Garden for Children

Exhibition Outline

An exhibition for the enjoyment of all, from infants and toddlers to adults, Garden for Children will celebrate the perceptual powers and mindscape of small children. Featured are hands-on interactive and physically immersive works, newly created by emerging artists, each of which gives orchestration to an entire space. By enabling adults to share a world of art together with children and experience it vicariously through their viewpoint, physical sensations, and feelings, the exhibition will provide occasions for communication among people of different generations and for considering and rediscovering our own relationship with art.

Artists: Mikiko ENDO, Goh IDETA, KOSUGE1-16, Shinji OHMAKI, Saki Satom


Exhibition Information

Title: Garden for Children
Date: July 24th Saturday - October 3rd Sunday 2010
Closed: Monday (*except for August 16th & September 20th), September 21st
Opening Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (*Tickets available until 17:30)
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Organized by: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Supported by: Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Active
Sponsored by: Shiseido
In Cooperated with: Koto City, ACE. INC., Aprica Childcare Institute, couwasign, Eipurafuto Co., Ltd., full-scale, Hojo Komuten, Kayodo, Nakagawa Chemical, Inc., Nakamura-naka Seisakusyo, Nihon Rikagaku Industry co.,ltd., sixinch, JAPAN, Co., Ltd.,TAJIMA, Tsunekawa Industrial Felt Corporation, Yoshinari Kogyo, Fukagawa Shiryokan Avenue Shopping Street Cooperative Society, Mouri Nursery
Admission: Adult ¥1,100 (¥880), University & College student, over 65yrs old ¥800 (¥640), High school & Junior high school student ¥600 (¥480), Free for elementary school & under
*( ) price for a group, over 20 people
*Free entry to MOT permanent collection for ticket holders
*Discount available for audience purchasing'Karigurashi no Arrietty x Yohei Taneda'ticket
Also showing: 'Karigurashi no Arrietty x Yohei Taneda'July 17th - October 3rd
'MOT collection'July 17th - October 3rd

Restroom with diaper changing table & baby care room are available.
Baby strollers are accepted in the exhibition space.
Kid's menu are also available at the Restaurant Content, B1F (for elementary school & under).

  • Shinji Ohmaki ECHOES - INFINITY; Kumamoto (detail), 2009 Photo: Saki Yakabe Venue/Courtesy: Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto Reference image

  • Mikiko Endo Plan for Cheering Mountain, 2010

  • Saki Satom Maya's room, 2010 ©sakisatom

  • Goh Ideta reflection, 2009 Installation view at Wunderbar Festival (New Castle, England) Photo: Joshua Sofaer Reference image

  • KOSUGE1-16 Model for Big Tree (S-Size) , 2010

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