Term :
February 18th 2017 (Sat) - March 26th 2017 (Sun)
Venue :
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
2-3 Kamitori-cho, Chuou-ku, Kumamoto city, 860-0845 Japan
TEL.+81-96-278-7500
FAX.+81-96-359-7892
Museum hours :
10:00 - 20:00 (No admission after 19:30)
Closed :
Tuesdays
Exhibition Admission :
Door ticket
| Adults : |
500yen |
| People over 65 years : |
400yen |
| University / High School Students : |
300yen |
| Junior High School Students or younger : |
Free |
Advance ticket
| Adults : |
400yen |
| People over 65 years : |
300yen |
| University / High School Students : |
200yen |
| Junior High School Students or younger : |
Free |
Reduced price for groups which in more than 20 people*
| Adults : |
400yen |
| People over 65 years : |
300yen |
| University / High School Students : |
200yen |
| Junior High School Students or younger : |
Free |
*The reduced price is also available for those who are physically or mentally handicapped.
Organized by :
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto [Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Art and Cultural Promotion Foundation], Kumamoto Nichinichi Press, KAB (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 Bijutsuka Renmei (Artists’Union of Kumamoto), Kumamoto International Convention and Tourism Bureau, NHK Kumamoto, J:COM Kumamoto, FM-Kumamoto, FM791
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In 2017, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto (CAMK) marks 15 years since opening. CAMK collection holds many artworks (fit to call a sort of Kumamoto-local-treasures) which commissioned by CAMK or showed as brand new works for our past exhibition that artists participated. Japanese-style-paintings, oil paintings, photographs, video arts, sculptures and diverse style of art and interesting expression you may see. And from the exhibition you will find what the real Kumamoto-local-treasure is.
New collection, “Bride Ikiningyo”¯ (by unknown artist) and “3 years old girl Toshiko”¯ (by Kamehachi Yasumoto Ⅲ) have unveiled.
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| Katsuhiko Hibino, Kozue Hibino, Tetsuya Noda, Zenzo Sakamoto, Nobumichi Ide, Tadanori Yokoo, Mika Ninagawa, Yoshitaka Amano, Chinami Nakajima, Eiji Mitooka, Koji Yoshioka, Tomokazu Nago, Satoko Nachi, Masaki Miyai, Meo Saito, Hiroshi Nakane, Aiko Tezuka, Takehiko Inoue, Shinji Omaki, Yura Komine, Yoh Shomei, Jiro Fukushima, Mokuma Kikuhata, Hironobu Matsumoto, Toyonori Inahara, Tanso Moriyama, Taiko Jinno, Syozan Kaneshiro, Nanpu Katayama, Yoichi Miura, Manabu Mabe, Teisaburo Shimoda, Michiya Yada, Eiichi Tanaka, Ryoichi Nagano, Ann Hamilton, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kamehachi Yasumoto, Kishin Shinoyama, Hiroshi Senju, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
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Mokuma Kikuhata
“Heavenly River 16”¯, 2002
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Katsuhiko Hibino
“GRAND PIANO”¯, 1984
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Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
“Memorial Project Nha Trang, Vietnam; Toward the Complex- For the Courageous, the Curious, and the Cowards”¯, 2001
Courtesy: Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo/ the artist
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Eiji Mitooka
“Tapestry “Maple”¯ *Study of “Kaede-zu”¯ by Tawaraya Sori”¯, 2013
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Yoshitaka Amano
“Ka Ten”¯, 1994 © Yoshitaka Amano
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Chinami Nakajima
“The Cherry Tree of Isshingyo”¯, 2003
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Yoh Shomei
“Kumamoto Castle”¯, 2004
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| [*All events will be held in Japanese] |
Artists Talk “What is Photograph?”¯ |
| Date and Time: |
Mar 5 (sun) 14:00 - 15:30 |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Speaker: |
Toyonori Inahara, Eiichi Tanaka (participating artists, photographer) |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Toyonori Inahara was born at Matsubase, Uki city in 1952. He started to take photos from 28 years old, being active in fields of magazines and newspaper. He began the magazine “NO!”¯ in 1996. Many solo shows as “Circle - Ezuko”¯ in 2011 (Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto G3) and more. Photobook “Kyushu Bishojo Shashin Kan”¯ (2009, Kaichosha). He lives in Kumamoto. |
| Eiichi Tanaka was born at Kumamoto city in 1954. He graduated Tokyo Zokei University Department Design, Film Major. He traveled and took photos of landscape and people around the world, Kilauea, Fraser Island. Many solo shows, group shows as “Ars Kumamoto”¯ in 2006 (Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto) and more. He lives in Kumamoto and Ishigaki Island. |
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Special Talk “Could Ikiningyo gain revenge against modern Japanese sculpture? (pro forma)”¯ |
| Date and Time: |
Mar 19 (sun) 14:00 - 15:30 |
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| Place: |
Art Loft |
| Speaker : |
Motohiko Odani (artist, sculptor) |
| Admission: |
Free |
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Motohiko Odani was born at Kyoto in 1972. First solo show “Phantom Limb”¯ (P-House, Tokyo) in 1997. He participated in many international art exhibitions as 5th Lyon Biennale (2000), 7th Istanbul Biennial (2001), 50th Venice Biennale (2003, Japanese Pavilion). His representative solo shows as “Odani Motohiko: Phantom Limb”¯ (touring exhibition: Mori Art Museum / Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto and more) in 2010-2011, “Terminal Moment”¯ (Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto) in 2014 and “MOTOHIKO ODANI: DEPTH OF THE BODY”¯ (Albertz Benda, New York) in 2016. Participated group exhibitions as “Ground Zero Japan”¯ (Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito) in 1999, “Ecce Homo: The Human Images in Contemporary Art”¯ (The National Museum of Art, Osaka) in 2016 and more.
He got 25th Hiragushi Denchu Award in 2011, and got The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for New Artist of Fine Art in 2012.
Since 2006, associate professor at Tokyo National University of Art and Music. |
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CAMK Lecture Collage |
| Curator talks about the exhibition and CAMK Collection |
| Date and Time: |
Feb 26 (sun) 14:00 - 15:30 |
| Place: |
Home gallery |
| Speaker : |
Haruko Tomisawa (senior curator, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto) |
| Admission: |
Free |
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| Gallery Tour |
| Curator introduces the exhibition's highlights. |
| Date and Time: |
Feb 19 / Mar 12, 26 (Sun) 15:00 - 15:30 |
| Place: |
Exhibition Space |
| Admission: |
Exhibition tickets for adults are needed |
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| Expectant Mother's Tour + Family Tour |
Special tour for enjoying the exhibition with family and friends. We also 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. Capacity is 7 groups (bookings required) |
| Date and Time: |
February 25 (Sat) 10:30 - 11:10 |
| Place: |
Exhibition Space |
| Admission: |
Exhibition tickets for adults are needed |
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Monday Movies |
| Date and Time: |
Twice on Monday, 14:00-, 17:00- |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
| *Check the schedule |
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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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Exhibition Information
