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【Andy Warhol Day】
February 22 is the "Andy Warhol Day"!
Saturday, February 22 is the anniversary of Andy Warhol's death.
We will give away special prize to 50 persons by draw and provide the special photo spot!!
1. GIVEAWAY: "Andy Warhol" exhibition poster (not for sale)
We will give away the exhibition poster (not for sale) to 50 persons by draw.
Venue: Near the exhibition exit on the 53F.
Draw will be closed once the number of winner get to 50.
2. SPECIAL PHOTO SPOT: Be Warhol!
With the silver wig and black sunglasses, you can be just like Warhol and take memorial photos at the spot!
Venue: Near the exhibition exit on the 53F.
3. Time Capsules and Japan * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Special lecture on Warhol's Time Capsules, items which he saved from his everyday life.
Speaker: Matt Wrbican (Chief Archivist, The Andy Warhol Museum)
Date & Time: Saturday, February 22, 2014 14:00-15:30 (Doors open 13:30)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
【Stamp Rally】
One part of the Symposium and Lecture Series accompanying the “Andy Warhol” exhibition will be a Stamp Rally.
Get your card stamped every time you take part in one of these events. The first 30 persons to collect 5 stamps or more will receive 3 A4-size folders relating to the artist and his work. This prize is a great way to study various aspects of Andy Warhol’s art, so don’t miss this chance to enter the Stamp Rally (Note that some parts of the event program will be available only in Japanese.).
Dates
Saturday, February 1 to Sunday, April 30, 2014
How to participate
Here’s how you can take part in the Stamp Rally:
| 1. | The first time you attend one of the events eligible for the Stamp Rally, pick up a card at the event's reception desk. |
| 2. | Enter your name on the card. |
| 3. | After every event you attend, get your card stamped once at the reception desk. |
| 4. | When you have five or more stamps on your card, hand it in at the event’s reception desk. The first 30 visitors to do so will receive their prize. |
* If more than 30 people apply for the prize, the information kit recipients will be chosen by lot.
* The cards can be issued and stamped only during the eligible events.
* Only one card per person will be issued.
* Personal details entered on the card will be used exclusively for the purpose of the Stamp Rally, and will not be used for any other purpose.
Programs subject to the Stamp Rally
The Symposium and Lecture Series (total of 8). The program title will be marked with an asterisk(*) and the wording “subject to Stamp Rally.”
The prize
The first 30 persons to collect 5 or more stamps will receive 3 A4-size folders relating to the artist and his work.
Inquiries
Public Programs, Mori Art Museum
E-mail: ppevent-mam@mori.co.jp
【General Programs】
"Warhol and Japan" * subject to Stamp Rally
Symposium * Japanese - English simultaneous interpretation available * subject to Stamp Rally
"Warhol and Japan"
Warhol's art, his enduring popularity, and his artistic innovations will be discussed with Eric Shiner, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum, artist Yokoo Tadanori who knew Warhol personally, and Mori Art Museum exhibition curator Kondo Kenichi, focusing on Warhol's connection with Japan.
| Panelists: | Eric Shiner (Director, The Andy Warhol Museum), Yokoo Tadanori (Artist), Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum), Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum) |
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 300 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Grant: Embassy of the United States, Tokyo
Cooperation: Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
left: Eric Shiner
Photo: Ric Evans
right: Yokoo Tadanori
Lecture #1: On "Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal" * subject to Stamp Rally
"The Multi Worlds of Multi-Talented Andy Warhol"
8 lectures featuring invited specialists presenting a comprehensive reassessment of many aspects of Andy Warhol's multi-genre creative activity in painting, experimental film and video, and pop culture.
Lecture #1: On "Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal"
* Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available * subject to Stamp Rally
The exhibition curators from The Andy Warhol Museum and the Mori Art Museum will introduce the worldwide popularity of Warhol's art and the overall concept and highlights of the exhibition. In addition, a talk entitled “Exactly Wrong: Medium and Technique in the Work of Andy Warhol” will be given by Nicholas Chambers, reviewing Warhol's approach to technique and media with examples from various works Warhol produced as a student, in the 1950s as a commercial designer, and from the 1960s-1980s.
