MOT Collection
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,700 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.
On the 1st floor, works from the end of the 1980s onward will be presented under the title, 鈥淢embrane of the Time鈥�. Starting with recently acquired works by MIKAMI Seiko, we introduce a diverse selection of works including those by ISHIHARA Tomoaki, HIRAKAWA Noritoshi, HOMMA Takashi, KAIHATSU Yoshiaki, KATO Mika, NAWA Kohei, MOMOSE Aya, HAN Ishu, Thomas DEMAND, FANG Lijun in an attempt to look at the changing concepts of the body and outlook on life that is observed there.
The 3rd floor section titled, 鈥淪pecial feature: YOKOO Tadanori鈥旹ver-Changing, Like Water鈥� introduces works centering on those added to the museum鈥檚 collection on the occasion of the artist鈥檚 solo exhibition held in 2021. Featuring Yokoo鈥檚 oeuvre spanning from the 1960s to recent, the exhibit explores new appeals of his artistic practice through focusing on expressions related to 鈥渨ater鈥� that appears in many of his rich variety of works. In addition, works by artists with a deep connection to Yokoo will be presented.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy a series of large-scale paintings by Sam FRANCIS, of which this year marks his centennial.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,700 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.
On the 1st floor, works from the end of the 1980s onward will be presented under the title, 鈥淢embrane of the Time鈥�. Starting with recently acquired works by MIKAMI Seiko, we introduce a diverse selection of works including those by ISHIHARA Tomoaki, HIRAKAWA Noritoshi, HOMMA Takashi, KAIHATSU Yoshiaki, KATO Mika, NAWA Kohei, MOMOSE Aya, HAN Ishu, Thomas DEMAND, FANG Lijun in an attempt to look at the changing concepts of the body and outlook on life that is observed there.
The 3rd floor section titled, 鈥淪pecial feature: YOKOO Tadanori鈥旹ver-Changing, Like Water鈥� introduces works centering on those added to the museum鈥檚 collection on the occasion of the artist鈥檚 solo exhibition held in 2021. Featuring Yokoo鈥檚 oeuvre spanning from the 1960s to recent, the exhibit explores new appeals of his artistic practice through focusing on expressions related to 鈥渨ater鈥� that appears in many of his rich variety of works. In addition, works by artists with a deep connection to Yokoo will be presented.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy a series of large-scale paintings by Sam FRANCIS, of which this year marks his centennial.
Artists on show
- Andy Warhol
- David Hockney
- Fang Lijun
- Han Ishu
- Jasper Johns
- Kazuki Umezawa
- Kohei Nawa
- Kyoko Murase
- Masaya Chiba
- Mika Kato
- Mikami Seiko
- Miran Fukuda
- Momose Aya
- Noritoshi Hirakawa
- Sam Francis
- Tadanori Yokoo
- Takashi Homma
- Teppei Kaneuji
- Thomas Demand
- Tom Wesselmann
- Tomoaki Ishihara
- Tsuyoshi Ozawa
- Yasuko Iba
- Yoshiaki Kaihatsu
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