Term :
September 17- November 27, 2011
Closed :
Every Tuesday
Museum hours :
10 a.m. – 8 p.m. (No admission after 7:30 p.m.)
Entrance fees :
Adults 1000yen(800yen)
University/high school students: 500yen(400yen)
Junior high/elementary school students: 300yen(200yen)
*Junior high/elementary school students in Kumamoto city, Fukuoka city, Kagoshima city: Free (With current ID). Parentheses indicate reduced price for groups which in more than 20 people, (Only for adults and university/high school students.).
*The reduced price is also available for those who are physically or mentally handicapped and for people over 65 years of age in Kumamoto city, Fukuoka city, Kagoshima city.
** October 12 is free admission for anniversary commemorating opening.
Venue :
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto GalleryⅠ,Ⅱ.
Organizer by :
Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Art and Culture Promotion Foundation, Kumamoto Nichinichi Press, Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Cooperated by :
Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education, Kumamoto City Board of Education, Kumamoto Ken Bunka Kyokai (Cultural Association of Kumamoto), Kumamoto Ken Bizyutuka Renmei (Artists' Union of Kumamoto), Kumamoto Kokusai Kankou Convention Kyokai, NHK Kumamoto, FM-Kumamoto, FM791, JCN Kumamoto
Supported by :
YAMAMOTO GENDAI
This exhibition is organized in collaboration with Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
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Kumamoto Contemporary Art Museum (CAMK) presents an exhibition of Motohiko Odani, working actively in various artistic fields. This is first significant and large scale exhibition of his work to be held in Kyusyu.
Odani Motohiko has created a body of work using diverse techniques and materials that undermines the conventional notions of sculpture. His unique style of expression and aesthetic sense have won him acclaim both in Japan and abroad, and in 2003 he was selected as one of the artists to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale.
Odani's works on the themes of physical sensations and psychological states, such as pain and fear, awaken latent thoughts and emotions in their viewers. A dress made of hair, an animal in a restraining device, a mysterious young girl, a samurai's wraith-like emaciated horse: The complex images in the works defy single interpretations and possess an ominous charm that exists somewhere between beauty and ugliness, life and death and the spiritual and the secular. Odani, who possesses a keenly critical understanding of sculpture, has resisted (or taken advantage of) the medium's conventional image of weightiness or substance. Instead, he has given physical representation to “phantoms” - entirely ephemeral sensations or amorphous phenomena. In this exhibition, we explore the essence of Odani's art, bringing together works from early in his 10-year career to the present. Also included are a large interactive installation - a kind of “video sculpture” - and new works exploring natural forces such as gravity and rotation. With Odani's artworks transcending the conventional idea of sculpture and seeking to give visual representation to existence itself, this exhibition pursues new possibilities for artistic expression.
This exhibition tour has started in last November from Mori Art Museum (Tokyo) and travel for one year. In final place, Kumamoto, will adds new works and reconstruct the plan for our own space. We look forward to see you at CAMK! |
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Motohiko Odani
Born 1972 in Kyoto. Received an MFA (1997) from Tokyo University of the Arts and Music. Odani has been included in numerous international exhibitions, including the Japan Pavilion of the Venice Biennale (2003), Lyon Biennale (2000), the Istanbul Biennale (2001) and the Gwangju Biennale (2002).
