PRESS RELEASE

2021.2.13

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History andCulture are carrying out this exhibition as part of the Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL.

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

MOT Collection: Rewinding the Collection
Sat.20 March – Sun.20 June,2021
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. In an aim to communicate the diverse
appeal of contemporary art, each installment of the “MOT Collection” exhibition serves to introduce artworks in thecollection from various themes and angles in order to offer visitors with an opportunity to engage with even the sameworks from various perspectives. On this occasion we bring our focus to the origin and history of the collection,
presenting two sections that introduce a variety of works that span a wide range of periods and regions, from modern
paintings collected during the “Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum” era* to large-scale overseas works collected towards
the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
*When the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo opened in 1995, more than 3,000 works previously owned by theTokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (opened as the Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum in 1926 and renamed in 1943) weretransferred.
＊This exhibition consists of some of the works from the previous period. (14 Nov, 2020 - 14 Feb, 2021)

Artists
ASAI Chu, ASO Saburo, ONCHI Koshiro, KATATANI Aiko, KATSURA Yuki, KANOKOGI Takeshiro, KISHIDA Ryusei,
KITADAI Shozo, GOSEDA Yoshimatsu, KOMAI Tetsuro, TANAKA Atsuko, TSURUOKA Masao, NAKAHARA Minoru,
FUKUSHIMA Hideko, MAKINO Torao, MATSUMOTO Shunsuke, MADOKORO (AKUTAGAWA) Saori, YAMAGUCHITakeo, YOSHIHARA Jiro, David HOCKNEY, Ellsworth KELLY, Roy LICHTENSTEIN, Andy WARHOL and more

Information
Exhibition Period
ClosedOpening Hours
Admission
Venue
Organized byCurated bySat. 20 March – Sun. 20 June 2021
Mondays (except 3 May), 6 May
10:00 – 18:00 (Tickets available until 30 minutes before closing.)
Adults－500yen / University & College Students－400yen / High School Students, Over 65－250yen /Free for under Junior High School Students & Temporary Exhibition tickets holders
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Collection Gallery 1F / 3F
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo operated by Tokyo Metropolitan
Foundation for History and Culture
MIZUTA Yuko, MORI Chika (MOT)

Concurrent Exhibitions“rhizomatiks_multiplex”, “The Absence of Mark Manders”, ”Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2019-2021
Exhibition”
Contact

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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PRESS IMAGES

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KUME Keiichiro, Study ,1889

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KANOKOGI Takeshiro, September 1, 1923, n.d.

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NAKAHARA Minoru, Birth of Venus, 1924

4MATSUMOTO Shunsuke, Bridge over the Railroad, Osaki - B, 1941

To request press images, please contact ourPublic Relations team with the caption numberof the desired image.

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KATSURA Yuki, Resistance, 1952

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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