Exhibition/event has ended.
Polyphony of Function and Decoration
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
Finished
SHARE
Artists
Felice Rix-Ueno, Bruno Paul, Josef Hoffmann, Paul Poiret, Francis Jourdain, Erich Dieckmann, Paul Klee et al.
The period from the 1910s to the 1930s was a time when various forms of modernism emerged in Western Europe and other parts of the world, including Japan.
While "modernism" based on functionalism is still regarded as the central trend of the time, this period of mass consumerism was also an era of ephemeral "modernity," in which the value was placed on decoration in order to always be new. In fact, these two "modernisms," often seen in opposition to each other, contained several forms of modernity, which were intricately related to each other.
Artists of the time shared information across time, synchronized across countries and genres, and their work encompassed everything from painting and sculpture to furniture, tableware, and clothing, as well as the architecture and the cities that housed them, in other words, living spaces and physical activities.
The Wiener Werkstätte inspired the French fashion designer Paul Poiret, while also influencing the country's modernists, such as Robert Malle-Stevin. His eye for life, in general, is also shared by Japanese artists Nobuo Moriya and Kazo Saito. Sonia Delaunay, known for her paintings of simultaneity, devoted herself to fashion work, and modernists such as René Herbst paid great attention to showing window designs that decorated cities. At the Bauhaus, women artists shed new light on textiles, and those who left the school pursued applied arts education at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Arts and Crafts.
As symbolized by the outbreak of the first world war in human history in 1914, the greatest event of this period was the synchronization of the world at once. This exhibition introduces the many forms of modernity that artists explored, sometimes mingling and resonating with each other in this rapidly changing society.
While "modernism" based on functionalism is still regarded as the central trend of the time, this period of mass consumerism was also an era of ephemeral "modernity," in which the value was placed on decoration in order to always be new. In fact, these two "modernisms," often seen in opposition to each other, contained several forms of modernity, which were intricately related to each other.
Artists of the time shared information across time, synchronized across countries and genres, and their work encompassed everything from painting and sculpture to furniture, tableware, and clothing, as well as the architecture and the cities that housed them, in other words, living spaces and physical activities.
The Wiener Werkstätte inspired the French fashion designer Paul Poiret, while also influencing the country's modernists, such as Robert Malle-Stevin. His eye for life, in general, is also shared by Japanese artists Nobuo Moriya and Kazo Saito. Sonia Delaunay, known for her paintings of simultaneity, devoted herself to fashion work, and modernists such as René Herbst paid great attention to showing window designs that decorated cities. At the Bauhaus, women artists shed new light on textiles, and those who left the school pursued applied arts education at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Arts and Crafts.
As symbolized by the outbreak of the first world war in human history in 1914, the greatest event of this period was the synchronization of the world at once. This exhibition introduces the many forms of modernity that artists explored, sometimes mingling and resonating with each other in this rapidly changing society.
Schedule | Jun 7 (Tue) 2022-Sep 4 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | Adults ¥1400; University and High School Students ¥900; Junior High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||||
| Website | https://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/exhibition/機能と装飾のポリフォニー-2-2-2/ | ||||||
| Venue | Toyota Municipal Museum of Art https://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/en/?en | ||||||
| Location | 8-5-1 Kozakahonmachi, Toyota-shi, Aichi 471-0034 | ||||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from the East exit of Toyotashi Station on the Meitetsu Toyota line, 15 minute walk from Shin-toyota Station on the Aichi Loop line. | ||||||
| Phone | 0565-34-6610 | ||||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it       |
Back to Articles
SHARE
No comments yet