The booking details of two talk events in relations to "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats" exhibition scheduled after the New Years are disclosed! Join in and learn more about Murakami’s artworks!
The 500 Arhats (detail)
2012 | Acrylic on canvas mounted on board | 302 × 10,000 cm | Private collection
© 2012 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
■Talk "The Great Quake, The 500 Arhats, and Takashi Murakami" * Conducted in Japanese
Art critic Sawaragi Noi, who has observed Takashi Murakami's career for many years from his early works created during his postgraduate studies to The 500 Arhats, discusses the place of Murakami's works in the contemporary art world and their significance from his own unique perspective.
Speaker: Sawaragi Noi (Professor, Tama Art University)
Date & Time: 14:00-16:00, Sunday, January 10, 2016 (Doors open: 13:30)
Venue: Academyhills (49F, Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)
Capacity: 150 (booking required)
Admission: General \1,000 / MAMC members free
Cooperation: Academyhills
Booking: * Booked Out
Sawaragi Noi
■Talk "Japanese Dual Standard" * Conducted in Japanese
Akutagawa Prize-winning author and head monk of Fukujuji Temple Genyu Sokyu discusses Japanese culture and Murakami's artwork.
Calling lacquerware "japanning" was a stroke of genius. Lacquerware production involves repeating the opposing acts of "coating" and "polishing" (shaving), producing a subtle, "jewel-like" gleam. Doubtless I am not alone in sensing a taste of that in Murakami's recent Zen circles. Come to think of it, opposing vectors: boldness and delicacy, loquacity and silence, desolation and fertility, have been colliding with each other within Murakami all along, driving the engine of his practice. I'd like to show that this is precisely what Japanese traditional art has been since the Kojiki.
―The Spiritual Life Force of "Dichotomy," Genyu Sokyu
Speaker: Genyu Sokyu (Writer; Head Monk, Fukujuji Temple; Professor Emeritus, Hanazono University)
Date & Time: 15:00-16:30, Saturday, February 20, 2016 (Doors open: 14:30)
Venue: Auditorium, Mori Art Museum
Capacity: 100 (booking required)
Admission: Free (exhibition ticket required)
Booking: * Booked out
Genyu Sokyu
Photo: Otaka Kazuyasu
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