| Speakers: | Nicholas Chambers (The Milton Fine Curator of Art, The Andy Warhol Museum), Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum) |
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 150 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Grant: Embassy of the United States, Tokyo
Cooperation: Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Nicholas Chambers
Lecture #2: An Introduction to Warhol: a New Experience * subject to Stamp Rally
Lecture #2: An Introduction to Warhol: a New Experience * In Japanese-language only * subject to Stamp Rally
We know the works by Andy Warhol, but what do we actually know about Warhol himself? Having been active on various planes and with extensive media exposure, Warhol is cloaked in diverse images. Hayashi Takayuki, author of an illustrated monograph of Warhol, and Mori Art Museum exhibition curator will give a comprehensive overview of Warhol the artist in a joint gallery talk surveying the works on display in the exhibition.
Speaker: Hayashi Takayuki (Art Critic / Associate Professor, Contemporary Art Theories, College of Arts, Tamagawa University)
Discussant: Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Venue: Mori Art Museum
Capacity: 40 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Bookings: * Booked Out
Hayashi Takayuki
Photo: Nawa Makiko
Lecture #3: Time Capsules and Japan * subject to Stamp Rally
Lecture #3: Time Capsules and Japan * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available * subject to Stamp Rally
Warhol saved items from his everyday life in more than 600 cardboard boxes. These Time Capsules contain artifacts valuable in giving us a glimpse of Warhol's life and reality. We can also get a sense of Warhol's interest in Japan, through photos and publications contained in the boxes. Matt Wrbican, who has extensively studied the Time Capsules, will speak on how the materials of Time Capsule 61 relate to important events in Warhol's life, and will also shed light on Warhol's Japan-related materials.
Speaker: Matt Wrbican (Chief Archivist, The Andy Warhol Museum)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 150 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Grant: Embassy of the United States, Tokyo
Cooperation: Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Matt Wrbican
Photo: Greg Burchard
Lecture #4: Warhol and Images of Death * subject to Stamp Rally
Lecture #4: Warhol and Images of Death * In Japanese-language only * subject to Stamp Rally
Miyashita Kikuro, respected scholar of Warhol studies in Japan, will speak mainly on paintings from the 1960s including the connection between Warhol's Death and Disaster series, and memento mori and vanitas paintings in Western art history. He will also discuss the specter of death apparent in Warhol's later work.
Speaker: Miyashita Kikuro (Art Historian, Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 100 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Cooperation: Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Miyashita Kikuro
Lecture #5: About Rain Machine * subject to Stamp Rally
Lecture #5: About Rain Machine * In Japanese-language only * subject to Stamp Rally
A large-scale installation of Warhol's known as the Rain Machine was exhibited at Expo '70 Osaka.
Although the original masterpiece does not exist any longer, a reproduction of Rain Machine will be on display at the exhibition.
With an introduction to its production, the lecture will re-examine this lesser known work of art.
Speaker: Tagomori Miho (Senior Coordinator, Mori Art Museum)
* The appearance of Maurice Tuchman, originally planned as the speaker, has been cancelled.
Venue: “Andy Warhol Café,” Tokyo City View (52F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 60 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Grant: Embassy of the United States, Tokyo
Bookings: * Booked Out
Lecture #6: Warhol and The Factory * subject to Stamp Rally
Lecture #6: Warhol and The Factory * In Japanese-language only * subject to Stamp Rally
Cultural Studies specialist Mouri Yoshitaka will discuss Warhol's studio, The Factory - not only the site of Warhol's production of artworks, but also a gathering place for all sorts of people, from politicians to rock musicians together with the dissemination of all kinds of ideas and activities, such as filmmaking and music, and performance.
Speaker: Mouri Yoshitaka (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 100 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Cooperation: Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Mouri Yoshitaka
Lecture #7: Warhol and Film * subject to Stamp Rally
Lecture #7: Warhol and Film * In Japanese-language only * subject to Stamp Rally
Declaring that he was retiring as an artist to concentrate on filmmaking, Warhol made many film and video masterpieces, such as Empire (1964) and Sleep (1963), in the mid-1960s. Nishimura Tomohiro, foremost authority on Warhol's films and videos, will analyze important less known Warhol films in the context of Warhol's overall production of art.
