Tomoko Konoike "Medicine Infrastructure"
Aomori Museum of Art
Until Sep 29
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Tomoko Konoike
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tomoko Konoike’s body has felt the vibrations of the earth as a new painting medium, and she has traveled and mastered outdoor techniques, sometimes using public works and sewing as media for her “paintings”.
“Medicine Infrastructure” which started last year in Tohoku, is a long-term project in which Konoike travels around the region and exhibits and stores her works in places where she has a connection. She is currently working on a curtain work to install in temporary housing in the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake-stricken area. It will be one of the most important places.
Aomori Museum of Art has been entrusted with the role of “map book or landmark” by Konoike who is like a moving animal. Her request to the museum seems to reflect her thought that it will serve as a fulfilling intermediary to relay her traces to the audience through her new works and field reports.
Konoike says, “I don’t want to throw out messages or questions like a writer or an artist, but I want to take the audience to the edge, where all that is left is their bodies. When their body is exposed to this scene, the art will function like a richly care for the human instincts.
Venues: Aomori Museum of Art and its surrounding outdoor areas, National Sanatorium Matsuoka Hoyoen
“Medicine Infrastructure” which started last year in Tohoku, is a long-term project in which Konoike travels around the region and exhibits and stores her works in places where she has a connection. She is currently working on a curtain work to install in temporary housing in the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake-stricken area. It will be one of the most important places.
Aomori Museum of Art has been entrusted with the role of “map book or landmark” by Konoike who is like a moving animal. Her request to the museum seems to reflect her thought that it will serve as a fulfilling intermediary to relay her traces to the audience through her new works and field reports.
Konoike says, “I don’t want to throw out messages or questions like a writer or an artist, but I want to take the audience to the edge, where all that is left is their bodies. When their body is exposed to this scene, the art will function like a richly care for the human instincts.
Venues: Aomori Museum of Art and its surrounding outdoor areas, National Sanatorium Matsuoka Hoyoen
Schedule Now in session | Jul 13 (Sat) 2024-Sep 29 (Sun) 2024 21 days left Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | [Aomori Museum of Art] Adults ¥1500, University and High School Students ¥1000, Junior High School Students and Under free. [National Sanatorium Matsuoka Hoyoen] Free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.aomori-museum.jp/en/schedule/13464/ | ||||
| Venue | Aomori Museum of Art http://www.aomori-museum.jp/en/index.html | ||||
| Location | 185 Chikano, Yasuta, Aomori-shi, Aomori 038-0021 | ||||
| Access | From the South exit of JR Shin Aomori Station, take the bus and get off at Kenritsu Bijutsukan Mae. | ||||
| Phone | 017-783-3000 | ||||
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