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Exhibition Catalogs

Contains catalogs of exhibits and other events the Japan Foundation has hosted or co-hosted.

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• Fiscal Twelvemonth 2020-2021
• Fiscal Year 2019-2020
• Fiscal Year 2018-2019
• Fiscal Year 2017-2018
• Fiscal Year 2015-2016
• Fiscal Yr 2014-2015
• Fiscal Twelvemonth 2011-2012
• Fiscal Year 2009-2010
• Fiscal Yr 2008-2009
• Financial Twelvemonth 2007-2008
• Fiscal Year 2006-2007
• Fiscal Year 2005-2006
• Fiscal Year 2004-2005

Financial Year 2020-2021

Contemporary Artist Series Exhibition Written report Transphere 2016-2020

This is a bilingual report of the exhibition series Contemporary Artists Series <Transphere> held at the Nippon Cultural Plant in Paris from 2016 to 2020. Each of the seven exhibitions that introduced various genres, including the visual arts, architecture, and fashion, is presented with the views of the installations and texts by many specialists, including the curator of this series, Ms. Okabe Aomi.

Financial Year 2019-2020

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art

The catalog of the exhibition "The Life of Animals in Japanese Fine art," held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2019. This catalog offers a sweeping exploration of animals in Japanese art and civilisation across sixteen centuries with nearly 300 works of art.

The Tale of Genji A Japanese Archetype Illuminated

The catalog published in conjunction with "The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Archetype Illuminated,'' on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Tale of Genji is recognized every bit the earth's kickoff novel, and has influenced all forms of Japanese artistic expression. The publication illuminated its wide-ranging influence on Japanese civilization, design, and aesthetics.

Fiscal Year 2018-2019

Transphère #five Tomoko Yoneda—Dialogue avec Albert Camus

The catalog of the exhibition "Transphère #v Tomoko Yoneda—Dialogue with Albert Camus", from March 28 to June 2, 2018 at the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris, including not merely essays by the artist and the curator, but also a text by Marta Gili, Manager of the Jeu de Paume.
Curator: Aomi Okabe, Artistic Director of Exhibitions of Transphere serial at the MCJP

Fukami Immersion in the Art and Aesthetics of Nihon

Exhibition catalog which is published on the occasion of Japonismes 2018 "Fukami Immersion in the Art and Aesthetics of Japan" at Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild (from July 14 to August 21, 2018).
- 200 pages
- Colored illustrations and Exhibition views
- Accompanying essays (Curator: Yuko Hasegawa,
Philosopher: Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Fine art historians: Nobuo Tsuji and others)
- French and English language
- Published by Editions Flammarion

Tadao Ando : Le Défi

Tadao Ando (b. 1947) is a Japanese architect, known internationally for his mastering of lite, his minimalist contructions, the formalism of his plans and his geometric compositions. Rewarded many times, including by the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1995, he works on many awe-inspiring projects, including the museum of the Pinault Drove, in the former Bourse de Commerce of Paris. Exhibition catalog which is published on the occasion of Japonismes 2018 "Tadao Ando: Le Défi" at Center Pompidou, Oct 10 - Dec 31, 2018.

YU-ICHI INOUE 1916-1985 -La calligraphie libérée

Exhibition itemize which is published on the occasion of Japonismes 2018 "YU-ICHI INOUE 1916-1985 -The Liberation of Calligraphy " at la Maison de la civilization du Japon à Paris (from July fourteen to September 15, 2018) and Musée Toulouse-Lautrec (from September 29 to December 17, 2018).

Foujita, Œuvres d'une vie (1886-1968)

The itemize of the exhibition "Foujita, Works of a life (1886–1968)" in Paris, at la Maison de la civilization du Japon à Paris from January xvi to March 16, 2019.
This exhibition is organized as part of Japonismes 2018 ,
the cultural event commemorating the 160 years of friendship betwixt Nippon and France.
This exhibition itemize features all images of exhibited 36 works, texts of selected works and essays of curators, Yoko Hayashi (Fine art historian) and Sophie Krebs (Master Curator at Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris) and others.

