PRESS RELEASE

2021.10.17

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

MOT Collection:Journals vol.2
Saturday, 13 November 2021 – Wednesday, 23 February 2022

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,500 artworks in its extensive collection, which spansthe modern and contemporary periods with a focus on art of the postwar years. Each installment of the “MOTCollection” exhibition introduces artworks in the collection from various themes and angles in its effort to convey thediverse appeal of contemporary art.
Under the title, “Journals”, artworks created daily against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic that transformed
our lives, the Olympics held upon a global scale, and the ordinary day-to-day, are presented across two floors in theform of an anthology comprising a wide variety of artists.
Chim↑Pom’s May, 2020, Tokyo(Okubo Station)-Drawing a Blueprint- (on exhibit until late January 2022), as well as
print works “Quarantine Series” and Zeus: the God of Olympia by Oscar OIWA (all on special exhibit) will be presented
on this occasion along with a selection of approximately 100 works by artists including KOU Kana [YOSHIDA Kana](feature exhibit), KAWARA On, Fluxus artists (SHIOMI Mieko [Chieko], Nam June PAIK, etc.), MISHIMA Kimiyo, KWAK
Duck Jun, KOBAYASHI Masato, Christian BOLTANSKI, Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, and others. Through thisextensive and eclectic showcasing of works, the exhibition serves to illuminate the society in which we live, our daily
lives, and the memories that surround them.

＊Some of the exhibited works are on continued display from the previous installment of the “MOT Collection”
exhibition (July 17 – October 17, 2021).
＊Chim↑Pom’s May, 2020, Tokyo will be replaced with a different work in late January 2022.
＊Please be informed that the contents of the exhibit may be subject to change.

Artists
Oscar OIWA, KWAK Duck Jun, KAWARA On, KOU Kana [YOSHIDA Kana], KOBAYASHI Masato, Chim↑Pom, MISHIMA
Kimiyo, FLUXUS (SHIOMI Mieko [Chieko], Nam June PAIK, etc.), Christian BOLTANSKI, Sam Taylor=Johnson [Wood],
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, and more

Contact

Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations Mihoko Nakajima / Chiako Kudo
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp
TEL: +81-3-5245-1134
URL: https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en* All Programs are subject to change.

11 Oscar OIWA, Zeus, the God of Olympia, 2019
Collection of the Artist
Courtesy of the Japan Foundation / Maison de la culture duJapon à Paris

3Chim↑Pom, May, 2020, Tokyo (Okubo Station) Drawing a Blueprint –, 2020
Courtesy of the artist and ANOMALY
Photo: Kenji Morita

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24Oscar OIWA, Back in My Studio, 2020 ©OSCAR OIWA
Collection of Art Front Gallery

KOU Kana [YOSHIDA Kana], A Secret of Hanasuwa Island, 2013
Private Collection (Installation view, Setouchi Triennale 8Shodoshima, 2013-19)
Photo: Takahashi Kimito

SHIOMI Mieko (Chieko), Spatial Poem No.3 "Falling Event- a fluxcalender", 1968/1992 Photo: Shizune Shiigi

6MISHIMA Kimiyo, [Title unknown], 1971

Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations Mihoko Nakajima / Chiako Kudo
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp
TEL: +81-3-5245-1134
URL: https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en* All Programs are subject to change.

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KAWARA On, NOV.21,1985, from "Today" series,
1966-2013, 1985 © One Million Years Foundation89

KOBAYASHI Masato,Flash #13, 2005

KWAK Duck Jun, Reagan II and Kwak, 1985

Information
Exhibition Period
ClosedOpening Hours
Admission
Venue
Organized byCurated bySaturday, 13 November, 2021– Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
Mondays (except 10 Jan., 21 Feb.), 28 Dec.-1 Jan., 11 Jan.
10:00-18:00 (Tickets available until 30 minutes before closing)
Adults 500 yen, University & College Students 400 yen, High School Students & Adult over 65 250 yen,Free for under Junior High School Student & Temporary Exhibition tickets holders
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Collection Gallery
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo operated by Tokyo Metropolitan
Foundation for History and Culture
CHINZEI Yoshimi, MIZUTA Yuko (MOT)

Concurrent Exhibitions“Viva Video! The Art and Life of Shigeko Kubota”“Christian Marclay Translating”“EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow”

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Contact

Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations Mihoko Nakajima / Chiako Kudo
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp
TEL: +81-3-5245-1134
URL: https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en* All Programs are subject to change.

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