#National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

[lionofchaeronea]

Women Watching Stars, Ōta Chōu, 1936

[internationalemeteorologie]

Yoshitomo Nara

Harmless Kitty. 1994

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[marejadilla]

MIGISHI, Kotaro / 三岸好太郎 (1903- 1934) "Butterflies Flying above Clouds", oil on canvas, 1934 Japanese painter in the yōga style. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / 東京国立近代美術館

"According to Migishi, he was inspired to make this painting after an entomologist told him about a butterfly with a habit of flying over the sea..."

[diary-changyichen]

中平卓馬 《サーキュレーション―日付、場所、行為》 1971年

日曜日

[nobuyukikakigi]

大阪で観た二つの展覧会──「TRIO」と「今に生きるラスキン」

10月12日から14日にかけて久しぶりに大阪へ出かけました。旅の主な目的は、大阪大学中之島センターを会場に開催された第75回美学会全国大会に参加し、そのセッションの一つを司会することだったのですが、三日にわたったその日程の合間を縫って、会場の建物に設けられているギャラリーで開催されていた（10月20日まで）「今に生きるラスキン」と、そのすぐ近くにある大阪中之島美術館で開催中の（会期は12月8日まで）「TRIO──パリ、東京、大阪モダンアート・コレクション」という二つの展覧会を訪れることができたのは幸いでした。とくに後者は���品作品への興味から、どこかで都合がつけば見たいと思っていました。 「TRIO」展は、パリ市立近代美術館、東京国立近代美術館、そして大阪中之島美術館という三つの美術館を代表すると同時に、文明史と芸術史の双方における近代性をさまざまな角度から照らし出す作品を展観することに…

[yuko-a7]

国際博物館の日

2024.5.18

5/18は国際博物館の日ということで、本日常設展が無料の東京国立近代美術館に行ってきました。上の写真の橋の向こうに見えているのが美術館です。お天気がよかったので大手町駅から歩いて行きました。

上の写真は美術館の2階からの景色です。皇居の新緑の向こうが大手町のビル群です。

今回、特に心に残った作品の一部です。

一番最後は速水御舟の『京の家・奈良の家』。前に近代美術館に行った時も速水御舟の掛軸に惹かれた私。気になって調べると40歳で病死されているんですね。炎の周りに蛾が群がる『炎舞』で有名だし、もっと長生きした方だと思っていました。

彼の作品をたくさん所蔵しているという山種美術館にも今度行ってみようと思います。

[secretaryoftheinvisible]

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

[art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament]

SET TWELVE - ROUND TWO - MATCH TWO

“The Icebergs” (1861 - Frederick Edwin Church) / "Maman" (1999 - Louise Bourgeois)

THE ICEBERGS: The sense of scale on those icebergs in so well done. This piece really conveys their MASSIVE size. At first you glace at the artwork and think they're not so big, until you see the boat at the bottom. And that's just the mast. It puts into context just how huge these icebergs are. It's insane that we have such massive otherworldly structures here on earth, that look so powerful and almost magical. That deep blue in the bottom right corner with the sunken ship just showcases the dangers and the force of nature, and how we don't really know much of what lies beneath. In this big world we are still so. small. and that fucks me up.

And the canvas is huge! Which helps convey the scale of these glorious, magical, terrifyingly beautiful icebergs. (@thegirlsinthecity)

MAMAN: I think there are a lot of different ways to look at it (especially depending on your relationship with your mother), but knowing that Bourgeois' mother was a weaver (or somehow involved in textiles) really makes it hit different. (@beelzeblogging)

(“The Icebergs” is an oil on canvas painting by Frederick Edwin Church. It measures 1.64 m × 2.85 m (5.4 ft × 9.4 ft) and is located in the Dallas Museum of Art.

"Maman" is a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois made of stainless steel, bronze, marble. It measures over 30 ft high and over 33 ft wide (9.3 x 8.9 x 10.24 m). There currently 6 locations worldwide (Tate Modern off display, UK, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, and Qatar National Convention Center, Doha, Qatar).)

