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Feminisms
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
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Chie Aoki, Yui Usui, Mai Endo, Mai Endo × Aya Momose, Sachiko Kazama, Ryoko Kimura, MInako Nishiyama, Eiki Mori, Yu-ki Yuki
Revisiting Japanese feminist expression from the perspective of its intersection with media culture.
Enlisting the cooperation of photographer Yurie Nagashima in its planning, this overview of the brand of feminism that started in Japan with what became known as the “Girly Movement” simultaneously focuses on the interplay of Japanese media culture and feminism since 1990. The world that shaped sensibilities via magazines, comics, TV anime, music videos, and games now occupies a central place in contemporary art expression. Through the internet, personal feelings of unease and incongruity are shared and expressed across past, present, and future, and nationality, swelling into “social unease.” In a social structure where the unease of those who do not share that unease, in turn, becomes organized, artists endeavor to produce expression while moving between media and the individual. While accepting for the moment the inclusion of ideas such as “kawaii” and “rashisa” (“being like”) in the diversity of gender, this exhibition adopts a feminist viewpoint to consider how to confront unease.
Enlisting the cooperation of photographer Yurie Nagashima in its planning, this overview of the brand of feminism that started in Japan with what became known as the “Girly Movement” simultaneously focuses on the interplay of Japanese media culture and feminism since 1990. The world that shaped sensibilities via magazines, comics, TV anime, music videos, and games now occupies a central place in contemporary art expression. Through the internet, personal feelings of unease and incongruity are shared and expressed across past, present, and future, and nationality, swelling into “social unease.” In a social structure where the unease of those who do not share that unease, in turn, becomes organized, artists endeavor to produce expression while moving between media and the individual. While accepting for the moment the inclusion of ideas such as “kawaii” and “rashisa” (“being like”) in the diversity of gender, this exhibition adopts a feminist viewpoint to consider how to confront unease.
Schedule | Oct 16 (Sat) 2021-Mar 13 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1200, Seniors 65 & Over ¥1000, University and High School Students ¥800, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥400 | ||||||
| Website | https://www.kanazawa21.jp/data_list.php?g=81&d=204 | ||||||
| Venue | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa https://www.kanazawa21.jp/en/ | ||||||
| Location | 1-2-1 Hirosaka, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 920-8509 | ||||||
| Access | From the East exit of JR Kanazawa Station, take the bus and get off at Hirosaka · 21st Century Museum. From the East exit of JR Kanazawa Station, take the bus and get off at Korinbo (ATRIO-mae). The venue is 5 minute walk from there. | ||||||
| Phone | 076-220-2800 | ||||||
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