PRESS RELEASE

2023.10.30

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

MOT Collection:
Walking, Traveling, Moving―From the Great Kanto
Earthquake to the Present
Special feature | YOKOO Tadanori―Ever-Changing,
Like Water
100th Anniversary of Birth | Sam FRANCIS
Saturday, 2 December 2023 – Sunday, 10 March 2024
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,700 artworks in its extensive collection, whichspans the modern and contemporary periods with a focus on art of the postwar years. Each installment of the“MOT Collection” exhibition introduces artworks in the collection from various themes and angles in its effort
to convey the diverse appeal of contemporary art.
The first floor section, “Walking, Traveling, Moving: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present,” comprisesof a diverse array of works, from sketches drawn by KANOKOGI Takeshiro who visited Tokyo immediately after
the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake to document the devastated areas, to works by Olafur ELIASSON that wereproduced for his solo exhibition at MOT in 2020, when restrictions on freedom of movement were in place as aresult of the COVID-19 pandemic. FUJIMAKI Yoshio's masterpieces Scenes from the Sumidagawa River (1934)
will also be exhibited, along with newly acquired works by KUSANAGI Shinpei, MITSUSHIMA Takayuki, andWataridori Keikaku [ASO Tomoko, TAKEUCHI Akiko] that were created in correspondence to the “MOT Satellite”
exhibitions. We hope that this exhibit, by following the footsteps of artists spanning various eras and countries,
will provide an opportunity to enhance our perspective on the world and society in which we live.
The 3rd floor section titled, “Special feature: YOKOO Tadanori―Ever-Changing, Like Water” introduces works
centering on those added to the museum’s collection on the occasion of the artist’s solo exhibition held in 2021.
Featuring Yokoo’s oeuvre spanning from the 1960s to recent, the exhibit explores new appeals of his artistic
practice through focusing on expressions related to “water” that appear in many of his rich variety of works. In
addition, works by artists with a deep connection to Yokoo will be presented.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy a series of large-scale paintings by Sam FRANCIS, of which this year marks hiscentennial.

*This exhibition is a continuation of the previous term, with some of the exhibits replaced.
*Please be informed that the contents of the exhibit may be subject to change.

Artists
ISHIKAWA Naoki, KATSURA Yuki, KANOKOGI Takeshiro, KUSANAGI Shinpei, KUBOTA Shigeko, KURITA Koichi,
NAKANO Jun, NAKAMURA Hiroshi, BITO Yutaka, FUKUDA Naoyo, FUJIMAKI Yoshio, MATSUMOTO Shunsuke,
MITSUSHIMA Takayuki, YANASE Masamu, YOKOO Tadanori, Wataridori Keikaku [ASO Tomoko, TAKEUCHI Akiko],
Andy WARHOL, Olafur ELIASSON, Sandro CHIA, Jennifer BARTLETT, Sam FRANCIS, Richard LONG and moreContact

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations / Uchibori, Kudo, Inaba
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp TEL: +81-3-5245-1134* All Programs are subject to change.

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Information
Exhibition Period:

Saturday, 2 December 2023 – Sunday, 10 March 2024

Closed:Mondays（except 8 Jan, 12 Feb）, 28-31 Dec, 1 and 9 Jan, 13 Feb

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,
Over 65 – 250 yen / Free for under Junior High School Students & Temporary
Exhibition tickets holders

Venue:

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Collection Gallery

Organized by:Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo operated by
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Curated by

MIZUTA Yuko, FUJII Aki (MOT)

Audience will also enjoy
MOT Annual 2023 | Synergies, or between creation and generation
Sat. 2 Dec, 2023 – Sun. 3 Mar, 2024
TOYOSHIMA Yasuko: Origination Method
Sat. 9 Dec, 2023 – Sun. 10 Mar, 2024

Contact

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations / Uchibori, Kudo, Inaba
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp TEL: +81-3-5245-1134* All Programs are subject to change.

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Walking, Traveling, Moving―From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present

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KANOKOGI Takeshiro,

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NAKANO Jun, [Sketches], 1975

After the Great Kanto Earthquake (Refuges and Burnt Ruins), 1923

3

FUJIMAKI Yoshio, Scenes from the Sumidagawa River No.2, 1934

4

KUSANAGI Shinpei, into the wild, 2017

5

MITSUSHIMA Takayuki,

From Kiyosumi- Shirakawa station of HANZOMON line to the Museum, 2019
Photo: Takashi Fujikawa

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ASO Tomoko [Wataridori Keikaku],

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TAKEUCHI Akiko [Wataridori Keikaku],

Basho on the Banks of the Sumida River, 2020

Pumping Station Under Cloudy Skies, 2020

KUBOTA Shigeko, Broken Diary: Europe on 1/2

9ISHIKAWA Naoki, THE VOID #30, 2005

Inch a Day, 1972
© Estate of Shigeko Kubota

10Olafur Eliasson, Memories from the critical zone

(Germany–Poland–Russia–China–Japan, no. 1-6), 2020,11

FUKUDA Naoyo, "Robinson Crusoe", 2003

Photo: Ichiro Otani

Photo: Kazuo Fukunaga © Olafur Eliasson

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Special feature | YOKOO Tadanori―Ever-Changing, Like Water

12 YOKOO Tadanori, Funeral Procession Ⅱ,196913

YOKOO Tadanori, Destiny, 1997

14 YOKOO Tadanori, Wandering Mind, 2002

100th Anniversary of Birth | Sam FRANCIS

15Sam FRANCIS, (from left) Untitled(SFP85-110), Untitled(SFP85-95), Untitled(SFP85-109), 1985,Deposited (Collection of Asahi Group Japan, Ltd.) MOT Collection, installation view Photo: Masaru Yanagiba

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Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Public Relations / Uchibori, Kudo, Inaba
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp TEL: +81-3-5245-1134* All Programs are subject to change.

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