Schedule

Hussein Chalayan- from fashion and back

A creator continually crossing the border between fashion and art, Hussein Chalayan (1970- Cyprus). Through collections imbued with pungent social criticism and through technology inspired clothing designs fitted with LEDs and laser beams, he has become known as one of today’s most powerfully innovative and experimental designers. This exhibition, an international traveling exhibition of large scale originally held at the Design Museum, London, will display not only Chalayan’s fashion creations but his many-faceted creative activities, through some 24 pieces including film works and installations.

Apr. 3(Sat) - Jun. 20(Sun)
Closed on Mondays *except May 3/ closed on May 6
Exhibition gallery B2F

TOKYO WONDER WALL 2010

In 2000, a wall of Tokyo City Hall became a display venue for new artists who will play a role in tomorrow’s art-Tokyo Wonder Wall. Since 2001, Tokyo Wonder Wall exhibitions have also been held at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.

May 29(Sat) - Jun. 20(Sun)
Closed on Mondays
Exhibition gallery 3F

Karigurashi no Arrietty x Yohei Taneda

In conjunction with the 2010 summer release of Karigurashi no Arrietty, a new epic movie by Studio Ghibli, MOT will hold a “Karigurashi no Arrietty x Yohei Taneda” exhibition. Production designer Yohei Taneda has won international acclaim with his art direction on such popular movies as Swallowtail Butterfly, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Hula girl, and The Magic Hour. For this exhibition, Taneda will give three-dimensional development to the physical surround of the characters appearing in the animation movie, in order to bring visitors inside the movie’s world. The exhibition will also display precious materials related to Taneda’s live-action movie art design, as well as production materials used in the creation of this exhibition and Karigurashi no Arrietty.

Jul. 17(Sat) - Oct. 3(Sun)
Closed on Mondays *except Jul.19, Aug. 16, 23, 30, Sep. 20
Closed on Jul. 20, Sep. 21
Exhibition gallery 1F, 3F

Garden for Children

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. Participating artists: Goh Ideta, Mikiko Endo, Shinji Ohmaki, KOSUGE1-16, Saki Satom

Jul. 24(Sat) - Oct. 3(Sun)
Closed on Mondays *except Aug. 16, Sep. 20/ closed on Sep. 21
Exhibition gallery B2F

Tokyo Art Meeting Transformation

People have always been fascinated by images of transformation involving the human body. What does it mean for human beings to transform themselves into “something other than human”? Transformations into animals, imaginary creatures, robots, and cyborgs . . . Transformations by means of plastic surgery, gene manipulation, and organ transplants . . . Along with ecology, a return to the primitive, and research into new human characteristics for future survival, this has recently become a hot topic in contemporary art. Produced in collaboration with anthropologist Shinichi Nakazawa, this exhibition will bring a new perspective to contemporary art, with “art expansions” as its keyword. As a 　cross-disciplinary endeavor, it will traverse fields to present historical artworks, subculture, and archive materials together with contemporary art.

Oct. 29(Fri) – Jan. 30, 2011(Sun)
Closed on Mondays *except Jan. 3, 10/ closed on Dec. 29- Jan. 1, 11
Exhibition gallery 1F, 3F, Atrium

Catalysis for Life- New Language of Dutch Art & Design

The Netherlands is attracting international attention as a hotbed for important new trends in art and design. This exhibition features artists prominent even among Dutch artists for deconstructing existing art and design concepts in an attempt to establish a unique new expressive language: Ted Noten (contemporary jewelry), Tomoko Take (art), Martijn Engelbregt (graphic design), and Maarten Baas (design).

Oct. 29(Fri) – Jan. 30, 2011(Sun)
Closed on Mondays *except Jan. 3, 10/ closed on Dec. 29- Jan. 1, 11
Exhibition gallery B2F

Kyoji Takubo

The first comprehensive solo exhibition in Tokyo devoted to Kyoji Takubo (1949—), an artist known for his Chapel of Apple restoration project. After initially working in such genres as performance art and objet d’art, Takubo from 1987 devoted more than ten years to the restoration of a small chapel in Normandy. Today, he is engaged in a long-term restoration project at Kotohira-gu Shrine in Shikoku that shows the varied character of contemporary artistic endeavor. His career has unfolded within a struggle between a movement outward from the site, involving relocation and border transgression, and creation that respects the scenery within the site and gives play to the structure of the existing culture there.

Feb. 26, 2011(Sat) – May. 8(Sun)
Closed on Mondays *except Mar. 21/ closed on Mar. 22
Exhibition gallery 1F, B2F

MOT Annual 2011: A Buttefly’s Beating Wings (tentative title)

Each year since 1999, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo has held a MOT Annual exhibition to showcase new trends in art, with a focus on the Tokyo metropolis. This time, the 11th MOT Annual will look at artists who are carving out their own aesthetic worlds by selecting simple everyday methods, materials, and themes and working at them continuously. Their explorations of the world at their feet may appearsenstive, small, and closed, yet they in fact possess great flexibility, depth, and breadth of vision. Taking “Nearest Faraway / a nearby distant world” as its keyword, the exhibition will inquire into the potential of art and the meaning of creating art in our times.

Feb. 26, 2011(Sat) – May. 8(Sun)
Closed on Mondays *except Mar. 21/ closed on mar. 22
Exhibition gallery 3F