Ryoji Ikeda | continuum

Composer and visual artist, Ryoji Ikeda (1964 -) is a prominent effigy in Japanese electronic music. His creations invite listeners to experience immersion in a world mingling sound, image, infinite, perceptive phenomena and mathematical equations. Exhibition catalog which is published on the occasion of Japonismes 2018 "Ryoji Ikeda | continuum" at Eye Pompidou, June 15 - Baronial 27 2018.

Jakuchû le Royaume coloré des êtres vivants

The catalog of the exhibition "Jakuchû le Royaume coloré des êtres vivants" at Petit Palais in Paris, from September 15 to October 14, 2018.
This exhibition is organized as part of Japonismes 2018 , the cultural upshot commemorating the 160 years of friendship between Japan and France.
The curators of the exhibition are Aya Ōta, Chief Curator of the Museum of Imperial Collections (Sannomaru Shōzōkan) and Manuela Moscatiello, in charge of the Japanese drove at the Musée Cernuschi in Paris.

Jômon – Naissance de l'art dans le Japon préhistorique

The itemize of the exhibition "Jomon - Nativity of art in prehistoric Nippon" in Paris, la Maison de la civilization du Japon à Paris from October 17 to December 8, 2018. This exhibition was organized as office of Japonismes 2018, the cultural consequence commemorating the 160 years of friendship betwixt Nihon and France. This exhibition catalog features all of images and texts on exhibited 64 works and essays of curators, Masayuki Harada (Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan), Yoshiya Shinagawa (Tokyo National Museum) and others.

PALAIS 27 (The mag of the Palais de Tokyo)

Quarterly magazine of Palais de Tokyo, a contemporary creation center in Paris. The magazine is devoting its issue to the exhibition "Another banana day for the dream-fish", presented at this center from June 22 to September 9, 2018.
This exhibition was co-organized with the Japan Foundation equally part of Japonismes 2018, the cultural event commemorating the 160 years of friendship between Japan and French republic.

Financial Yr 2017-2018

Transphère #3 Rei Naito—émotions de croire

The itemize of the exhibition "Transphère #three Rei Naito—the emotion of berief", from January 25 to March 18, 2017 at the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris. "the emotion of conventionalities" was the new installation of Rei Naito, an artist who has built an international reputation with her minimalist and conceptual creations.
Curator: Aomi Okabe, Artistic Director of Exhibitions of Transphere series at the MCJP

Transphère #4 keisuke kanda + ANREALAGE ANOFUKU—Le vêtement réinventé

The catalog of the exhibition "Transphère #four keisuke kanda + ANREALAGE ANOFUKU—Le vêtement réinventé", from September 6 to October 28, 2017 at the Maison de la civilisation du Japon à Paris. The exhibition focuses on the meeting of two of the most innovative fashion designers in Japan.
Curator: Maholo Uchida, Caput of the "Development of exhibition projects" at The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)

"Yōga: Modern Western Paintings of Nihon" Exhibition Catalog

The Japan Foundation co-organized the exhibition "Yōga: Mod Western Paintings of Japan" in Taipei Metropolis, Taiwan with the Museum of National Taipei University of Education, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, and the Japan Fine art Dealers Association. This exhibition catalog features color plates of the exhibits and essays to explore the history of commutation among Japanese and Taiwanese artists in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras and the development of modern art in the region.

Fiscal Year 2015-2016

Transphère #1 Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi—Paysages Fertiles

Manabe and Ishibashi accept been innovating artistically by making use of technological developments. The catalog of the exhibition "Transphère #1 Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi—Fertile Landscapes", from March 16 to May 7, 2016 at the Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris.
Curator: Aomi Okabe, Artistic Director of Exhibitions of Transphere series at the MCJP
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Transphère #2 Atelier Bow-Wow et Didier Fiuza Faustino—La Maison Magique

The catalog of the exhibition "Transphère #ii Atelier Bow-Wow and Didier Fiuza Faustino—The Magical House", from June 8 to July thirty, 2016 at the Maison de la civilization du Japon à Paris. These architects have emerged to bring a fresh wait to the definitions of compages hitherto established.
Curator: Hou Hanru, Creative Director, The National Museum of XXI Century Arts - MAXXI, Rome, Italian republic

Sōtatsu: Making Waves exhibition

The Japan Foundation, in cooperation with the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Asian art museums at the Smithsonian Institution, organizes the Sōtatsu: Making Waves exhibition focusing on the works by this Japanese artist of the early Edo period.
This exhibition catalog includes diverse works by Sōtatsu and his circumvolve of painters, along with modern era paintings from the 1910s onwards (Taishō and later eras) that were influenced by Sōtatsu.

