Artists: Vito Acconci, Franz Ackermann, Nevin Aladag, Jan Albers, Mona Ardeleanu, Kiyotaka Asahara, Christian Awe, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Rebekka Benzenberg, Norbert Bisky, Matthias Bitzer, Pierre Bonnard, Shannon Bool, Fritz Bornstück, Thorsten Brinkmann, Jonas Burgert, Werner Büttner, Miriam Cahn, Paul Cézanne, Paul Czerlitzki, Ferdinand Dölberg, Martin Eder, Henrik Eiben, Kōji Enokura, Max Ernst, Annemarie Faupel, Andi Fischer, Roland Flexner, Tsuguharu Foujita, Simon Fujiwara, Takeji Fujishima, Heihachirō Fukuda, Suikō Fukuda, Ichirō Fukuzawa, Iwami Furusawa, Lukas Glinkowski, Antony Gormley, Vivian Greven, Katharina Grosse, Eckart Hahn, Thilo Heinzmann, Anton Henning, Gregor Hildebrandt, Naojirō Harada, Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Goyō Hashiguchi, Gyoshū Hayami, Hyakusui Hirafuku, Denchū Hirakushi, Stefanie Hollerbach, Myriam Holme, Shōichi Ida, Reiko Ikemura, Hakutei Ishii, Taihaku Ishiyama, Bianca Patricia Isensee, Shinya Ito, Simin Jalilian, Steffen Jopp, Kiyokata Kaburaki, Ryūshi Kawabata, Shinzō Kawakami, Suzuhiko Kawasaki, Hasui Kawase, Shirō Kasamatsu, Keigetsu Kikuchi, Hideki Kimura, Kentarō Kimura, Shōhachi Kimura, Ryūsei Kishida, Tsunetomi Kitano, Seibō Kitamura, Noboru Kitawaki, Paul Klee, Karin Kneffel, Kiyoshi Kobayakawa, Shūsei Kobayakawa, Masato Kobayashi, Shibata Kosaka, Lilia Kovka, Shin Kurihara, Hitoshi Kuriyama, Seiki Kuroda, Yayoi Kusama, Alicja Kwade, Tadaaki Kuwayama, Sol LeWitt, Benedikt Leonhardt, Markus Lüpertz, Marino Marini, Shunsuke Matsumoto, Olaf Metzel, Monika Michalko, Kōtarō Migishi, Tomio Miki, Joan Miró, Saburō Miyamoto, Aiko Miyawaki, Simon Modersohn, Frank Moll, Tsunetomo Morita, Sō Murakami, Kaita Murayama, Gakuryō Nakamura, Hiroshi Nakamura, Timo Nasseri, Yoshitomo Nara, Ikkō Narahara, Shunsen Natori, Suishō Nishiyama, Isamu Noguchi, Yūko Nomura, Kazuma Oda, Yuki Ogura, Shōson Ohara, Tarō Okamoto, Tōgyū Okumura, Irina Ojovan, Kōshirō Onchi, Thomias Radin, Marco Reichert, Franziska Reinbothe, Anselm Reyle, Daniel Richter, Grit Richter, Oskar Rink, Robin Rhode, Laura Sachs, Titus Schade, Thomas Scheibitz, Natascha Schmitten, David Schnell, Bettina Scholz, Sebastian Schrader, Simon Schubert, Yoshio Shimizu, Melanie Siegel, Ludwig Stalla, Charlie Stein, Christine Streuli, Naoko Suwa, Minami Tada, Jirō Takamatsu, Kōtarō Takamura, Seihō Takeuchi, Katei Taki, Kōki Tanaka, Saichirō Tanaka, Tiger Tateishi, Britta Thie, Kōtarō Tōgame, Shindō Tsuji, Shigeru Ueki, Sophie Ullrich, Ryūzaburō Umehara, Eiko Urushibara, Robert Vellekoop, Bill Viola, Jorinde Voigt, Reinhard Voss, Sanzō Wada, Kanji Wakae, Xiyao Wang, Shōtei Watanabe, Jonas Weichsel, Matthias Weischer, Rosalie Werthefrongel, Sōtarō Yasui, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Kyūjin Yamamoto, Kōka Yamamura, Kikuji Yamashita, Shintarō Yamashita, Chōun Yamazaki, Shizuka Yokomizo, Tetsugorō Yorozu, Reika Yoshikawa, Kenji Yoshioka, Hiroshi Yoshida, Somō Yūki, Thomas Zipp
Welcome to the MOMAT Collection!
To introduce some features of the museum’s exhibitions of works from the collection: First, its scale is one of the largest in Japan, displaying approximately 200 works each term from the museum’s holdings of approximately 14,000 works acquired since its opening in 1952. Also, it is one of the foremost exhibitions in Japan, tracing the arc of Japanese modern and contemporary art from the end of the 19th century to the present day through a series of 12 rooms, each with its own specific theme.
Some highlights of the current term are as follows. The ability to present exhibits in the collection galleries that connect with special exhibitions on the first floor is one of the strengths of this museum’s holdings. This time, using Room 8, Room 9, and part of Room 10 on the third floor, we present exhibits in conjunction with Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction (opening June 16). Meanwhile, many newly acquired works are also on view this term. Look for the “New Acquisition” markers next to each work.
We hope you enjoy this rich lineup of works from the MOMAT Collection, where longtime highlights are joined by fresh new faces.
National Important Cultural Properties on display
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Collection contains 18 items that have been designated by the Japanese government as National Important Cultural Properties. These include twelve Nihon-ga (Japanese-style) paintings, five oil paintings, and one sculpture. (One of the Nihon-ga paintings and one of the oil paintings are on long-term loan to the museum.)
The following National Important Cultural Properties are shown in this period:
Room 2 Harada Naojiro, Kannon Bodhisattva Riding the Dragon, 1890, Long term loan (Gokokuji Temple Collection)
Room 2 Hishida Shunso, Wong Zhaojun [the Chinese princess], 1902 Long term loan (Zenpo-ji Temple Collection)
Room 2 Wada Sanzo, South Wind, 1907
Room 3 Yorozu Tetsugoro, Nude Beauty, 1912
About the Sections
4F (Fourth floor)
Room 1: 1880s-1940s - Highlights
Room 2: 1880s-1940s - Clouds above the Hill
Room 3: 1880s-1940s - The Sun and I
Room 4: 1880s-1940s - Shin-hanga Crosses the Ocean
Room 5: 1880s-1940s - Landscape Mobilized in Wartime
3F (Third floor)
Room 6: 1940s-1960s - Dreams of Steel, Wounded Ruins
Room 7: 1940s-1960s - Navel Surgery
Room 8: 1940s-1960s - Materialization or Dematerialization?
Room 9: Photography and Video - Video (I See)
Room 10: Nihon-ga (Japanese-style Painting) - (May 26-July 20) Theaters, Seascapes, and Sugimoto Notebooks / Seeing the Wind
Room 10: Nihon-ga (Japanese-style Painting) - (July 22-September 13) Theaters, Seascapes, and Sugimoto Notebooks / Birds in Modern Nihonga
2F (Second floor)
Room 11: 1970s–2020s - Images: Appearance and Disappearance
Room 12: 1970s–2020s - Image: The Power Within
* Leiko Ikemura's work is on display in Room 12.
Source: MOMAT, List of works
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