Catalogs of exhibitions hosted by the Fukuoka Art Museum are available for sale at the Museum Shop if they are in stock. (The catalogs with the prices indicated [tax included] are available.) The catalogs are written only in Japanese unless otherwise noted. If you need information about online shopping, please efer to below:
A list of annual Exhibition Catalogs is available.
KIKUHATA Mokuma Postwar/Paintings
2011, 416pages, 4,400yen
It is a catalog of multiple awards; the 53th Mainichi Art Prize (Kikuhata Mokuma), the 23th Ringa Art Encouragement Prize (Yamaguchi Yozo, Nonaka Akira) and the Japan Association of Art Museums the Catalogue and Article Awards ( Fukuoka Art Museum , Nagasaki Prefectural Museum of Art). Full-color plates of all the 323 exhibits at the Fukuoka / Nagasaki venues are printed. Comprehensive references in detailed chronology, a bibliography list, synopses of all literary works and documented photos of the works that have disappeared are also included. It is bi-lingual in Japanese and English . In addition, a long interview with a total of 71 pages is documented (Japanese language only).
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*This catalog is also available at major book stores.
Artist in Fukuoka in the 21st Century Vol. 9 OURA Kokoro - Interweaving
2011, 48pages, 1,527yen
I, who am drawing and I, who am looking. The artist OURA Kokoro continues to investigate the body, work and space through paintings. In addition to the exhibition record of the newly released works, the catalog reflects upon her art achievements with the plates and references. Bi-lingual in Japanese and English
TSUTSUGAKI: Beauty of Paste Resist Indigo Dyeing
2011, 143pages, 1,500yen
“Tsutsugaki” is the traditional dye technique in which paste is placed onto a cloth by free hand to resist dyeing. The catalog introduces approximately 70 Tsutsugaki masterpieces that were made various places in Japan from the Edo Period to Pre-war. The essay attempts to define Tsutsugaki's historical place and gives an explanation of the works. Bi-lingual in Japanese and English