Fiscal Twelvemonth 2014-2015

Asian Art Biennale People's republic of bangladesh 2014

Written report on Japan's official participation to the Asian Fine art Biennale Bangladesh 2014, held in Dhaka in December 2014. The participation of the curator and the artists was organized past the Japan Foundation.

RUN & Learn Projects & Art Guide

RUN & Larn: New Curatorial Constellations was a curatorial development programme that the Japan Foundation organized in four Southeast Asian countries equally role of the cultural cooperation program in visual arts during the fiscal years 2013 and 2014. This set of four books reports individual art projects carried out in respective countries equally a result of this programme, and also introduces the current fine art scene in Southeast Asia, which is in the midst of rapid change.

Fiscal Year 2011-2012

The Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibitions

The Japan Foundation has assembled traveling exhibitions from its own collection of artworks and actively sends them to foreign countries. Traveling exhibitions may consist of works in areas such as ceramics, photographs, paintings, crafts, and Japanese dolls. Approximately 20 permanent traveling exhibitions are on the road throughout the year, appearing in over 100 museums and cultural facilities and, as introductions to the breath of Japanese culture and art, take been received with rave reviews everywhere.These traveling exhibitions are co-organized past the Japan Foundation and diplomatic missions away, with the cooperation of the fine art galleries, museums and cultural organizations in each country.

Fiscal Year 2009-2010

Twist and Shout: Contemporary fine art from Nippon

This is a catalog of the first large-scale exhibition of gimmicky fine art from Japan held in Thailand. Exhibited pop art works of 17 artists representing Japan in the 2000s are printed in total colour.

YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2008 TIME CREVASSE

This book contains a list of all artworks exhibited in the YOKOHAMATriennale 2008, texts by the team of curators, and photographs and texts by artists.

YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2008 Guide Book

This is the official guidebook of the Yokohama Triennale 2008, summing up the information of all artists participated in the Triennale and all venues deployed around the master venue Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall.

Cute New World

Catalog of the exhibition "Cute New World: Contemporary Visual Culture from Nihon", an exhibition Commemorating the xxx-fifth anniversary of the normalization of Nippon-Communist china relations. It gives an overview of 34 creative people of a variety of fields, from media art, compages, and manner to manga and anime, besides every bit contemporary fine art.

Cubism in asia

a catalog of showroom of works from Nippon, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to review asian modern fine art and to testify show how cubism, European art tendency started in early 20th century in Paris, was accepted and changed in asian countries.

Rapt! twenty contemporary artists from Japan

Catalog of "Rapt!－xx contemporary artists from Japan－," an ambitious program of exhibitions, residencies and public events showcasing contemporary Japanese art in australia.

Fiscal Year 2005-2006

Visions of the Trunk 2005

Itemize of the exhibition "Visions of the Body 2005" at Seoul Museum of fine art, text in both Japanese and Korean.

26 Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo

This is a land-by-country catalog in English and Portuguese of the 26th Sao Paulo Biennale, one of the biggest international exhibits of modern fine art since 1951.Works of Susumu Miyazaki, an exhibited artist, are listed.

Living Together is Like shooting fish in a barrel

a catalog of Living Together is Easy exhibited at Contemporary fine art Gallery, art Tower Mito from January 24 to March 28, 2004.

The 11th Triennale INDIa

Exhibition catalog of the 11th Triennale Republic of india in which artists from twoscore countries in the globe as well equally India participated.

Report on an international symposium Cubism in asia 2005

Report on an international symposium held in relation to the exhibit Cubism in asia in which 77 works of 53 artists from eleven asian countries including Nippon were exhibited and artists and their activities during a catamenia when cubism was accepted in asian countries and areas were introduced.

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