Major solo exhibitions include “Phantom Limb” (P-House), “Modification” (Kirin Plaza, Osaka, 2004) and “Odani Motohiko / Hollow”(Maison Hermes, 2009-2010). Major group exhibitions include “Ground Zero Japan” (Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, 1999), “Skin of/in Contemporary Art” (National Museum of Art, Osaka, 2007) and “Bye Bye Kitty!!!: Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art” (Japan Society , New York, 2011). |
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Installation in Mori Art Museum
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: Mori Art Museum |
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Dying Slave: Spinning, 2009
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: Mori Art Museum |
Phantom-Limb, 1997
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo |
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SP extra: Malformed Noh Mask Series San Yûjo,2008
Private collection
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo |
When I go to see my doctor,1994
Collection: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Photo courtesy: YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo |
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ERECTRO (Bambi),2003
Collection: Toshiko Ferrier
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo |
SP2: New Born (Viper A),2007
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo |
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Inferno,2011
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art |
No. 44,2010
Photo: Kioku Keizo
Photo courtesy: Mori Art Museum |
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 Artist Talk |
| Motohiko Odani talks about his own works. |
| Date: |
September 17 (sat) |
| Time: |
14:00-15:30 |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Talk Session -Motohiko Odani and Kiyoshi Kurosawa- |
Motohiko Odani (Artist, Sculptor) , Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Film director)
Odani Motohiko and Kiyoshi Kurosawab talk about their works and the future of video and filem works. |
| Date: |
November 3 (Thu.) |
| Time: |
14:00-15:30 |
| place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| CAMK Lecture Collage |
| Exhibition curator, Aki Ashida (Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto) talks about this exhibition. |
| Date: |
October 23 (sun) |
| Time: |
14:00-15:30 |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Expectant Mother's Tour + Family Tour |
| Let's enjoy the exhibition with family or friends.
While enjoying the museum art, we will show you convenient facilities for future mothers such as the nursing room or play space for children. This offer is children aged 0-6 years accompanied by adults. |
| Date: |
October 1 (Sat.) |
| Time: |
10:30-11:30 |
| Place: |
Exhibition Space |
| Admission: |
Entrance ticket is required. |
| Capacity: |
7 groups (bookings required) |
| Guide: |
Curator of CAMK |
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| Guided Tours |
| Curator introduces the exhibition’s highlights. |
| Date: |
On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Talks aren't held on September 17, October 10, 23 and November 3. |
| Time: |
15:00-15:30 |
| Meeting place: |
Entrance of gallery |
| Admission: |
Entrance ticket is required. |
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| CAMK 9th Anniversary Commemorative Lecture |
| Seiichi Sawada (Picture Book Critic, Former editor at Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers) |
| Date: |
October 10 (Mon.) |
| Time: |
14:00- |
| place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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Toru Iwashita (SankaiJuku) Performance and Workshop
cooperated by KAbuRA |
| Performance |
| Date: |
November 12 (Sat.) |
| Time: |
14:00- |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Workshop |
| Date: |
November 13 (Sun.) |
| Time: |
14:00- |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
| Capacity: |
15 (bookings required)
* This workshop is for high school students or older. |
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| CAMK Yomigatari |
| Storytelling Hours for Kids. |
| Date: |
September 24 (Sat.), October 15 (Sat.) |
| Time: |
11:30-12:00 |
| Place: |
Kids Salon |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Ohanasi Tamatebako LIVE vol.11 |
Recital of Literary Works.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Rashõmon, Nankichi Niimi's Gon, the Little Fox, and Gawataro from Kumamoto Folk Tale |
| Reciters: |
Shiro Honda and Emi Fukushima, RKK Announcers |
| Date: |
October 30 (Sun.) |
| Time: |
14:00-14:45 |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Poetry Reading |
| “Shitakiri-suzume” by Gekidan Palette |
| Date: |
(1) September 22 (Thu.) (2) October 27 (Thu.) (3) November 24 (Thu.) |
| Theme: |
(1) Wind (2)Soul and Form (3) Name |
| Time: |
18:00- |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Monday Movies |
| Date&Time: Twice on Monday, 14:00~, 18:00~ |
| Place: 5F Art Loft |
| Admission: |
Free |
| Music Wave |
| We would like to introduce various music players throughout the year. |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Home Gallery Concert |
| Concerts daily in the home gallery at 7 p.m. |
| Admission: |
Free |
| Piano Concerts by volunteer staffs of CAMK |
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