Okamoto Taro – The 100th Anniversary of His Birth

About the Exhibition

In the first half of the 20th century, development in international sea lanes and railway networks brought overseas travel into the limelight as a new type of entertainment that attracted much interest. For travel campaigns, graphic designers produced posters, pictorial magazines and travel brochures showing scenery and customs of Japan and Asia to invite people to travel. Presenting such materials, this exhibition will look back on the Oriental images created there.

Catalogue

About the Sections

Prologue: Non!

Chapter 1: Confrontation with Picasso – The Paris Period
Chapter 2: Confrontation with “Pretty” Art – Polarism
Chapter 3: Confrontation with “Wabi-Sabi” – Rediscovering Japan
Chapter 4: Confrontation with ”Progress and Harmony for Mankind” – Osaka Expo ’70
Chapter 5: Confrontation with the War – Tomorrow’s Mythology
Chapter 6: Confrontation with the Consumer Society – Public Art, Design, and Mass Media
Chapter 7: Confrontation with Okamoto Taro
Epilogue: The Spirit of Okamoto Taro Inherited

Hours & Admissions

Location

Art Museum Special Exhibition Gallery (1F)

Date

2011.3.8(Tue)-5.8(Sun)

Time

10:00-17:00 (Friday is 10:00-17:00)
*Last admission is 30 minutes before closing

Closed

Closed on Mondays (except March 21, 28, April 4 and May 2) and March 22, 2011

Admission

Day ticket (Advance ticket / Group of 20 persons or more)
Adults: 1,300 (1,100 / 900)
College / University students: 900 (800 / 600)
High school students: 400 (300 / 200)

*All prices include tax.
*Advance ticket: sale from November 18, 2010 through March 7, 2011.
*Middle school age and under 15 are free of charge.
*Including the admission fee for Morphology of Emptiness and Permanent Collection.
*Persons with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.

Organizers

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
NHK
NHK Promotions, Inc.

Special Cooperation

Taro Okamoto Memorial Foundation for the Promotion of Contemporary Art

Sponsor

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited

Cooperation

NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.

Media enquiries

Public Relations Okamoto Taro Exhibition
Prap Japan, Inc.
(Totate International Bldg., 2-12-19 Shibuya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8343)
Phone: 03-4570-3192
Fax: 03-3486-6863