Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo | 'TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA _ Crystallize' Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
The largest solo exhibition to date, offering a comprehensive overview of Tokujin Yoshioka's artistic world.
Presenting "TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA _ Crystallize"
An exhibition, "TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_Crystallize," by Tokujin Yoshioka, who is highly acclaimed both domestically and internationally for his works born from free inspiration and experimental creation across a wide range of fields including art, design, and architecture, is being held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from Thursday, October 3rd.
Text by KAJII Makoto (OPENERS)
What is the relationship between humanity and nature as conceived by Yoshioka?
The exhibition "TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA_Crystallize" offers the first comprehensive overview of Tokujin Yoshioka's artistic world, featuring large-scale installations and new works previously unexhibited in Japan. At this exhibition, Yoshioka will present works such as "Swan Lake," a painting crystallized while listening to music, and "Spider's Thread," a chair created from seven threads.
This exhibition serves as a valuable opportunity to share the vision of how Yoshioka's concept of the relationship between humanity and nature, encapsulated in the phrase "Born from Nature," is "crystallized" (given form and brought to fruition) by him, and to contemplate future creations.
A vast space emerges, expressed through "light," a culmination of Yoshioka's artistic journey.
In the grand atrium space, which forms the climax of the exhibition, "Rainbow Church," a 12-meter-high structure made of crystal prisms, is unveiled.—In 2010, at the "Tokujin Yoshioka_SPECTRUM" exhibition held in Seoul, South Korea, a 9-meter-high stained glass piece composed of 500 crystal prisms, symbolizing a church, was presented as part of the architectural project "Rainbow Church," which Yoshioka had conceived since his twenties.
Yoshioka, deeply moved by the beauty of light when he visited the Rosary Chapel, designed by Henri Matisse in his later years, in his early twenties, has harbored a strong desire to create a space where one can fully experience light, inspired by the vibrant stained glass in Matisse's paintings and the sun-drenched spaces of the South of France. This exhibition features a monumental space expressed through "light," representing a significant milestone in his artistic career.
Let us visit Yoshioka's largest solo exhibition to date, where he has consistently researched new artistic methods and surprised the world with his bold ideas and innovative expressions.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Tokujin Yoshioka—Crystallize
Dates: Thursday, October 3, 2013 – Sunday, January 19, 2014
(Closed on Mondays, except for October 14, November 4, December 23, and January 13. Closed on October 15, November 5, December 24, December 28 – January 1, and January 14.)
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (Exhibition Galleries B2, Atrium, Gallery 1B, Foyer, etc.)
4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Organizers: The Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Nikkei Inc.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo: http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/exhibition/147/