MOT Collection: Membrane of the Time / Breathing
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,600 artworks in its extensive collection, which spans the modern and contemporary periods with a focus on art of the postwar years. Each installment of the 鈥淢OT Collection鈥� exhibition introduces artworks in the collection from various themes and angles in its effort to convey the diverse appeal of contemporary art.
This exhibition is structured around two themes.
On the 1st floor, works from the end of the 1980s onward will be presented under the title, 鈥淢embrane of the Time." Starting with recently acquired works by MIKAMI Seiko produced in the early 1990s, we introduce a diverse selection of works that employ a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and video. 鈥淢embrane,鈥� mentioned in the title of this section, is one of the keywords that Mikami had repeatedly used around the time in which she produced these works. A membrane is literally a thin layer that is located between the inner and outer surfaces of something. While it protects what is contained within, it also serves to enshroud and conceal. The exhibition likens this 鈥渕embrane鈥� to various things such as the skin covering the surface of organisms, the ideas that shape individual consciousness and society, and the relationship with technology that expands the capabilities of the human body. As we reflect on the past thirty years or so in which these works were created, we hope viewers will take this opportunity to enjoy engaging with each artist鈥檚 endeavors while looking at the shifting sense of the corporeality and outlook on life that is observed there.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,600 artworks in its extensive collection, which spans the modern and contemporary periods with a focus on art of the postwar years. Each installment of the 鈥淢OT Collection鈥� exhibition introduces artworks in the collection from various themes and angles in its effort to convey the diverse appeal of contemporary art.
This exhibition is structured around two themes.
On the 1st floor, works from the end of the 1980s onward will be presented under the title, 鈥淢embrane of the Time." Starting with recently acquired works by MIKAMI Seiko produced in the early 1990s, we introduce a diverse selection of works that employ a wide variety of media, including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and video. 鈥淢embrane,鈥� mentioned in the title of this section, is one of the keywords that Mikami had repeatedly used around the time in which she produced these works. A membrane is literally a thin layer that is located between the inner and outer surfaces of something. While it protects what is contained within, it also serves to enshroud and conceal. The exhibition likens this 鈥渕embrane鈥� to various things such as the skin covering the surface of organisms, the ideas that shape individual consciousness and society, and the relationship with technology that expands the capabilities of the human body. As we reflect on the past thirty years or so in which these works were created, we hope viewers will take this opportunity to enjoy engaging with each artist鈥檚 endeavors while looking at the shifting sense of the corporeality and outlook on life that is observed there.
Artists on show
- Fang Lijun
- Han Ishu
- Kazuki Umezawa
- Kohei Nawa
- Kyoko Murase
- Masaya Chiba
- Mika Kato
- Mikami Seiko
- Miran Fukuda
- Momose Aya
- Montien Boonma
- Noritoshi Hirakawa
- Sam Francis
- Sopheap Pich
- Takashi Homma
- Teppei Kaneuji
- Thomas Demand
- Tomoaki Ishihara
- Toshikatsu Endo
- Tsuyoshi Ozawa
- Yasuko Iba
- Yoko Matsumoto
- Yoshiaki Kaihatsu
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