#MoMAT

[garadinervi]

Hiromu Hara, Development of Abstract Painting, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, June 7 – July 13, 1959 [Moravská galerie, Brně]

[aremac101]

February 11, 2024 / Kitanomaru Park Tokyo

[deasbanker]

Weekend treat: revisit MOMAT for a new exhibition dedicated to haniwa and dogu and learn about the modern history of such earthenware and its influence on the Japanese society!

19/10/2024

It had been a year since I went to this art museum called MOMAT, which stands for National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, located right in front of The Imperial Palace, for the exhibition devoted to Japanese important cultural properties; then, I came to be fond of Japanese modern art.

So, I visited a new show focusing on dogu and haniwa, both of which are widely considered as the symbols of Japanese fundamental culture, for this time.

Personally, I prefer dogu to haniwa in terms of design for no specific reason, but I might have been influenced by a series of lectures on Taro Okamoto, a Japanese modern artist and an advocate of the theory of Jomon pottery, in college. Whenever I see Jomon pottery, I get amazed at the fact that people from the 10th century B.C. did intend to embellish earthenware like we do today.

According to the captions, those above were assumed to be made in the 500s. Once I came across them, I got interested in terms that both of them were wearing hats and found that rather cute. I gradually understood why so many people tended to like haniwa better; and I came up with the idea that haniwa and Japanese mascots had a lot in common.

The works above were by the Japanese photographer Ken Domon（1909-1990）, who is one of my favorite photographers. He is well-know for photographs of statues of buddha and temples in Kyoto. I was a bit surprised at those covers/photos because they were slightly far from his typical attitude toward photography; Domon wouldn't rely on such visual effects as double exposure but to pursue something from objects in themselves. Therefore, if you keep staring at his pictures, you might come to see something intangible, spiritual from them.

Getting back on track, I learned about how haniwa had affected the Japanese citizens and been utilized for WWⅠ, which I hadn't heard of before. Also, many Japanese artists in the 20th century had been so inspired by them that they were keen to create pieces of art themed on haniwa in a variety of ways. There was a poem about them printed on the wall at the venue.

You were born directly out of the earth, being a human before mankind appeared Because Gods couldn't give you finishing touches, you can boast your beauty in simplicity and health You can accommodate the universe from the poem "Haniwa" by Shuntaro Tanikawa

Haniwa at large have three holes for the eyes and mouth; these characteristics might be regarded as possibility of absorbing anything around them through the holes from a poet's perspective. The holes, or lacking parts, are supposed to be fulfilled with all things in nature in the first place, I reckon. Haniwa can digest things regardless of what they need for living, because the holes don't have lids to rule out unlike humans, which I find worth learning from. That's so profound.

[blackmo0n]

[stochastique-blog]

Here we go

・ ・ 『没後50年 鏑木清方展』行った。 ・ 人物画だけど背景で人の生活や気持ちが理解できる。 鏑木清方の優しさがとても伝わってくる素敵な時間だった。 MoMATコレクションも当然観た。 コレクションはフラッシュなしで動画ではなければ撮影OKなのがいい！ ・ #鏑木清方 #KiyokataKaburaki ・ #日本画 #Nihonga #美人画 #Bijinga #風俗画 #Genrepainting ・ #明治 #Meiji #大正 #Taisho #昭和 #Showa ・ #アート #Art #東京国立近代美術館 #MoMAT #TheNationalMuseumofModernArtTokyo ・ #北の丸公園 #KitanomaruPark #東京 #tokyo #日本 #nippon ・ #instaart #artstagram #instagood #instapic (東京国立近代美術館) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdAYHhVrOEi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[diary-changyichen]

中平卓馬 《サーキュレーション―日付、場所、行為》 1971年

日曜日

[the-everqueen]

wip tag game

tagged by @two-hands-toward-the-sun. i have...more wips than i remember at any given time, and i just peck at whichever one when the spirit moves me (usually when i'm procrastinating actual work). currently there's eight active in the rotation, with another handful that are more conceptual/bits and pieces i want to come back to later.

