Calligraphy (Shodo)—a pillar of Japanese culture and art. Through the calligraphy of representative works by KAKINUMA Koji, this exhibition will probe the questions “What is contemporary calligraphy?” and “What are the artistic and creative aspects of calligraphy?” Kakinuma, who considers himself a “person, artist, and calligrapher,” has called calligraphy an artistic medium “expressing the now with sincerity, freshness and vitality, while drawing from roots in the classics.” We will present the world of Kakinuma Koji, who approaches calligraphy as a contemporary expressive means, without fear of its venerable history.
Upcoming
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Nov 23,2013 - Sat - Mar 2,2014 - Sun
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Our lives are circumscribed by borders—of gender, nationality, and ethnicity. While often a cause of friction, isolation, and exclusion, borders are also a means of knowing how we see the world and expanding our own world. This exhibition will display works from the museum’s collection in an endeavor to show, through art expression, the character of borders not as a cause of “division” but as a means of “connection” and broadening our horizons.Sep 28,2013 - Sat - Mar 16,2014 - Sun
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Traveling freely between documentary and fiction, Fiona TAN creates video and photographic artworks with richly poetic visual language. Weaving together the abstract fragments of time and space inhabiting human memory, she produces a new image.Aug 3,2013 - Sat - Nov 10,2013 - Sun
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Through the nomadic seafaring lifestyle of the Badjao people, this exhibition will enable us to share the historical and cultural background of “marginalization” and newly understand the character of our contemporary world.Aug 3,2013 - Sat - Nov 10,2013 - Sun