December 28, 2016

Yokohama Museum of Art Collection2016 Part 3I. Showa Portraits:
Tracing the People and History of the Showa Era through Photography
II. The Visual Revolution of the Machine Age:
Photography and Film between the World WarsThe Yokohama Museum of Art is proud to present theexhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art: Collection 2016 Part 3 from
Wednesday, January 4 to Tuesday, February 28, 2017.
In conjunction with The photographic works of Kishin
Shinoyama “Picture power,” we present a special large-scale exhibit ofphotographs.
As the center of photographic technology, which was first
introduced from the West in the late 19th century, Yokohama played an
extremely important role in the birth of photography in Japan. And beingthat it was established in the same city, the Yokohama Museum of Art
places a strong emphasis on collecting photographic works among adiverse range of artistic genres. Today, photographs account for morethan 4,200 of the approximately 12,000 works in the museum
collection. And the fact that when the facility opened in 1989 it wasthe first public museum to create a permanent gallery devoted

Berenice ABBOTTWest Side, Looking North from Upper Sky
1935
gelatin silver print, 33.5×26.0cm

solely to photography exemplifies the museum’s policy. This
exhibition is notable as our first attempt to present a large numberof photographic works from the collection at the same time in all of
the museum’s galleries.
The exhibition consists of two sections. The first,“Showa Portraits: Tracing the People and History of the Showa
Era through Photography,” looks back at photographs from theShowa Period (1926-1989), which lasted for over 60 years. We
return to this tumultuous time, which formed the foundation
for Japan’s current social structure and living environmentby examining a group of portraits depicting figures frommany different fields who made their mark on the era, andpictures of landscapes and customs that are reflective the period.

MOROOKA Koji
Off-street Ginza in the Afternoon (from the “Tokyo GinzaSeries”)
1937
gelatin silver print, 20.0×29.7cm
donated by the artist

The second section, “The Visual Revolution of the Machine Age: Photography and Film between
the World Wars,” focuses on Western photographic expressions from the first half of the 20th century. During
this era, many types of photographic art, marked by an acute vision, which can only be likened to a “MachineEye,” emerged simultaneously throughout the world. In this exhibit, we look at film, a visual medium that had
just been born at the time, as well as works from other genres with common points.
By introducing more than 400 works from the museum’s photography collection all at once, wehope to provide viewers with an opportunity to savor the multifaceted charms of a medium that has evolved
while constantly wavering between documentary and art.

Left:
KUWABARA Kineo
Kamakura Seaside
1934
gelatin silver print, 30.0×45.4cm
Right:SHIBUYA Ryukichi
Advertisement for CRÈME DE LAIT
1936
gelatin silver print, 30.3×25.3cm

ISHIKAWA Mao, OKINAWA SOUL – Philippines Dancer, 1977
gelatin silver print, 27.3×38.1cm
In the 1970s, I worked at a bar where the customers were mostly Americansoldiers. Ten years later, I went back there. The only Okinawan working there
was the female manager; the hostesses had all been replaced the Philippine
women.
I soon made friends with the Philippine dancers. I often visited them at theirapartment.
They all worked hard to send money home. Most of them had a dream ofmarrying a rich American soldier and moving to the United States, and thenhave their whole family move to the United States.
I became close especially to Marlene, the best dancer there from Manila andJovy, a cheerful girl from the countryside.
Several years later, Jovy did marry an American civilian worker and is back atKadena Base, Okinawa. Marlene married a black soldier, but I don't know herwhereabouts.

Left:
Berenice ABBOTT
Flatiron1938
gelatin silver print, 34.7×27.3cm
Right:
Dziga VERTOVChelovek s kinoapparatom(Man With A Movie Camera)
1929
Video (transferred from 16mm film/original: 35mm film)

Outline
The Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art Collection 2016 Part 3Dates:

January 4 (Wed.) - February 28 (Tue.), 2017

Open hours:

10:00-18:00*Open until 16:00 on February 23 (Thu.), 2017
*Open until 20:30 on February 24 (Fri.), 2017

*Admission until 30 minutes before closing.
Closed:Thursdays*Except January 5 and February 23, 2017

Organizer:

Yokohama Museum of Art

TicketAdults¥500 ( ¥400)University and high school students¥300 ( ¥240)

Junior high school students¥100 ( 1¥80)Children under 12Free*( )＝Group of 20 or more (pre-booking required)*Free Admission for high school and younger student with valid ID on every Saturday.
*Visitors with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.
(Please present a certificate at the entrance.)*Collection gallery is available with a ticket of Special Exhibition.
*Contact
Ms. Miyano, Ms. Fujii, Ms. Ichikawa
Public Relations, Yokohama Museum of Art
3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama. 220-0012 JAPAN
TEL:+81(0)45 221 0319

FAX:+81(0)45 221 0317

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