Sandman

Lucienne takes the Corinthian for walkies: this is in response to a Valentines day prompt @two-hands-toward-the-sun sent me, "going on a platonic date and being mistaken for a couple." Dream weaponized his sad wet eyes at Luce to make her take some PTO and also provide some enrichment for his recreated masterpiece. they go to the MOMAT

As though attuned to her thoughts, the Corinthian hangs back at a respectable distance—not out of sight, but perhaps out of mind, if she wished. When Lucienne frowns at him, trying to discern whether this is some kind of trick, he makes a show of fiddling with the audio guide, head turned away as he hooks the piece over his ear.

does your husband know the way the sunlight gleams on your wedding ring: Corinthian/Calliope fic in the period between Orpheus and Calliope & Dream's divorce. once again, a woman takes Coco out for her idea of a good time and proves literally anyone else would be a better owner for the Corinthian than Dream.

He means to retreat. He doesn’t think she’s noticed him, and he wouldn’t impose on her privacy. Calliope was always nice to him. But grief smells like weakness, and a Muse’s grief smells different from that of the humans he stalks in dreams, wearing the faces of their long-departed. His mouths water at the scent, unfamiliar but delectable. For a fleeting moment, he wonders what her eyes might taste like, what he’d see if he took them in his own.

gay coworkers: words are HAPPENING in the next installment!

“Technically—" “C’mon, a memory wipe is hardly better—" “I’m not defending his actions, I’m simply pointing out—" “Stop talking about me like I’m not here,” the Corinthian snaps. Matthew and Lucienne exchange guilty glances. “You could at least wait until you’re back at the palace. Doing it in my house, that’s just fucking rude.”

la guard dog literal: Morpheus recreated the Corinthian as a (sort of, semi-eldritch) dog because surely that will fix his behavioral issues. Daniel still rehomes him with Rose Walker.

Jed twists around in his seat. The Corinthian snuffles obligingly at the hand he offers, gives the fingertips a quick swipe with his tongue. Jed’s face splits into a smile. That smile makes something warm unfurl in the Corinthian’s belly, prompts him to worm closer with a thready whimper. No threat. Which is maybe the biggest lie he’s ever told and he didn’t even speak it in human words, but in the moment he desperately wants Jed to believe it, and not just so he can sink his teeth into that vulnerable neck still soft with baby fat.

what if we made those daddy issues literal: semi-period accurate 1920s fic where the Corinthian is Dream's troublesome ward and Matthew is the tutor Dream hires to bring him in line. is this because i'm obsessed with Assad Zaman's outfits in hotel portofino? yes.

“Dream’s not my father.” “I thought—" “He’s my guardian. Keeper. Master. Whatever.” “He—" “Of course he’s benevolent. Can afford to be, I suppose. So long as I perform well.” “Does he—?” “Not how you’re thinking.” Cori barks a short, humorless laugh. “That wouldn’t be conducive to his long-term plans, would it? Breaking his toy before it can be of any real use.” “That’s—" “Good? Yeah. Sure.” Something shutters in his expression. “After all, what would become of this poor orphan child without some generous benefactor to mold him into a productive member of society? Why, then he might just be a scoundrel or, worse—an inconvenient corpse rotting in the road.” “I—" “Well. No use speculating, right?” He flashes a grin that makes Matt think of a dog baring its teeth. “I’ll see you after lunch.” Matt, dumbfounded, watches him walk away.

Logan/X-men

rehome that animal: sequel to the dog crate fic

Mendez isn’t sure what he expected to find in the Wolverine’s hideout. It certainly wasn’t this. This being his former boss, presumed dead after A-T’s last (as in latest, as in final) attempt to retcon its X-23 project several months ago. Mendez didn’t recognize him at first, but he thinks he’d be forgiven for the slight: the Donald Pierce before him looks a lot different from the Reaver commander who’d swanned around in a leather duster and tinted sunglasses, barking orders. Now he’s mostly naked and washed-out looking like maybe he hasn’t seen much sun. His once carefully groomed beard has been shaved to expose sharp cheekbones and a delicate chin. All his muscle and fat is gone, so the jut of his ribs and spine and pelvis show with every small twitch. There’s a lot of twitching, like his body can’t decide whether to prepare for fight or flight.

horse is a one-trick pony and the trick is Werewolves: if you didn't foresee me turning the Reavers into a (literal) wolf pack...well, that's on you at this point.

The pack leader is keeping an eye on him. Not quite staring: casual flickers of his attention between Donald and whatever is happening on the laptop. Mendez’s eyes shine almost green in the bluish screen light. His face looks sharper. His lip twitches and shows the barest glimpse of fang.

