Mori Art Museum's 20th Anniversary Exhibition Reimagines Contemporary Art Through School Subjects
The Mori Art Museum, located in Tokyo's Roppongi area, marks its 20th anniversary with the exhibition 'World Classroom: Contemporary Art through School Subjects,' which will be on display from 19 April to 24 September. This showcase categorizes contemporary art into eight different academic fields, featuring approximately 150 artworks from over 50 artists, such as Ai Weiwei, Nara Yoshitomo, and Hiroshi Sugimoto, many sourced from the museum's own collection. Highlights include Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Shovels (1965) and Susan Hiller's Lost and Found (2016). In the Social Studies section, a blackboard utilized by Joseph Beuys in 1984 is displayed. The exhibition investigates how academic classifications influence artists and where these classifications overlap, culminating in a simulated school day experience.
Key facts
- Exhibition marks Mori Art Museum's 20th anniversary
- Runs from 19 April to 24 September in Tokyo
- Organizes art into eight school subjects
- Features approximately 150 works by over 50 artists
- Half the works drawn from museum's collection
- Includes Joseph Kosuth's One and Three Shovels (1965)
- Features Joseph Beuys's 1984 lecture blackboard
- Tamura Yuichiro's Invisible Hands (2022) examines Plaza Accord impact
Entities
Artists
- Ai Weiwei
- Nara Yoshitomo
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Miyanaga Aiko
- Jacob Kirkegaard
- Joseph Kosuth
- Susan Hiller
- Wang Qingsong
- Joseph Beuys
- Tamura Yuichiro
- John Maynard Keynes
- Karl Marx
- Adam Smith
Institutions
- Mori Art Museum
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- World Trade Organization
Locations
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Roppongi
- New York
- United States
- China
- Beijing