“DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow”
Exhibition 2020

Landscapes in Our Age: Scarred and Reborn

ISHIUCHI Miyako
HATAKEYAMA Naoya
YONEDA Tomoko
KURIBAYASHI Satoshi / KURIBAYASHI Takashi
HIDAKA Rieko
MIYANAGA Aiko
FUJIOKA Aya
MORI Junichi
WAKABAYASHI Isamu
SATO Masaharu

Overview

Half a century has now passed since Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs launched its Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists* in 1967 with the aim of nurturing future leaders of the Japanese arts world, by funding young artists to study at relevant institutions in other countries. In the domain of fine art, the “DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow”
exhibition—inaugurated in 1998 and now in its twenty-second year—creates opportunities for artists to present the outcomes of these overseas sojourns.

This will be a special edition of DOMANI, this latest exhibition serving as part of the program for Japan Cultural Expo 2020, a government-sponsored event scheduled for the start of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics year. It will also be a group exhibition, showcasing eleven carefully selected artists of different ages and ranging from internationally renowned practitioners to up-and-coming new talent, exhibiting work on the theme of “Landscapes in Our Age: Scarred and Reborn.” The exhibition will bring together offerings primarily by artists benefiting from the Overseas Study Program around the year 2010, and including work by those from other ACA projects and events such as the annual Art Encouragement Prizes, and Japan Media Arts Festival, all on the theme of the “scars” inflicted by disasters experienced in Japan and elsewhere since the 20th century—both natural disasters such as earthquakes and storm and flood damage, and man-made calamities such as war and environmental devastation—not in the form of the kind of journalistic representation common directly after the event, but artistic expression produced after more time has passed. DOMANI will look ahead to “tomorrow,” that is to landscapes that are scarred yet have survived to be reborn, revealed by connecting the artists’ respective “scarred landscapes.” Several talk events will also be organized over the period of the show, bringing together artists and guests in even deeper exploration of the theme.

*Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists

This is a program under which the Agency for Cultural Affairs sends young artists overseas to support their training in their specialties. Since the 1967 fiscal year, about 3500 artists have participated so far. There are six types ‒ one-year, two-year, three-year, special (80 days), short-stay (20 to 40 days) and high school student (350 days) courses ‒ in the fields of media art, including fine art, music, dance, theater, film and stage design.
See the details of this system on the website of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/geijutsubunka/shinshin/

Exhibition Contents

ISHIUCHI Miyako
《Scars#26 illness 1961》1999
gelatin silver print
Collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
©Ishiuchi Miyako

ISHIUCHI Miyako

Photo

Born in 1947
2013: Medal with Purple Ribbon
HATAKEYAMA Naoya《August 1, 2019 Sendai-shi, Miyagi》2019
Chromogenic print
©Naoya Hatakeyama, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery

HATAKEYAMA Naoya

Photo

Born in 1958
2012: Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts
2015: Medal with Purple Ribbon Agency for Cultural Exchange
YONEDA Tomoko《Path ― Path to the cliff where Japanese committed
suicide after the American landings, Saipan》2003
Chromogenic print
©Tomoko YONEDA, Courtesy of ShugoArts

YONEDA Tomoko

Photo

Born in 1965
2014: The new face award of Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts
KURIBAYASHI Satoshi《mantis》2005
Chromogenic print

KURIBAYASHI Satoshi

Photo

Born in 1939
2008: Medal with Purple Ribbon

KURIBAYASHI Takashi

Contemporary art

Born in 1968
2014: Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Jakarta, Indonesia), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
HIDAKA Rieko《Distance from the Sky XIII》2017
pigment on paper
Photo by TAKAHASHI Kenji
©Rieko Hidaka, Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery

HIDAKA Rieko

Painting

Born in 1958
1995: Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Münster and Cologne, Germany), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
MIYANAGA Aiko《beginning of the landscapes》(Detail) 2011～
60,000 trimmed fragrant olive leaves, mixed media
TAKAHASHI Collection, photo by TOYONAGA Seiji
©MIYANAGA Aiko, Courtesy of Mizuma Art Gallery

MIYANAGA Aiko

Contemporary art

Born in 1974
2007: Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Edinburgh, England), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
FUJIOKA Aya《Here goes River》2017
Chromogenic print
©Aya Fujioka

FUJIOKA Aya

Photo

Born in 1972
2007: Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (New York, USA), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
MORI Junichi《portrait of the mountain》(Detail)2018
black marble
photo by MIYAJIMA Kei
©MORI Junichi, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery

MORI Junichi

Sculpture

Born in 1965
2016: Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Milan, Italy), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
WAKABAYASHI Isamu
《Model for The Green Constellation of the Unicorn》1996-97
iron, copper, wood, ink, gouache
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama (On loan)
photo by ©Tadasu Yamamoto

WAKABAYASHI Isamu

Sculpture

Live from 1936 to 2003
1973: Program of Overseas Study for Upcoming Artists (Paris, France and others), Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan 2003: The Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts
SATO Masaharu《fukushima trace》2018
single-channel video, loop, 11min.
©Courtesy of Estate of Masaharu Sato and KEN NAKAHASHI

SATO Masaharu

Contemporary art

Live from 1973 to 2019
2011: Jury selection work of art division 15th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

Information

Date: January 11 (Sat.)- February 16 (Sun.), 2020
Tuesdays
*Open on February 11(Tue.) and closed on February 12(Wed.) instead
Opening hours: 10:00-18:00 *10:00-20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays
*Last admission 30 minutes before closing
Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo, Special Exhibition Gallery 2E
7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8558
Access: -Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line-
Nogizaka Station
Direct access from Exit 6

Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line / Toei Oedo Subway Line
Roppongi Station (H04/E23)
Approximately 4-minute walk from Exit 7

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Organized by: Agency for Cultural Affairs, The National Art Center, Tokyo
In cooperation of: JAPAN AIRLINES, Awagami Factory, COLOR SCIENCE LABO, TOP ART KAMAKURA Co.,Ltd.,
Taka Ishii Gallery, MIZUMA ART GALLERY
Production: Art Venture Office SHOU
Admission(tax included): General 1,000yen(Adults), 500yen(College students)
Advance/Group 800 yen(Adults), 300 yen(College students)

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※Free admission on January 11 (Sat.), 2020.
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※Visitors who present a ticket or ticket stub from another exhibition currently underway at the National Art Center, Tokyo, the
Suntory Museum or the Mori Art Museum (the three facilities that make up the Roppongi Art Triangle) will be eligible for the group discount.

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