March 14, 2017

Yokohama Museum of Art Collection
March 25 - June 25, 2017
Reflections of Nature[Special Exhibit] Photography and Painting – The Rise of Pictorialism
This edition of the exhibition, titled Reflections of Nature, in honorof the 33rd National Urban Greenery Fair Yokohama, uses works from thecollection to examine how artists have captured and expressed nature. In
conjunction with The Elegant Other: Cross-cultural Encounters in Fashion andArt, a special event currently underway in the museum, the exhibition alsofeatures a section on exchange between the East and West.
The collection exhibition begins with a section focusing on how
people deal with nature, as seen in works depicting familiar motifs such as cut
flowers and landscapes. This is followed by a display of works by Eastern andWestern artists that centers on gardens and parks. Next, viewers will enjoy asection devoted to Hasegawa Kiyoshi and Komai Tetsuro, who expressed a
profound sense of spirituality through ordinary plant motifs, and the allure ofMaruyama Banka’s watercolor landscapes, vividly portraying flowers in fullbloom and verdant mountains.

MARUYAMA Banka
Title Unknown (Mountains in Summer), n.d.
watercolor on paper, 67.8×50.3cm
donated by KOJIMA Yutaka(former collection of KOJIMA Usui)

Then, we shift our attention to contemporary artists, the way inwhich they confront nature, and the new types of expression they have developed
as a result. This is followed by one of the exhibition’s highlights: a work by Suga
Kishio, a prominent figure in the Mono-ha (School of Things) movement, whomakes use of wooden boards and other largely unprocessed materials and createsworks based on the reciprocal relationship between the overall space and “things.”
Currently in the midst of a succession of solo exhibitions in the U.S. and Europe,
Suga remains active on the front lines of the international art world. For thisexhibition, he has reorganized a work from the museum collection in accordancewith the gallery space.
Along with important bird-and-flower paintings from our Nihon-ga(Japanese-style painting) collection, in the photography gallery, we present a
special feature on Pictorialism, which focuses on Japanese and foreign
photographers such as Umesaka Ori.
Upper:SUGA Kishio
San-Kyo (Scattered Boundaries),1999wood, plywood, glass
H128.0×3063.0×211.6cm
donated by the artist
UMESAKA Ori
Cherry Blossoms, n.d.,
Gum-bichromate print, 25.5×22.3cm

Lower:
UMESAKA Ori
Cherry Blossoms, n.d.
gum-bichromate print
25.5×22.3cm

Left:OMODA Seiju
Pompon Dahlias, 1922
color on silk, 78.9×56.0cm
Middle:YASUDA Yukihiko
Window, 1951
color on paper, 117.2×75.0cm
Right:
Helen HYDE
Moon Bridge at Kameido, 1914
color woodblock print, 33.9×22.7cm
Left:
Paul CÉZANNE
Mont Saint-Victoire Seen from Gardanne
1892-95
oil on canvas, 73.0×92.0cmMiddle:
HASEGAWA Kiyoshi
Rose and Times, 1961
mezzotint, 35.3×24.3cm
Right:
Henry Peach ROBINSON
Portrait Study, 1873
albumen silver print, 56.0×40.5cm

OutlineYokohama Museum of Art Collection March 25 - June 25, 2017
Reflections of Nature
Dates:March 25 (Sat.) - June 25 (Sun.), 2017

Open hours:

10:00-18:00*Open until 20:30 on May 17 (Wed.), 2017
*Admission until 30 minutes before closing.

Closed:Thursdays (except May 4), April 14 (Fri.), May 8 (Mon.), 2017

Organized by:

Yokohama Museum of Art ［Yokohama Arts Foundation］

Cooperation with 33rd National Urban Greenery Fair Yokohama Executive Committee

TicketAdults¥500 ( ¥400)

University and High school students¥300 ( ¥240)

Junior high school students¥100 ( 1¥80)Children under 12Free*( )＝Group of 20 or more (pre-booking required)* Free Admission on April 1(Sat.) and June 2(Fri.), 2017.
*Visitors with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge. (Please present a certificate at the entrance.)*Collection gallery is available with a ticket of Special Exhibition.
*ContactMs. Miyano, Ms. Fujii, Ms. Ichikawa／Public Relations, Yokohama Museum of Art3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama. 220-0012 JAPAN
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