The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes
Today the world is flooded with information about every conceivable field, and is growing ever more globalized and diverse. In this environment, museums' conventional procedures for storing and exhibiting art by era or by region are becoming ineffective. In Europe and North America, museums of contemporary art have been holding an increasing number of thematically organized exhibitions. This exhibition presents works from the National Museum of Art, Osaka's collection, grouped according to 19 themes. These themes are ones that enable viewers to stop, think, and find new meanings, and can be roughly divided into "elements of works" and "subjects depicted in works." The art on view is diverse, ranging from iconic works that embody certain themes to selections that may surprise you, and includes around 50 new acquisitions. The basic frameworks by which we classify art - era, region, genre - are taken into account, but combinations and juxtapositions highlight connections among widely varied works of art. This special exhibition of works from the collection seeks not merely to reconfirm what each viewer already knows about art, but to elicit new discoveries and offer opportunities to think about art from new angles.
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Today the world is flooded with information about every conceivable field, and is growing ever more globalized and diverse. In this environment, museums' conventional procedures for storing and exhibiting art by era or by region are becoming ineffective. In Europe and North America, museums of contemporary art have been holding an increasing number of thematically organized exhibitions. This exhibition presents works from the National Museum of Art, Osaka's collection, grouped according to 19 themes. These themes are ones that enable viewers to stop, think, and find new meanings, and can be roughly divided into "elements of works" and "subjects depicted in works." The art on view is diverse, ranging from iconic works that embody certain themes to selections that may surprise you, and includes around 50 new acquisitions. The basic frameworks by which we classify art - era, region, genre - are taken into account, but combinations and juxtapositions highlight connections among widely varied works of art. This special exhibition of works from the collection seeks not merely to reconfirm what each viewer already knows about art, but to elicit new discoveries and offer opportunities to think about art from new angles.
Artists on show
- Agnes Martin
- Aiko Miyawaki
- Alberto Giacometti
- Andy Warhol
- Anthony Caro
- Anton Henning
- Arman
- Barnett Newman
- Bernard Frize
- Bernd & Hilla Becher
- Bertrand Lavier
- Candida Höfer
- Daan van Golden
- Daido Moriyama
- Dan Flavin
- Donald Judd
- Ed Ruscha
- Eri Takayanagi
- Erwin Wurm
- Felix González-Torres
- Frank Stella
- Futo Akiyoshi
- Georg Baselitz
- Gerhard Richter
- Giorgio Morandi
- Hamish Fulton
- Henry Moore
- Hisachika Takahashi
- Ilya Kabakov
- Imi Knoebel
- Jan Dibbets
- Jean Fautrier
- Jean-Marc Bustamante
- Jean-Pierre Pincemin
- Jean-Pierre Raynaud
- Jim Dine
- Jiro Takamatsu
- John Currin
- Joseph Beuys
- Joseph Kosuth
- Katsura Funakoshi
- Kazuo Okazaki
- Kazuo Yagi
- Kazuyuki Takezaki
- Kenjiro Okazaki
- Kiki Smith
- Kiyoshi Koishi
- Kodai Nakahara
- Laurie Simmons
- Lee Ufan
- Luc Tuymans
- Lucio Fontana
- Lynda Benglis
- Man Ray
- Marc Quinn
- Marcel Broodthaers
- Marcel Duchamp
- Marino Marini
- Max Ernst
- Mel Ziegler
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Mike Kelley
- Morris Louis
- Naoya Hatakeyama
- Natsuyuki Nakanishi
- Niele Toroni
- Nobuo Sekine
- Oliver Beer
- On Kawara
- Pablo Picasso
- Piero Manzoni
- Rachel Whiteread
- Rei Naito
- Richard Aldrich
- Richard Hamilton
- Richard Tuttle
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Ryan Gander
- Ryuichi Yamashiro
- Ryuji Miyamoto
- Saburo Muraoka
- Sadamasa Motonaga
- Sherrie Levine
- Shinji Ogawa
- Sigmar Polke
- Stephan Balkenhol
- Tadanori Yokoo
- Takanobu Kobayashi
- Tam Ochiai
- Tatsumi Yoshino
- Teppei Soutome
- Tetsumi Kudo
- Thomas Ruff
- Tiger Tateishi
- Tomio Miki
- Tomoharu Murakami
- Tony Cragg
- Tony Oursler
- Toshio Shibata
- Ushio Shinohara
- Ute Lindner
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Wols
- Yoshishige Saito
- Yoshitatsu Yanagihara
- Yu Araki
- Yuji Takeoka
- Yuki Onodera
- Yukinori Yanagi
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