...tagging @evenmyhivemindisempty, @cosmictapestry, @aisalynn, @crimeronan, and @stellerssong. no pressure, i just like seeing what people are working on.

[bartleby-company]

Toshi Marushi, Jigazō [Self-Portrait], 1947, oil on canvas, 72.7×60.6 cm, National Art Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, © Photo: MOMAT / DNPartcom

[real-life2021]

Burn / Overflow

Takuma Nakahira at Momat

[imnothinginparticular]

#finishedbooks The Making of Munakata Shiko by various. Picked this up from the retrospective exhibition at MoMAT. When I used to write museum reviews for Tokyo Art Beat I got these exhibition books for free so have a quite a collection going. The joy of these books is usually just in being able to get in print a bilingual book from artists that typically wouldn't be published in the west. Definitely the case with this book but also in last books that featured Yamada Masaaki, the Gutai or Dansakwa movements, or someone soon to get there flowers in a Tomo Gokita just off the top. So enter Munakata Shiko an artist who I came into through the Mingei folk art movement that he was associated with. The movement was founded by Yanagi Soetsu has a lot of amazing aesthetic philosophy books out there that I came to through his son who the modern product designer Sori Yanagi (most of my appliances are designed by him). Munakata I recognized most from the covers of my English translations of Tanazaki Junichiro. So with that a really great show that shows his whole range from the various religious and folk art woodblock print series to his mid career when he became a bit known collaborating with the major literary figures at the time to his twilight where Ken Doman captured with his decaying eye site the wonderfully beautiful character he became creating with his face right up to the work. Was really happy to get a chance to go to the opening. The show is up for sometime do yourself a favor and check it out.

[garadinervi]

Yusaku Kamekura, Artistry in Sound, 1982 [The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)]

[aremac101]

February 11, 2024 / The National museum of modern art, Tokyo

[renmukouda]

おでかけメモ「ヒルマ・アフ・クリント展」

この色彩は観ておかなくちゃ！と思っていたヒルマ・アフ・クリント展（東京国立近代美術館）に行ってきました。とてもすてきで実際に原画を観ることができてよかったです。ふむふむ、シュタイナーとも関係してるのね（会場内の年譜を読む）。

同チケットでボリュームあるMOMATコレクション展も観ました。清宮質文の作品（木版画）が加わっていたのがうれしかったです。5/27

[blackmo0n]

[tokyoliveexhibits]

ジョージア・オキーフ《タチアオイの白と緑―ペダーナル山の見える》1937 年 所蔵作品展「MOMAT コレクション��Collection Exhibition MOMAT Collection会　場　東京国立近代美術館本館所蔵品ギャラリー（4F-2F）開催日　2025年2月11日（火・祝）～６月15日（日）開館時間　10：00～17：00（金曜・土曜は10：00～20：00）※入館は閉館30分前まで休館日　月曜日（ただし2月24日、3月31日、5月5日は開館）、2月25日、5月7日観覧���　一般 500（400）円／大学生 250（200）円　※高校生以下および18歳未満、65歳以上は...

[siteymnk]

TRIO パリ・東京・大阪 モダンアート・コレクション＠国立近代美術館へ。

パリ市立近代美術館、東京国立近代美術館、大阪中之島美術館のコラボ展覧会。テーマ別に34のトリオを組んで、20世紀初頭以降の美術を俯瞰してみる。

とにかく企画が秀逸。MOMATは一風変わった、でも意義のある楽しい企画展が多い気がする。有名画家の回顧展もイイけど、又違う観点を提案してくれる感じもこれまたイイものだ。

本当にいろんなテーマがあって、それだけで楽しいのだが、各館がテーマに沿って出してくる作品（カード）が興味深くて、三つの美術館の十番勝負！てな趣きであった。パリ美はカード強いなーとか。

結果、非常に幅広い作品が並んでいて、ダリ、シャガール、キリコ、デュフィ、ドローネ、バスキア、マグリット、モディリアーニ、ユトリロ、レジェ、ローランサン、ロスコ、などなど。端的に言ってお得な展覧会であった。

アンドレ・ボーシャンの「果物棚」という作品に目が止まった。大阪中之島美術館にあるのか。一度行ってみたいな。モディリアーニの裸婦像も所蔵してるし。