Contact with the modern- and even more so with modern painting- had an adverse influence on Japan. Modern painting in Western Europe was a reaction against realistic and academic painting, an attempt to recover its essential nature. But what about modern art as introduced to Japan, which had no history of realistic or academic painting?

Akira Yamaguchi (b. 1969) responded with that statement to the Ishibashi Foundation Collection, which includes modern paintings by both Japanese and Western artists. This Jam Session presents Yamaguchi questioning what "modern," "Japanese-style code," and "the essence of Japan" mean as he tries to break away from the history and art systems imposed by society, driven by a sensation he finds irresistible.

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The Artizon Museum, formerly the Bridgestone Museum of Art (opened in 1952), opened in January 2020 as a new art museum in Kyobashi, Tokyo. Artizon is a word coined from the combination of the words "art" and "horizon," and expresses the museum's intention to give visitors a sense of the horizons of art that are opening up the future. The concept is to "experience creation". In addition to the highly acclaimed Impressionist and Japanese modern Western-style paintings, the Ishibashi Foundation has expanded the scope and depth of its Collection to include post-war abstract paintings and modern Japanese art. The exhibition rooms are located on three floors from the 4th to the 6th and are equipped with the latest lighting and air-conditioning systems to provide a wide variety of art experiences.


Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection x Yamaguchi Akira Drawn to the Irresistible Sensation

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