【PRESS RELEASE】

Thursday, 28 November, 2019
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic GamesTokyo Metropolitan Government
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters Exhibition■ Period: Tuesday 7 January to Sunday 16 February 2020
■ Location: Entrance hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government andthe Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will hold aTokyo 2020 Official Art Posters Exhibition at the entrance hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from
Tuesday 7 January to Sunday 16 February, 2020. The Tokyo 2020 official art posters (20 in total) will be unveiled
for the first time to the public at this exhibition.
The Tokyo 2020 official art posters are intended to help increase the momentum of the build-up to the Tokyo 2020
Games, and have been created based on the themes of the Olympics and Paralympics by Japanese and other global
figures in the art world.
During the exhibition period, talk events will also be held with a moderator and the participation of the creators of
the official art posters. The details, including the date and participants’ details, will be announced as soon as they are
decided on the website created for the exhibition.
Outline■ Name of the exhibition: Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters Exhibition■ Posters to be displayed: Tokyo 2020 official art posters(20 works – 12 created on the theme of the Olympics and eight on the Paralympics）■ Period: Tuesday 7 January to Sunday 16 February 2020
(36 days excluding the days on which the museum is closed）■ Place: Entrance hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
(4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo）■ Opening hours: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
■ Closed: Mondays (except 13 January 2020), 14 January 2020
■ Admission: Free

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■ Organized by: The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum ofContemporary Art Tokyo■ Inquiries: +81 (0)3 5777 8600 (Hello Dial, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day)■ Website: https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/artposter/ (within the website of The Tokyo Organising Committee ofthe Olympic and Paralympic Games）
On Monday 6 January 2020 (when the museum is closed), a preview for the press and an opening ceremony will beheld. Details regarding news reporting will be notified later.

The Artists■ Artistss of works for the Olympics
Japanese Artistss
1

Naoki Urasawa

Manga artist

2

Shinro Ohtake

Painter

3

Daijiro Ohara

Graphic designer

4

Shoko Kanazawa

Calligrapher

5

Tomoko Konoike

Artist6

Taku Sato

Graphic designer

7

Asao Tokolo

Artist8

Takashi Homma

Photographer

Overseas Artistss
9

Theseus Chan

Art director

10

Chris Ofili

Artist11

Viviane Sassen

Photographer

12

Philippe Weisbecker

Artist■ Artists of works for the Paralympics
Japanese Artists
1

Hirohiko Araki

Manga artist

2

Koji Kakinuma

Calligrapher

3

GOO CHOKI PAR

Graphic designer

4

Tomoyuki Shinki

Artist5Asao TokoloArtist

6

Mika Ninagawa

Photographer, film director

7

Chihiro Mori

Artist8

Akira Yamaguchi

Painter

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Reference information■ Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters
One of the requirements set out in the Host City Contract* is the creation of Tokyo 2020 official art posters. Since
the early 20th century, posters have been created by Organising Committees of the Olympic Games to promote andadvertise this major sporting and cultural event. Olympic posters also play the role of showcasing each Games’
special features to the world.

Recently, official posters have been created by internationally renowned artists and designers aimed at leaving
cultural and artistic legacies for the individual Olympic and Paralympic Games. These posters thus include works
that are regarded as the icons of their age.

For the Tokyo 2020 Games, artists will create artworks based on the theme of the Olympic or Paralympic Gamesand use them as a posters in order to foster momentum in the build-up to the Games.

* The contract governing the preparation and management of the Games concluded by the International OlympicCommittee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Japanese Olympic Committee following Tokyo’s
selection as host city for the 2020 Games on September 7 2013.
■ Exhibition method
The Tokyo 2020 emblems are composed of three varieties of rectangular shapes and are designed to represent
different countries, cultures and ways of thinking. At the Tokyo 2020 Official Art Poster Exhibition, the motifs ofrectangular shapes comprising the emblems will be lined up across the entrance space of the venue as an element ofthe exhibition. These motifs, which indicate diversity and equality, will be used to create a special space for theexhibition of the works of artists from a variety of backgrounds.
●Illustrative images

The motifs of the rectangular shapes comprising the emblems will be lined up without changing their original layout
angles to create a special exhibition space for the posters.

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Contact for inquiries about the exhibition
Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters Exhibition/Media Office (Yousuke Obara, JUNPROMOTION INC.)
Email: info@junpro.co.jp

Contact for inquiries about the posters and Tokyo 2020
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Contact persons: Luna Fujimoto, Kaho Akiyama
Tel.: +81 (0)3 6631 1949 / Fax: +81 (0)3 6220 5801 / Email: pressoffice@tokyo2020.jp

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