PRESS RELEASE

2022.6.14

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

MOT Collection:Rewinding the Collection 2nd
Saturday, 16 July – Sunday, 16 October 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.
This is the sequel to the exhibition, “MOT Collection: Rewinding the Collection” (held 2020-2021), which presented avariety of works in chronological order while unraveling the history of the collection including works that weretransferred from the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum upon the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyoin 1995.
On this occasion, we rewind to the 1960s when artists of the anti-art movement such as KUDO Tetsumi had cometogether to present work in the "Yomiuri Independent Exhibition,” and from there introduce various episodes
regarding the exhibit of specific works and the history of the museum in an attempt to trace the various eventsleading up to the time in which the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum actively began developing its collection andorganizing special exhibitions in tow with the completion of its new building in 1975. Furthermore, we present aselection of acquisitions from the 1980s to 1990s, and particularly in the third floor section, shed light on works
collected in relation to various artists such as Richard LONG, ISHIUCHI Miyako, and ENDO Toshikatsu while focusing
on a number of special exhibitions held at the two museums.
Through rewinding the collection, we invite viewers to enjoy a diverse array of works from both Japan and overseas
spanning a wide range of eras, and would also like to make this an opportunity to think about the future of the “MOTCollection.”＊Please be informed that the contents of the exhibit may be subject to change.

Artists
ASAKURA Setsu, ASO Saburo, ANZAI Shigeo, ISHIUCHI Miyako, UMEHARA Ryuzaburo, ENDO Toshikatsu, OGURAYuki, OCHI Osamu, KASAHARA Emiko, KATSURA Yuki, KAWARA On, KIKUHATA Mokuma, KUSAMA Yayoi, KUDO
Tetsumi, KENMOCHI Kazuo, KOJIMA Nobuaki, SAITO Yoshishige, SHINOHARA Ushio, SUGA Kishio, SUGAI Kumi,
SUZUKI Kenji, TAKAMATSU Jiro, TADA Minami, TABE Mitsuko, NAKANISHI Natsuyuki, NAKAMURA Hiroshi,
FUKUSHIMA Hideko, HIKOSAKA Naoyoshi, HIRATA Minoru, FUKUOKA Michio, MIKI Tomio, YAMAGUCHI Katsuhiro,
YOKOO Tadanori, LEE Ufan, CTG (Computer Technique Group), Roy LICHTENSTEIN, Richard LONG, David NASH,Dennis OPPENHEIM, Andy WARHOL and more
Contact

Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations Kudo, Sunanaga, Uchibori
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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Information
Exhibition Period

Saturday, 16 July – Sunday, 16 October 2022

ClosedMondays (except 18 Jul., 19 Sep., 10 Oct.), 19 Jul., 20 Sep., 11 Oct.

Opening Hours

10:00-18:00 (Tickets available until 30 minutes before closing.)

Admission

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

Venue

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Collection Gallery

Organized byTokyo Metropolitan Government, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo operated by Tokyo MetropolitanFoundation for History and Culture

Curated by

MIZUTA Yuko (MOT)

Concurrent Exhibitions
Jean Prouvé: Constructive Imagination
MOT Annual 2022 My justice might be someone else’s pain

To request press images, please contact our Public Relations team with the caption number of the desired image.

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TABE Mitsuko, Placard, 1961

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KIKUHATA Mokuma, Slave Genealogy (coin), 1961/1983
Photo: Keizo Kioku

Contact

Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations Kudo, Sunanaga, Uchibori
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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3 NAKANISHI Natsuyuki, Clothespins Assert Churning Action,
1963/1981 Photo: Keizo Kioku

NAKAMURA Hiroshi, Circular Train A(Telescope Train), 1968

© NATSUYUKI NAKANISHI

5LEE Ufan, From Point, 1974

6 SUGA Kishio, Partition of Realm, 1982
Photo: Keizo Kioku

7ENDO Toshikatsu, Fountain, 1991

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ISHIUCHI Miyako, ＃17 from "1906 to the skin", 1991-93

Photo: Shizune Shiigi

Contact

Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations Kudo, Sunanaga, Uchibori
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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