Fuji Xerox Print Collection × Yokohama Museum of Art
Artists in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ― From Picasso to Warhol
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Drawing on works from both the Fuji Xerox Print Collection and the Yokohama Museum of Art, this exhibition explores the artistic visions that preoccupied leading artists during the 20th Century ― an age when the development and spread of mechanical reproduction techniques such as photographic printing and film made it possible for anyone to enjoy art in reproduction.
German philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) pointed out that the development and spread of "mechanical reproduction" after the invention of photography led to a crisis in the traditional arts, such as painting and theater, as it significantly altered people's feelings about, ways of appreciating and expectations for art.
In fact, there were many movements in the 20th Century that threatened to sweep away the traditional image of art. The century began with new approaches to space and color, such as in Cubism and Fauvism. After the First World War, Dada (anti-art) sought to upend traditional conceptions of beauty, Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism tried to achieve an ideal society through the establishment of abstract styles, and Surrealism sought to liberate human beings through explorations of the unconscious. After the Second World War, Pop Art appeared, reflecting a society of mass consumption, and, in the 1960s, Xerography (electrophotography or reprography) was introduced into artistic creation. By reconsidering 20th Century art from the perspective of mechanical reproduction, this exhibition aims to reinterpret the exploits of artists as responses to the "crisis" identified by Benjamin.
This exhibition, featuring the collections of both Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. and the Yokohama Museum of Art, consists of some 400 works by major artists, combining works made using mechanical reproduction techniques, such as prints, photography and books, with works in traditional media, such as oil painting and sculpture. It throws into relief the various responses of artists who lived through the age that presaged our current age of digital reproduction.
- Fuji Xerox Print Collection
- Since 1988, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. has collected "prints or artworks produced in multiple pieces by a print-like technique that are representative of the spirit or culture of the age in which they were made". The collection now numbers roughly 950 pieces, including prints, photographs, copy art (artworks using Xerography) and artist books by important artists from the West and Japan. It is exhibited periodically at the Fuji Xerox Art Space at the company's research development building that was opened in Yokohama's Minato Mirai 21 district in 2010.
- Yokohama Museum of Art
- Since 1982, before it opened to the public, the Yokohama Museum of Art has collected Western and Japanese modern and contemporary art made since the time of the opening of the port of Yokohama. In terms of Western art, it possesses paintings, sculptures and prints representative of Surrealism and also Dada and Constructivism. It also possesses a daguerreotype, Nadar’s portraits, Eugène Atget’s landscape photographs and other works that trace the history of photography.
Pablo PICASSO
Le Repas frugal
1904 / etching on paper / 46.3×37.7cm
Fuji Xerox Print Collection
©2016 – Succession Pablo Picasso – SPDA(JAPAN)
Paul KLEE
Hoffmanneske Szene
1921 / lithograph on paper / 31.7×22.8cm /
Fuji Xerox Print Collection
Wassily KANDINSKY
"Kleine Welten IV", from Kleine Welten
1922 / lithograph on paper / 35.8×28.8cm /
Fuji Xerox Print Collection
Alexsandr RODCHENKO
Stairs
1929 (printed in 1994) / gelatin silver print / 16.1×22.1cm /
Yokohama Museum of Art
Henri MATISSE
"Cirque", from JAZZ
1947 / silkscreen on paper (book) / 42.5×65.0cm (sheet) /
Fuji Xerox Print Collection
Kurt SCHWITTERS
Merzbild 1 C Das Dubelbild
1920 / assemblage, oil on cardboard / 15.6×13.7cm / Yokohama Museum of Art
Hans ARP
Coulisses de forêt
1955 / lithograph on paper / 39.3×30.7cm / Fuji Xerox Print Collection
©PRO LITTERIS, Zurich & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2016 C0970
Andy WARHOL
Flowers
1970 / silkscreen on paper (from portfolio of 10 pieces) / 91.4×91.4cm / Fuji Xerox Print Collection
©2016 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York & JASPAR, Tokyo C0957
KAWAGUCHI Tatsuo
From Relation－Time Frottage of Time
1998 / xerography on paper / 35.0×25.6cm /
Fuji Xerox Print Collection
©Tatsuo Kawaguchi
Karl BLOSSFELDT
"Dipsacus laciniatus" from 12 Fotografien
1928 (printed in 1975) / gelatin silver print / 25.7×19.8cm
Fuji Xerox Print Collection
TOMURA Hiroshi
Number of Stars Book A, B
2005 / inkjet printing on paper / 6×6×6cm, 6×6×5cm / Fuji Xerox Print Collection
©Tomura Hiroshi 2016
Max ERNST
Le Cygne est bien paisible...
1920 / collage on paper / 8.3×12.0cm / Yokohama Museum of Art
©ADAGP, Paris & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2016 C0956
Outline
| Dates | April 23 (Sat.), 2016 - June 5 (Sun.), 2016 |
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| Open Hours | 10:00-18:00 (Last admission at 17:30) *Open until 20:30 on May 27(Fri.), 2016 (Last admission at 20:00) |
| Closed | Thursdays (except May 5, June 2), May 6 (Fri.) |
| Organizers | Yokohama Museum of Art |
| Sponsored by | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. |
| Supported by | The City of Yokohama |
| In Cooperation with | Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company, Yokohama Cable Vision Inc. , Yokohama FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd. |
| Planning Cooperation | Shigeru Yokota Gallery |
Ticket
| General | Advance | Group | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | ¥1,300 | ¥1,100 | ¥1,200 |
| University High school students |
¥700 | ¥600 | ¥600 |
| Junior high school students | ¥400 | ¥300 | ¥300 |
| Children under 12 | Free | Free | Free |
| Seniors (65 and older) | ¥1,200 (ID required, only available at ticket counter in the museum) |
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- ※Advance tickets are available at the Museum Shop and through Seven-Eleven ticket, from January 3, through April 22, 2016.
- ※Free Admission on May 5, 2016
- ※On June 2, 2016, ¥500 for adults and university students, free admission for under highschool students and younger with valid IDs.
(only available at ticket counter in the museum) - ※For a group of 20 or more, reservation is required in advance.
- ※Free admission for high school students and younger with valid IDs on Saturdays.
- ※Visitors with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.
(Please present certificate at the entrance.)
