB）

 
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