MOT Collection

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses approximately 5,700 artworks in its extensive collection, which spans the modern and contemporary periods with a focus on art of the postwar years. Each installment of the “MOT Collection” exhibition introduces artworks in the collection from various themes and angles in its effort to convey the diverse appeal of contemporary art.

The first floor section, “Walking, Traveling, Moving: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present,” comprises of a diverse array of works, from sketches drawn by KANOKOGI Takeshiro who visited Tokyo immediately after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake to document the devastated areas, to works by Olafur ELIASSON that were produced for his solo exhibition at MOT in 2020, when restrictions on freedom of movement were in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. FUJIMAKI Yoshio's masterpieces Scenes from the Sumidagawa River (1934) will also be exhibited, along with newly acquired works by KUSANAGI Shinpei, MITSUSHIMA Takayuki, and Wataridori Keikaku [ASO Tomoko, TAKEUCHI Akiko] that were created in correspondence to the “MOT Satellite” exhibitions. We hope that this exhibit, by following the footsteps of artists spanning various eras and countries, will provide an opportunity to enhance our perspective on the world and society in which we live.
The 3rd floor section titled, “Special feature: YOKOO Tadanori―Ever-Changing, Like Water” introduces works centering on those added to the museum’s collection on the occasion of the artist’s solo exhibition held in 2021. Featuring Yokoo’s oeuvre spanning from the 1960s to recent, the exhibit explores new appeals of his artistic practice through focusing on expressions related to “water” that appear in many of his rich variety of works. In addition, works by artists with a deep connection to Yokoo will be presented.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy a series of large-scale paintings by Sam FRANCIS, of which this year marks his centennial.

*This exhibition is a continuation of the previous term, with some of the exhibits replaced.
*Please be informed that the contents of the exhibit may be subject to change.

Flyer (PDF)
List of Works
Pamphlet
Special feature | YOKOO Tadanori―Ever-Changing, Like Water - Work Captions

"o to da te" and "no zo mi" (PDF)

Artists

ASAKURA Setsu, ISHIKAWA Naoki, KATSURA Yuki, KANOKOGI Takeshiro, KUSANAGI Shinpei, KUBOTA Shigeko, KURITA Koichi, NAKANO Jun, NAKAMURA Hiroshi, BITO Yutaka, FUKUDA Naoyo, FUJIMAKI Yoshio, MATSUMOTO Shunsuke, MITSUSHIMA Takayuki, YANASE Masamu, YOKOO Tadanori, Wataridori Keikaku [ASO Tomoko, TAKEUCHI Akiko], Andy WARHOL, Olafur ELIASSON, Sandro CHIA, Jennifer BARTLETT, Sam FRANCIS, Richard LONG and more

Walking, Traveling, Moving ―From the Great Kanto Earthquake to the Present

Special feature | YOKOO Tadanori―Ever-Changing, Like Water

100th Anniversary of Birth | Sam FRANCIS