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Modern Representations of Human Figures - From the Collection of The National Museum of Art, Osaka

Saturday, December 16, 2017～Sunday, March 25, 2018

The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka will be exhibiting 9 works of human sculptures produced by contemporary artists, which have been selected from the collection of The National Museum of Art, Osaka. The show will run concurrently with the exhibition on ancient yong figures. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of The National Museum of Art, Osaka, this would be the first collaboration between the two museums, both of which have been playing a leading role in the art and cultural activities in the Nakanoshima region. Works of human figures from the ancient times were produced under circumstances completely different from those made in modern times, having a great time gap of over a thousand years as well as a huge special distance. Nevertheless they both vividly represent the people of their respective times in their own way. Visitors can enjoy this rare encounter of contemporary creativity and the ancient beauty of creation in a museum environment.

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Title
Modern Representations of Human Figures 　- From the Collection of The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Dates
Saturday, December 16, 2017～Sunday, March 25, 2018
Closed days
Mondays (open on January 8, February 12)
January 9, February 13
December 28, 2017 – January 4, 2018
Venue
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka (Lobby 2)
Opening hours
9:30 am – 5:00 pm / Open until 7:00 pm on December 22 – 24 / Last admission: 30 minutes prior to closing time
Organized by
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka / The National Museum of Art, Osaka / Japan Broadcasting Cooperation Osaka Station / NHK PlaNet, Inc. Kinki Branch Office / The Asahi Shimbun Company
Special sponsor
The Sumitomo Group
Admission
Visitors are admitted to all exhibitions in the museum with a ‘Special Exhibition’ admission ticket.
Number of items on display
9 works
Also showing
Special Exhibition:
Tang Dynasty Tomb Figures of Hu People―Portraying the Multicultural Vigor on the Silk Road―
Featured Exhibition:
The Charm of Chinese Ceramic Yong Figures
Permanent Exhibition:
Chinese and Korean Ceramics of the Ataka Collection
Korean Ceramics of the Rhee Byung-Chang Collection, Japanese Ceramics
Inquiries
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
Phone: 06-6223-0055
Fax : 06-6223-0057

Examples of Objects on Display

Touching the Silver Door
FUNAKOSHI Katsura
1990
Height 92.5cm
The National Museum of Art, Osaka

FUNAKOSHI Katsura (1950- ) has been producing human half-length statues out of camphor wood since around 1980. While extending his works to other forms such as sphynx or humans in irregular appearances, he says his interest never veers to subjects other than human beings. As he says “it may be possible to represent the ‘formation of the world’ through the form of a human being”, it can be mentioned that his artistic activity is an attempt to express the universal spirituality of people, which exceeds cultural and historical contexts.

Modern Representations of Human Figures - From the Collection of The National Museum of Art, Osaka

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Examples of Objects on Display

Touching the Silver Door