Speaker: Nishimura Tomohiro (Film and Art Critic)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 100 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Cooperation: Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Nishimura Tomohiro
Lecture #8: International Pop: Andy Warhol and Tanaami Keiichi * subject to Stamp Rally
Lecture #8: International Pop: Andy Warhol and Tanaami Keiichi * In Japanese-language only * subject to Stamp Rally
Inspired by American popular culture and Pop Art, artists from all over the world created works incorporating the artistic language of Pop Art. Scholar of post-war art Ikegami Hiroko will speak about the global spread of Warhol's art and Pop Art, focusing on the special features of Japanese Pop Art and artists such as Tanaami Keiichi.
Speaker: Ikegami Hiroko (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 100 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥1000, MAMC members free
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Cooperation: Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Ikegami Hiroko
Roppongi Art Night 2014 "Made in Japan: The Story of Warhol's Kiku Series"
Warhol's 1974 solo exhibition at the Daimaru Department Store in Tokyo and Kobe brought him attention in Japan. In 1983, he produced his Kiku series on the motif of chrysanthemums, a traditional symbolic flower in Japan. Three art professionals who were directly involved with Warhol's exhibitions in Japan or the creation of the Kiku series, will relate untold stories of the making of the Kiku series and Warhol's reception in Japan.
| Speakers: | Watanuki Fujio (Director, Toki no Wasuremono Gallery), Nemoto Toshiyuki (Director, Gallery360°), Ishida Ryoichi (Printmaker, Director of Ishida Ryoichi Studio) |
Venue: “Andy Warhol Café,” Tokyo City View (52F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 60 (bookings required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Organizer: Mori Art Museum
Bookings: * Booked Out
【Member's Event】
"MAMC Night" to be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014!
Enjoy "Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal" with our Director, Nanjo Fumio at MAMC Night!
MAMC Night is a special way for MAMC Members to enjoy exhibitions at the Mori Art Museum.
Please enjoy a special gallery tour of "Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal" lead by our Director, Nanjo Fumio.
[Details]
Speaker: Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum)
Venue: Mori Art Museum (53F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Registration: Mori Art Museum Information (3F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Attendance: Open to all MAMC members (Benefactor & Fellow)
| Number of Accompanied guests allowed: | Benefactor: up to 2 guests Fellow: up to 1 guest * Please note that members and their guests are requested to enter at the same time. |
Admission: Free for all participants (reservations not required)
[Schedule]
| 17:45 | Door open (Last admission 20:30) |
| 18:00-19:00 | Special Gallery Tour by Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum) * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available |
| 21:00 | Museum closes |
*Please note that the schedule above is subject to change.
"MAMC Annual Cocktail Party" to be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014!
Morimura Yasumasa is our special guest at Annual Cocktail Party!
We are happy to announce that Mr. Morimura Yasumasa will be our special guest of this year's Annual Cocktail Party. Mr. Morimura, whose solo exhibition has been held at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh last year, is an artist deeply related to Andy Warhol. Mr. Morimura kindly agreed to talk about Warhol during his most busy schedule as Artistic Director of Yokohama Triennale 2014.
[Profile of Morimura Yasumasa]
Born in 1951 in Osaka, where he continues to live and work. After completing his graduate degree at Kyoto City University of Arts, he made his debut in 1985 with self-portrait works based on his personal interpretation of Vincent van Gogh. He has since produced number of self-portrait based photograph and video works, identifying with art-historical images, film stars, and iconic figures from the 20th century. He has exhibited worldwide, including the Apeto section of the 43rd Venice Biennale in 1988.
[Details]
Special Guest: Morimura Yasumasa (Artist)
Venue: Roppongi Hills Club "French Cellar" (51F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Attendance: Open to all MAMC members (Benefactor & Fellow)
| Number of Accompanied guests allowed: | Benefactor: up to 2 guests Fellow: up to 1 guest * Please note that members and their guests are requested to enter at the same time. |
Party Style: Buffet Dinner (seats available)
Dress Code: Please note the Roppongi Hills Club dress code applies.
Capacity: 50 （Bookings required)
| Charge: | ¥8,000 per person (including tax) *Please present your MAMC membership card and make the payment by cash or by credit card. |
[Party Schedule]
| 19:15 | Registration (drink service commences) |
| 19:30 | Buffet dinner |
| 20:00 | Talk by Mr. Morimura Yasumasa * Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available |
| 20:30 | Q&A |
| 21:00 | End of dinner |
*Please note that the schedule above is subject to change.
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