PRESS RELEASE

November 27, 2023

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Ryuichi Sakamoto Exhibition (tentative title)
December 21, 2024 – March 30, 2025

Photo by Neo Sora ©2017 Kab Inc.

The first comprehensive exhibition in Japan to focus entirely on large-scale installation works by composer
and artist Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023) will open in December 2024 at the Museum of Contemporary ArtTokyo.
Throughout his diverse artistic activities, Sakamoto continuously operated at the cutting edge of his time.
Since the 2000s, he has been devoting himself to the creation of sound installations presented threedimensionally in exhibition spaces, which he developed and executed in collaboration with various artists. This
exhibition looks back on Sakamoto’s pioneering, experimental creative artworks, including some of his mostwell-known previous pieces, a new work for this particular occasion he envisioned before his passing, and achronicle of his artistic endeavors, dynamically constructed in spaces in and around the museum building.
Contact

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo｜ Public Relations (Kudo / Inaba / Uchibori)
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp

TEL: +81-3-5245-1134

https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en*All Programs are subject to change.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto was born in Tokyo in 1952. Making his debut in 1978 with the album Thousand Knives,
Sakamoto's diverse résumé includes pioneering electronic works in the legendary techno group Yellow MagicOrchestra, producing pop albums and numerous classical compositions, two operas, and nearly 45 originalfilm/TV scores. His film soundtracks have won prestigious awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden
Globes, a Grammy, and many more. As an activist for many decades, Sakamoto's efforts focused onenvironmental conservation and world peace, including founding the forest preservation organization “moretrees”, and the "Tohoku Youth Orchestra" to support the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake through music.
Sakamoto also made considerable contributions to the art world with his work exhibited in galleries andmuseums worldwide. Recently, M WOODS, in China, presented the largest and most comprehensive collection
spanning 30 years devoted to Sakamoto's artworks in various media, centering around 8 large-scale soundinstallations (Beijing, 2021; Cheng-du, 2023). He continued to cross borders into the art world even after
death, with the ground-breaking mixed reality concert piece, "KAGAMI," touring New York, Manchester,London, and many future locations. Sakamoto passed away in March 2023 at the age of 71.

Information
Ryuichi Sakamoto Exhibition (tentative title)
Exhibition Period

Saturday, 21 December 2024 – Sunday, 30 March 2025

Venue

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Exhibition Gallery B2F

Organized by

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for Historyand Culture

https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/exhibitions/RS/*Further details will be announced on the website.

Contact

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo｜ Public Relations (Kudo / Inaba / Uchibori)
E-MAIL: mot-pr@mot-art.jp

TEL: +81-3-5245-1134

https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en*All Programs are subject to change.

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