CUBAN POSTERS FOR FILMS From the Takeo Poster Collection

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Soy Cuba [I am Cuba]
1964, Cuba-USSR
Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
Poster: René Portocarrero (1964)

　Did you know that the Caribbean island country of Cuba is a country of movie posters? Long noted for its attractive music and dance, Cuba is also a "little big" cinematic country. It has produced a string of stylistically progressive films since the 1959 revolution with the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) as its base. Known as the location of the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano (International Festival of New Latin American Cinema), the capital Havana is one of the centers of Latin American film.
Cuba adopted a "revolutionary" means of film publicity; a unique policy of their film industry that cannot be found anywhere else. They commissioned a variety of designers and painters to create movie posters, and used hand operated silkscreen techniques instead of offset printing which is suited to mass production. Inspired by the films themselves, the rich colors and gorgeous expression created by artists such as Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, René Azcuy Cárdenas, and Antonio Fernández Reboiro added new value to the films, and made these posters lively artworks.

Moby Dick, 1956, US
Director by John Huston
Poster: Antonio Fernández Reboiro (1968)

This exhibition co-hosted by National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, introduces a total of 85 posters created from the revolutionary era up to around 1990, mainly from the Takeo Poster Collection, which is deposited at the Tama Art University. Focusing on posters for many foreign films imported into Cuba as well as Cuban ones, it will be your guide to this unknown "movie poster paradise".

Venue

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Collection Gallery (4F)

Exhibition dates

June 1 (Wed.) - July 24 (Sun.), 2016

Closed on Mondays

Exception: Open on July 18 (Mon.), closed on June 3 (Fri.) and July 19 (Tue.)

Hours

Regular hours

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

Evening hours (Every Friday)

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

Exception: July 22 (Fri.)

Organizer

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Supporter

The Embassy of Republic of Cuba

Cooperation

Takeo Co., Ltd., Tama Art University

Admission

	Day of admission	Group (20 or more)
Adult	430	220
University students	130	70
High school students and younger	Free

* Collection gallery exhibition is available with this ticket.

* Visitors with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted

　free of charge. (Please present certificate at the admission.)

Related events

Gallery talk

Talker: Hidenori Okada (Curator, National Film Center,
                   The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)

Date & Time: June 12 (Sun.) 12:00PM - 1:00PM (1st), 3:00PM - 4:00PM (2nd)

Place: 4F Collection Gallery

Fee: Free Admission, * exhibition tickets are required
        (Please gather at the entrance of 4F Collection Gallery 10 minutes before talk.)

in Japanese language only

MoMAK Films 2016

Cuban Film Retrospective

Date & Time: July 15 (Fri.) 6:00PM - 8:40PM

                     July 16 (Sat.) 2:00PM - 5:42PM

Program: 《Lucia》 etc.

Place: 1F Lecture Hall

Organizers: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
                           National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Fee: 520 yen per screening, tickets are available at the door only

Capacity: 100 seats, first come first served

* Programs and detailed schedule can be viewed at "MoMAK Films" of this HP
          and the brochure "MoMAK Films Program".

Salsa Music Night @MoMAK

Date & Time:July 16 (Sat.) 6:00PM - 9:00PM

Place: Entrance Hall

DJ: Rodrigo NISHI

Organizer: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
                         NPO Japan Latin Culture Association

Admission: 1000 yen per person, tickets are available at the door only

Publicity materials

flyer PDF（1.75MB）

 

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