[holespoles]

Kaunzo Minami, Girl, 1909, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

南薫造『少女』1909年 東京国立近代美術館

[aremac101]

February 11, 2024 / The National museum of modern art, Tokyo

[thekimonogallery]

Naoji Terai, "Spring" with gold lacquer lacquer work 1976 Collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

[ageae]

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

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[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Image:Kōtarō Migishi Butterflies flying above the Clouds 1934, oil on canvas. Collection The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo

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“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke

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[devilsrains]

aoike character guide book

places visited in yasuko aoike's works (translation under the cut by the lovely @asnowperson)

ENGLAND 1- London (Midnight Collector side story among others) 2- The National Gallery (London) (Pt.1 A Thousand Kisses) 3- British Museum (London) (Pt.1) 4- Salibury Military Base (Lieutenant Colonel Eberbach side story) 5- Heathrow Airport (No.11 Seven Days in September among others)

GERMANY 6- Plymouth (El halcón) 7- Bonn 8- NATO Bonn Office 9- Cologne 10- Thermal Spas on the Rhine River and the old castles (Eroica, among others) 11- Lilienthal Monastery (Shuudoushi Falco) 12- Berlin (No. 15 Nosferatu, among otheres) 13- Trier (No.17 Trojan Horse) 14- German Military Hospital (Intermission side story) 15- Dresden (No.16 The Panda’s Maze) 16-Hamburg (From Lawrence with Love side story) 17- Eberbach Mansion

FRANCE/ITALY/GREECE 18- Paris (No.17 Trojan Horse) 19- Louvre Museum (No.1 A Thousand Kisses) 20- Charles de Gaulle Airport (No.11 Seven Days in September) 21- Nice (No.17 Trojan Horse) 22- Avignon (Alcazar Oujo) 23- Catacombes (No.8 Veni Vidi Vici) 24- St.Peter’s Basilica (No.8 Veni Vidi Vici) 25- St.Peter’s Square (No.8 Veni Vidi Vici) 26- Parthenon Temple (No.4 Love in Greece)

SPAIN/PORTUGAL 27- Sevilla (Alcazar Oujo) 28- Sigüenza (Alcazar Oujo) 29- Toledo (Alcazar Oujo) 30- Jerez Castle (Alcazar Oujo) 31- Jerez Monastery (Alcazar Oujo) 32- Jaén (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 33- Plaza de Toros de Jaén (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 34- Córdoba (Eroica) 35- Zuera, Alcala (No.11 Seven Days in September) 36- Aragon region (Eroica) 37- Calatayud (Alcazar Oujo) 38- Granada (Alcazar Oujo) 39- Barcelona (Eroica) 40- Valencia (Alcazar Oujo) 41- Lisbon (No.3 Achilles’ Last Stand)

SWITZERLAND/AUSTRIA/LICHTENSTEIN/ROMANIA 42- Zürich (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 43- Luzern (No.12 The Laughing Cardinals) 44- Vienna State Opera (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 45- Vienna Central Cemetery (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 46- Innsbruck (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 47- Innsbruck Airport (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 48- Hofburg Palace (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 49- Tyrol region (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 50- Lichtenstein (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 51- Romania military base (No. 15 Nosferatu)

THE NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM 52- Amsterdam (Eroica, Madan no Shashu) 53- Bruxelles (No.17 Trojan Horse) 54- NATO HQ (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 55- European Commission HQ (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 56- Antwerp (No.17 Trojan Horse)

NORWAY/SWEDEN/DENMARK 57- Oslo Airport (No.11 Seven Days in September) 58- Mora (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 59- Copenhagen (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 60- Kronborg Castle (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 61- Lousiana Museum of Modern Art (No.19 Poseidon 2000)

TURKEY/SYRIA/LEBANON/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/IRAN 62- İstanbul (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 63- Rumeli Hisarı (No.11 Seven Days in September) 64- Turkish air base (No.6 Inshallah) 65- National borders of Anatolian plateau (No.6 Inshallah) 66- Historical remains of Palmyra (No.6 Inshallah) 67- Beirut (No.6 Inshallah) 68- Jerusalam (Saladin no Hi) 69- Gaza (Saladin no Hi) 70- Tehran (No.6 Inshallah)

EGYPT/TUNISIA 71- Ancient remains outside Cairo (No.6 Inshallah) 72- El Alameyn (No.6 Inshallah) 73- Giza Pyramids (No.11 Seven Days in September) 74- Alexandria (No.11 Seven Days in September) 75- Hotel Rosetta (No.11 Seven Days in September) 76- Carthage (No.17 Trojan Horse)

RUSSIA/JAPAN/USA/OTHERS 77- Moscow (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 78- St. Petersburg (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 79- Hermitage Museum (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 80- Siberia (A Tale of Alaska side story) 81- Uspensky Air Base (Eroica) 82- Tokyo Tower (Hiiro no Yuuwaku) 83- Alaska (A Tale of Alaska side story) 84- FBI Fairbanks Office (No.9 The Alaskan Front) 85- Tazlina Lake (No.9 The Alaskan Front) 86- Hawaii (No.9 The Alaskan Front) 87- West of Eden (Eve no Musukotachi) 88- Olympos (Eve no Musukotachi)