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| 23 JULY 2014 |
| JAPANESE ART AND FASHION CELEBRATED AT QAGOMA THIS SUMMER |
The Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) will present a program of exhibitions celebrating contemporary Japanese art and fashion this summer.
In addition to The obliteration room (2002 – present), the ever-popular ‘dot’ installation by world-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama showing in GOMA’s Children’s Art Centre from 6 December, QAGOMA will present significant collection-based exhibitions including ‘Hanga: Modern Japanese Prints’ (16 August – 8 March) and ‘We can make another future: Japanese art after 1989’ (6 September – 21 September, 2015), the third in the Gallery’s series of country specific projects following ‘The China Project’ (2009) and ‘Unnerved: The New Zealand Project’ (2010), as well as the much anticipated exhibition ‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion’ (1 November – 15 February, 2015).
QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said the upcoming program over summer demonstrated the Gallery’s ongoing commitment to Japanese contemporary art and culture.
‘Audiences have an unparalleled opportunity to access a vast array of works ranging from exquisite wood block prints by leading proponents of the sõsaku-hanga (creative print) movement through to contemporary sculpture, video and sound installations as well as a comprehensive survey of over 100 garments and accessories, curated by world-renowned fashion historian Akiko Fukai,’ he said.
The program also draws into focus the significant role benefaction plays in the development of QAGOMA’s collection and highlights many works that could not have been acquired without the support of QAGOMA Foundation members.
‘The Myer Family’s support of The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art, a legacy of the Gallery’s Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) and individuals benefactors such as Mrs Win Schubert AO and Mr James Sourris AM are acknowledged amongst those who have generously contributed to developing the Gallery’s extraordinary holdings of contemporary Japanese art,’ said Mr Saines.
QAGOMA’s Japanese Summer includes:
- O (2009), a beautiful and thought-provoking video and sound installation by Japanese-born, London-based Hiraki Sawa. O considers cycles of time and movement through immersive central Australian imagery and for the first time since its highly successful presentation in APT6, is showing at GOMA until 15 February, 2015.
- ‘Hanga: Modern Japanese Prints’ (QAG) explores the texture, colour and innovation of Japanese printmaking from the 1960s to the present. The exhibition showcases printmakers working in a variety of techniques and styles, including innovators such as Kiyoshi Saitõ, as well as artists known in broader contemporary art contexts such as Tõkõ Shinoda, Tadanori Yokoo and Masami Teraoka, from 16 August – 8 March, 2015.
- ‘We can make another future’ (GOMA) profiles the depth and breadth of QAGOMA’s collection of contemporary Japanese art, including much-loved works such as Kohei Nawa’s glass bauble-encrusted PixCell-Double Deer#4 (2010), Takahiro Iwasaki’s floating wooden temple Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss) (2010-12), Yayoi Kusama’s immersive, mirrored installation Soul under the moon (2002) and large-scale, vibrantly coloured Flowers that bloom at midnight (2011). The exhibition also includes works by leading Japanese artists Takashi Murakami, Yasumasa Morimura, Yoshitomo Nara and Masami Teraoka, 6 September, 2014 – 21 September, 2015.
- The summer of ‘Japanese cool’ heightens with ‘Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion’ (GOMA) opening on 1 November – 15 February, 2015. Tickets are now on sale for the exhibition which explores the innovative and influential developments in Japanese fashion from the early 1980s to the present. Along with iconic garments by pioneering fashion figures such as Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto, ‘Future Beauty’ will showcase designs by innovators Junya Watanabe and Jun Takahashi and garments by the next generation including Tao Kurihara, Taro Horiuchi, Matohu, Akira Naka, Mikio Sakabe, Somarta, Né-net and mintdesigns.
- The Children’s Art Centre (GOMA) will present Yayoi Kusama’s The obliteration room (2002 – present) from 6 December, 2014 – 22 March, 2015.
Tickets for ‘Future Beauty’ are now available online for pre purchase. Adults $21.50, concession $17.50, including booking fees. All other exhibitions are free.
For more information, visit www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/upcoming.
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Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
1 November, 2014 – 15 February, 2015 | Gallery of Modern Art
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| Kohei Nawa / Japan b.1975 / PixCell-Double Deer#4 2010 / Mixed media / Purchased 2010 with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery. Nobuyoshi Araki / Japan b.1940 / Koki No Shashin: Photographs of a Seventy-Year-Old 2010 / RP Direct photographs on Fuji Crystal paper, ed. of 10 / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art / Purchased 2014 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / © Nobuyoshi Araki / Courtesy: Taka Ishii Gallery. Yayoi Kusama / Japan b.1929 / Flowers that bloom at midnight 2011 / Fibreglass-reinforced plastic, urethane paint, metal frame / Purchased 2012 with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery. |
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