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Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art

Collection Highlights
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art

Collection Highlights

Duration Thu. Jun. 22nd, 2023 - Tue. Apr. 30th, 2024
Hours 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. last admission at 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
Dec. 28–Jan. 4
Venue Modern and Contemporary Art A・C

Modern and Contemporary Art A
Collection Highlights 1: The Jewels of the Fukuoka Art Museum
The Fukuoka Art Museum has collected outstanding works that illustrate various art movements of the 20th century. Among them, a selection of artwork, the so-called highlights from the museum’s collection, is displayed in this gallery.

Modern and Contemporary Art C
Collection Highlights 2: Let’s Take a Stroll through the World of Art
In this gallery, works from the Fukuoka Art Museum’s modern and contemporary art collection are exhibited by theme in four sections, which are designed to represent different places.

    The four sections consist of: 1. The Forest of Reality and Fantasy, 2. The Sea of Materials and Sensitivity, 3. The Universe of Color and Shape, and 4. The City of History and Memory – Toward the Future. In these sections, the artworks are arranged roughly chronologically, allowing viewers to trace the history of art since the 20th century.
    Why don’t you take a look around these various places with a light heart, as if taking a stroll, and find your favorite work of art?

 

Image: Joan MIRO, Dancer Hearing an Organ in a Gothic Cathedral, 1945
©Successió Miró /ADAGP, Paris & JASPER, Tokyo, 2023 G3105

Women Painters in Kyushu Ⅱ
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art

Women Painters in Kyushu Ⅱ

Duration Fri. Oct. 27th, 2023 - Sun. Jan. 21st, 2024
Hours 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. last admission at 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
Dec. 28–Jan. 4
Venue Modern and Contemporary Art B

Following on from last year, this exhibition reflects on works and activities of female painters who are related to Kyushu through the museum’s modern and contemporary art collection. Paintings by Oguro Aiko, Oura Kokoro, Kuwano Yoko, and others are introduced this time.

 

Image: OURA Kokoro, Girl Spitting Out Water, 1995

 

吉村忠夫《霊剣》1939年
Collection Exhibition | Modern and Contemporary Art

Expressions of Human Figures in Japanese Paintings

Duration Tue. Nov. 7th, 2023 - Sun. Jan. 21st, 2024
Hours 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. last admission at 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday falls on a national holiday)
Dec. 28–Jan. 4
Venue Modern and Contemporary Art A

Since the Meiji Period, Japanese-style painters have experimented with a new way of expressions while respecting tradition. How have they painted human figures? This exhibition focuses on Japanese paintings of human figures, such as historical figures, beauties, families, and children.

 

Image: YOSHIMURA Tadao, Holy Sword, 1939

Admission

Collection Exhibition & Special Exhibition at Collection Gallery

Adults  200 yen (150 yen)
High school and university students  150 yen (100 yen)
Junior high school students and younger children  Free

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