"Tokyo Art Meeting: Transformation" Exhibition

Finished

Artists

Matthew Barney, Simon Birch, Francesco Clemente, Marcus Coates, Jan Fabre, Gabríela Friɚriksdóttir, Naoki Ishikawa, Bharti Kher, Lee Bul, Motohiko Odani, Junya Oikawa, Jagannath Panda, Patricia Piccinini, Shahzia Sikander, Sputniko!, Jana Sterbak, Sarah Sze, Masakatsu Takagi, Tunga, Apichatpong Weerasethakul

People have always been fascinated by images of transformation involving the human body. What does it mean for human beings to transform themselves into “something other than human”? Transformations into animals, imaginary creatures, robots, and cyborgs... Transformations by means of plastic surgery, gene manipulation, and organ transplants... Along with ecology, a return to the primitive, and research into new human characteristics for future survival, this has recently become a hot topic in contemporary art. Produced in collaboration with anthropologist Shinichi Nakazawa, this exhibition will bring a new perspective to contemporary art, with “art expansions” as its keyword. As a cross-disciplinary endeavor, it will traverse fields to present historical artworks, subculture, and archive materials together with contemporary art.

[Image: Matthew Barney, "Cremaster 3: Five Points of Fellowship" (2002)]

Schedule

Oct 29 (Fri) 2010-Jan 30 (Sun) 2011

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-18:00
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays.(12/28 - 1/1)
Notice	Open on 1/3, 1/10. Closed from 12/29 to 1/1 and on 1/11.

Fee

Adults ¥1300, Students & Adults over 65 ¥1000, High/Junior High School Students ¥650, Elementary School Students and under Free

Website

http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/eng/2010/transformation/index.html