Transformation: Arts Crossing Borders in the 19th and 20th Centuries

29 April [Fri] - 10 July [Sun], 2022

Modern art as we know it began in the latter half of the nineteenth century, colored by the emergence of Manet and the Impressionists and many other avant-garde movements. The background to those developments includes the increasing internationalization of the art world, with art-related people, works, and information crossing borders and continents. How, in that context, have artists, from the modern period on, amidst influences and relationships of unprecedented diversity, decided on and pursued their own artistic ideals and originality? This exhibition addresses crossings and reforms—transformations—by surveying European, Japanese, and American art from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of World War II. It focuses on four painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Fujishima Takeji, Paul Klee, and Zao Wou-Ki, who were stimulated to innovate in their art by contacts and conversations with different, sometimes alien, presences. Through eighty works of art, including two new acquisitions, and reference materials, this exhibition spotlights their transformative approaches to their creative work.

Exhibition overview

Exhibition title: Transformation: Arts Crossing Borders in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Exhibition period: 29 April [Fri] - 10 July [Sun], 2022

Opening hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays except April 29) * Last admission 30 minutes before closing

Closed: Mondays

Organizer: Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

Venue: 5F Gallery

Concurrent Exhibitions: Photography and Painting: From Cézanne　Shibata Toshio and Suzuki Risaku　Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection × Shibata Toshio × Suzuki Risaku (6F Gallery)
Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection　Special Section　Learning: Prints by Picasso and Miró (4F Gallery)

Ticket prices (incl. tax)

	On-line ticket	In-Person ticket (purchase at museum)
General	1,200 yen　*Credit card payments only	1,500 yen
University college high school students	Free entry　Advance booking required Students must present their student ID upon entrance to the museum.
Disabled visitors (plus one accompanying assistant)	Free entry　Advance booking required
Children through junior high school	Free entry　Advance booking not required

*Online tickets must be purchased up to 10 minutes before the end of each time slot.
*Same day tickets on sale at museum are available only for time slots that have not reached full capacity.
*Booking is not accepted when a time slot is full.
*This admission fee gives the visitor access to all concurrent exhibitions.

Art works

Paul KLEE《Protectress》1932, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

ZAO Wou-Ki《Sunken City》1954, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation<br />
©2022 by ProLitteris, Zurich & JASPAR, Tokyo C3760

ZAO Wou-Ki《Sunken City》1954, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
©2022 by ProLitteris, Zurich & JASPAR, Tokyo C3760

ZAO Wou-Ki《Untitled》1980, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation<br />
©2022 by ProLitteris, Zurich & JASPAR, Tokyo C3760

ZAO Wou-Ki《Untitled》1980, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
©2022 by ProLitteris, Zurich & JASPAR, Tokyo C3760

Pierre-Auguste RENOIR《Copy after the Painting by Rubens "The Council of Gods》1861, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo<br />
Donated by Mr. Ryuzaburo Umehara<br />

Pierre-Auguste RENOIR《Copy after the Painting by Rubens "The Council of Gods》1861, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Donated by Mr. Ryuzaburo Umehara