Depictions of Yokohama
Superimposing Images
Listen to the Wind: Reflecting Natural Signs in Art
The Transformation of Shapes
This edition of the collection exhibition consists of four sections.
The first, “Depictions of Yokohama,” was overseen by the museum’s Education Project team. The display focuses on many different aspects of the city of Yokohama, including the high-rise buildings in the Minato Mirai 21 district, which is also home to the museum. The artists, representing a wide range of generations, depicted the Yokohama landscape using a variety of viewpoints and techniques. The works include some places that have undergone drastic changes, and others that are striking vestiges of the past. Some viewers may view these scenes with nostalgia, as the works overlap with personal memories and reminiscences. During the exhibition, we are also offering a special program in which volunteers escort viewers to the places depicted in the works.
The second, “Superimposing Images,” focusing on the theme of entwined and overlapping things, sets out to enhance the way in which viewers perceive the works. Among the displays are Fukuda Miran’s "Wind God and Thunder God" and "Landscape," which are being shown for the first time since they were acquired by the museum. Using masterpieces from every era and region of the world, Fukuda upends our image of the original and presents us with a new viewpoint. Meanwhile, Nakahara Kodai’s "ConS:KConWS_6p" asks us if it is possible to view something purely as a “shape” without being affected by its social significance or context.
In the center of the third section, “Listen to the Wind: Reflecting Natural Signs in Art,” is Kumai Kyoko’s three-dimensional work "Thick Growth ’99." To create a resonance with Kumai’s work, the display also features paintings that make use of natural motifs.
The final section, “The Transformation of Shapes,” is located in the photography gallery. It presents Dada and Surrealist photographs from the early 20th century that employ experimental techniques to change ordinary things into extraordinary images as well as photographic self-portraits by Lucas Samaras and Morimura Yasumasa, who transform their bodies into various forms.
