MOT Collection: Membrane of the Time / Special Feature | YOKOO Tadanori―Ever-Changing, Like Water / 100th Anniversary of Birth

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,700 artworks in its extensive collection, which spans 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.

On the 1st floor, works from the end of the 1980s onward will be presented under the title, “Membrane of the Time”. Starting with recently acquired works by MIKAMI Seiko, it introduces a diverse selection of works including those by ISHIHARA Tomoaki, HIRAKAWA Noritoshi, HOMMA Takashi, KAIHATSU Yoshiaki, KATO Mika, NAWA Kohei, MOMOSE Aya, HAN Ishu, Thomas DEMAND, FANG Lijun in an attempt to look at the changing concepts of the body and outlook on life that is observed there.

MIKAMI Seiko, [Suitcase (Yellow)] / World Membrane: Disposal Containers – Suitcases, 1992-93 MOT Collection, installation view Photo: Masaru Yanagiba

NAWA Kohei, PixCell-Deer #17, 2009 Photo: Nobutada OMOTE | Sandwich

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 appears in many of his rich variety of works. In addition, works by artists with a deep connection to Yokoo are presented.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy a series of large-scale paintings by Sam FRANCIS, of which this year marks his centennial.

Sam Francis — Sam 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

Artists

ISHIHARA Tomoaki, IBA Yasuko, UMEZAWA Kazuki, OZAWA Tsuyoshi, KAIHATSU Yoshiaki, KATO Mika, KANEUJI Teppei, CHIBA Masaya, NAWA Kohei, HAN Ishu, HIRAKAWA Noritoshi, FANG Lijun, FUKUDA Miran, HOMMA Takashi, MIKAMI Seiko, MURASE Kyoko, MOMOSE Aya, YOKOO Tadanori, Thomas DEMAND, Sam FRANCIS, David HOCKNEY, Jasper JOHNS, Andy WARHOL Tom WESSELMANN and more.

Information

Exhibition Period: Saturday, 15 Jul – Sunday, 5 Nov, 2023

Closed: Mondays (except 17 Jul., 18 Sep., 9 Oct.) and 18 Jul., 19 Sep., 10 Oct.

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

Curated by: OKAMURA Keiko, MIZUTA Yuko, CHINZEI Yoshimi, FUJII Aki (MOT)

For more information, please visit https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/