TOP 30th Anniversary TOP Collection: Continuity and Change
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is pleased to present a TOP Collection exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of our opening. Five curators collaborated on this omnibus-format exhibition, which brings together carefully selected works from our collection to offer multiple perspectives on the media of photography and film.
The exhibition title, Continuity and Change, is a translation of the phrase fueki ryuko, derived from a description by the haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644鈥�1694) of the essential mindset for haiku. His words 鈥� 鈥淲ithout knowing continuity, foundations cannot be established; without knowing change, new winds will not arise鈥� 鈥� serve as a guiding principle for engaging with art even today. Embracing the spirit of continuity and change, this exhibition seeks to deepen our understanding of art of the past and its relevance to the present day while remaining attuned to contemporary creative practices and cultural currents. In five thematic sections, it presents works in the collection, from the 19th and 20th centuries to the present, for your interpretation.
There are no single ways to interpret these works, nor definite answers to the questions they raise. We hope that each visitor will derive their own discoveries and insights from the works and share them, enriching their viewing experience in the process.
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The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum is pleased to present a TOP Collection exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of our opening. Five curators collaborated on this omnibus-format exhibition, which brings together carefully selected works from our collection to offer multiple perspectives on the media of photography and film.
The exhibition title, Continuity and Change, is a translation of the phrase fueki ryuko, derived from a description by the haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644鈥�1694) of the essential mindset for haiku. His words 鈥� 鈥淲ithout knowing continuity, foundations cannot be established; without knowing change, new winds will not arise鈥� 鈥� serve as a guiding principle for engaging with art even today. Embracing the spirit of continuity and change, this exhibition seeks to deepen our understanding of art of the past and its relevance to the present day while remaining attuned to contemporary creative practices and cultural currents. In five thematic sections, it presents works in the collection, from the 19th and 20th centuries to the present, for your interpretation.
There are no single ways to interpret these works, nor definite answers to the questions they raise. We hope that each visitor will derive their own discoveries and insights from the works and share them, enriching their viewing experience in the process.
Artists on show
- Akasegawa Genpei
- August Sander
- Ayaka Yamamoto
- Chino Otsuka
- Dorothea Lange
- Felice A. Beato
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Hiroshi Yamazaki
- Hishida Yusuke
- Jacques-Henri Lartigue
- Kikai Hiroo
- Kunié Sugiura
- Mari Katayama
- Masafumi Sanaï
- Masataka Nakano
- Masato Seto
- Mitsugu Onishi
- Miyako Ishiuchi
- Nagano Shigeich
- Nobuyoshi Araki
- Rika Noguchi
- Shimooka Renj艒
- Shimpei Yamagami
- Shiozaki Yumiko
- Shoji Ueda
- Tadahiko Hayashi
- Tamura Akihide
- Teiji Furuhashi
- Tokuko Ushioda
- Tomoko Sawada
- Tsuneo Enari
- Yuki Onodera
- Yurie Nagashima
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