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.
Five Ukiyo-e Favorites―Utamaro, Sharaku, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Kuniyoshi
2019, 346pages, 2,600yen
This catalogue reproduces all of the works displayed in the Five Ukiyo-e Favorites- Utamaro, Sharaku, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Kuniyoshi Exhibition held in 2019 and 2020 at Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum, Fukuoka Art Museum and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. The excellent works selected according to the favorite motifs of the five maestros—the “beauties” of Utamaro, “actors” of Sharaku, “landscapes” and “flowers and birds” of Hokusai and Hiroshige, and “warriors” and “caricatures” of Kuniyoshi—will invite you to fully enjoy the essence of the beauty of ukiyo-e, which have long fascinated the world.
Gustave Moreau, Salomé and the Femme Fatale
2019, 200 pages, 2,400 yen
Gustave Moreau (1826–1898) was a representative of the French Symbolist movement. He kept drawing a world of mythological and biblical subjects at the end of the 19th century in Paris, declaring: “what can be seen can’t be trusted”. This catalogue, which consists of “Chapter 1: Moreau’s Beloved Women”, “Chapter 2: The Apparition and Salomé”, “Chapter 3: The Femme Fatales” and “Chapter 4: Pure Maidens and The Unicorns”, introduces about 100 pieces from the collection of the Gustave Moreau Museum in Paris, focusing primarily on Moreau’s female portraiture.
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Flower Power
2019, 128pages, 1,500yen
This catalogue introduces Flower Power, the very first solo exhibition held in Japan by Yinka Shonibare CBE, a representative artist of the United Kingdom. The catalogue features: the artist’s statement on the exhibition; commentaries on twenty pieces including the signature works of his early career and his most recent work Woman Shooting Cherry Blossoms that was specially commissioned for the exhibition; and also an essay given by the curator of the exhibition. African prints, which are essential to Shonibare’s artwork, are also described. Written both in English and Japanese.
