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The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,500 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 is the sequel to the exhibition, 鈥淢OT Collection: Rewinding the Collection鈥� (held 2020-2021), which presented a variety of works in chronological order while unraveling the history of the collection including works that were transferred from the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum upon the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 1995.

On this occasion, we rewind to the 1960s when artists of the anti-art movement such as KUDO Tetsumi had come together to present work in the "Yomiuri Independent Exhibition,鈥� and from there introduce various episodes regarding the exhibit of specific works and the history of the museum in an attempt to trace the various events leading up to the time in which the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum actively began developing its collection and organizing special exhibitions in tow with the completion of its new building in 1975. Furthermore, we present a selection of acquisitions from the 1980s to 1990s, and particularly in the third floor section, shed light on works collected in relation to various artists such as Richard LONG, ISHIUCHI Miyako, and ENDO Toshikatsu while focusing on a number of special exhibitions held at the two museums.

Through rewinding the collection, we invite viewers to enjoy a diverse array of works from both Japan and overseas spanning a wide range of eras, and would also like to make this an opportunity to think about the future of the 鈥淢OT Collection.鈥