PRESS RELEASE

2024.3.1

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

MOT Collection:
Walking, Traveling, Moving―From the Great Kanto
Earthquake to the Present
Eye to Eye
Saturday, 6 April – Sunday, 7 July 2024

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,800 artworks in its extensive collection,
which spans the modern and contemporary periods with a focus on art of the postwar years. Each “MOTCollection” exhibition introduces artworks in the collection from a different angle, to demonstrate thediverse appeal of contemporary art.
The first-floor section of this exhibition, “Walking, Traveling, Moving: From the Great Kanto Earthquake tothe Present,” comprises a variety of works, from sketches drawn by KANOKOGI Takeshiro on a visit toTokyo immediately after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake to document the devastated city, to works byOlafur ELIASSON produced for his solo exhibition at MOT in 2020, when restrictions on ”moving” were inplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic. FUJIMAKI Yoshio’s masterpiece Scenes from the Sumidagawa River(1934) will also be on display, along with newly acquired works by KUSANAGI Shinpei, MITSUSHIMATakayuki, and Wataridori Keikaku [ASO Tomoko, TAKEUCHI Akiko] created for the “ MOT Satellite ”
exhibitions. We hope that by tracing the footsteps of artists from different eras and countries, the works
shown here will serve to enhance our perspective on the world, and the society in which we live.
The third floor, under the title “Eye to Eye,” focuses on different types of gaze, presenting the “paintedgaze ” in the works of artists including Alex KATZ, Roy LICHTENSTEIN, NAKAMURA Hiroshi andNAKAZONO Koji, and “involving gaze” in, for example, the sculptures and reliefs of TADA Minami andMonir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN using reflective materials. This section also covers a plethora oftechniques, with a special emphasis on looking and seeing, including the “camera eye” of MATSUE Taiji
capturing the workings of cities and nature around the world; and “critical gaze” directed on minutelandscape details by the video work of Maya WATANABE.

*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
ASAKURA Setsu, ANZAI Shigeo, KATSURA Yuki, KANOKOGI Takeshiro, KUSANAGI Shinpei, KUBOTA Shigeko,KURITA Koichi, SUZUKI Kenji, SUEMATSU Masaki, TADA Minami, NAKAZONO Koji, NAKANO Jun, NAKAMURAHiroshi, NARA Yoshitomo, BITO Yutaka, FUKUDA Naoyo, FUJIMAKI Yoshio, MATSUE Taiji, MATSUMOTOShunsuke, MITSUSHIMA Takayuki, MIYAWAKI Aiko, YANASE Masamu, Wataridori Keikaku [ASO Tomoko,TAKEUCHI Akiko], Anthony CARO, Olafur ELIASSON, Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN, Alex KATZ, RoyLICHTENSTEIN, Gerhard RICHTER, Andy WARHOL, Maya WATANABE and more
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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Highlights◼

The first floor presents works from the MOT collection on the theme of “Walking, Traveling, Moving.”
This diverse selection spans a century of art, starting with works related to the Great Kanto
Earthquake of 1923 such as KANOKOGI Takeshiro’s sketches: After the Great Kanto Earthquake,and moving on to FUJIMAKI Yoshio’s masterful Scenes from the Sumidagawa River, reportage
paintings from the postwar period, and Olafur ELIASSON’s Memories from the critical zone

(Germany–Poland–Russia–China–Japan no. 1-6), first presented at his solo exhibition at MOT in2020. This continuation of the exhibition will also mark the first showing of Eliasson’s Beyond-human resonator and KURITA Koichi’s PIECES OF THE EARTH as part of the MOT collection.
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The exhibition also features works added following the “MOT Satellite” shows organized from 2017to 2020 as part of the museum’s commitment to connecting with the surrounding community,including offerings from KUSANAGI Shinpei (2017), MITSUSHIMA Takayuki (2019), and Wataridori
Keikaku [ASO Tomoko, TAKEUCHI Akiko] (2020), and the first collection showing of NAKANO Jun’sSketches (1974–78), in the process shedding new light on places local to the museum such as
Kiyosumi-Shirakawa and Kiba.
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On the third floor, visitors are treated to a range of works from the collection, from paintings tosculptures, photographs and video, this time with a focus on “seeing.” This includes paintings byartists of all ages from Japan and further afield, and works by three female sculptors active in the1960s. A special feature of this section is the photography of MATSUE Taiji, while a work on videoby Maya WATANABE makes its first appearance as part of the MOT collection.

Information
Exhibition Period:

Saturday, 6 April – Sunday, 7 July 2024

Closed:Mondays (except 29 Apr, 6 May), 30 Apr, 7 May

Opening Hours:

10 AM - 6 PM (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, OKAMURA Keiko, TAMURA Mariko (MOT)

Also on view
Saeborg “I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU” / TSUDA Michiko “Life is Delaying”
Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2022-2024 Exhibition
Saturday, March 30 – Sunday, July 7, 2024
Ho Tzu Nyen: A for Agents

Saturday, April 6 – Sunday, July 7, 2024

Where My Words Belong

Thursday, April 18 – Sunday, July 7, 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 Special feature

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KANOKOGI Takeshiro,

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

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

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MITSUSHIMA Takayuki,

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

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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ASO Tomoko [Wataridori Keikaku],

Basho on the Banks of the Sumida River, 2020

4Wataridori Keikaku [ASO Tomoko, TAKEUCHI Akiko],

5 ANZAI Shigeo, Anthony Caro, "Sea Change", 1970Fukagawa Journey Series, 2020 / "MOT Collection: Walking,［Photographs for "CARO by ANZAï, 1992］

Traveling, Moving ―From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the1994, 2014

Present Special feature", 2023

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Photo: Masaru Yanagiba

KURITA Koichi, POYA DAY - 108 stones on the day offull moon, 1991-99
Photo: Shizune Shiigi

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Olafur ELIASSON, Beyond- human resonator, 2019

Photo: Kazuo Fukunaga © Olafur Eliasson

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FUKUDA Naoyo, Nine Stories #2, 2003

Photo: Ichiro Otani

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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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Eye to Eye

9 Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN, Heptagon,

102008 Photo: Shizune Shiigi

Photo: Norihiro Ueno

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NAKAMURA Hiroshi, Eye from Chiaroscuro, 2015-16

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NAKAZONO Koji, Post Human, 2007

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TADA Minami, Phase, 1989

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MATSUE Taiji, YOSEMITE 35140, 2023

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14 Maya WATANABE, Liminal, 2019

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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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