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Series of lectures on Insho Domoto
Time : 10:30 - 12:00
Place :Suekawa Memorial Lecture Hall
in Ritsumeikan University (*Scheduled )
Capacity:First 50 applicants
Saturday fine-arts salon
Time : 10:30 - 12:00
Place : Annex Japanese room in Insho Domoto Museum of fine arts ( Insho's
former residence )
Capacity:First 30 applicants
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-Depicting the Human Form
-From natural sight and sentiment to modeling
December 3 (Fri) ,2010 - May 29 (Sun), 2011
Insho Domoto who changed his style in various ways over a half century.
While he painted traditional Japanese subjects such as flowers and birds,landscapes, portraits, and Buddhist imagery, he surprised the art world with a magnificent turn toward abstraction after the war.
The current exhibition focuses on Insho's various figurative works ranging from portraits to semi-abstract figures.
It presents Insho as an artist who experimented with a diverse array of forms and composition throughout his life to express his unique vision.
(Some of the works are going to be replaced during the session.)
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Series of lectures on Insho Domoto (No.1)
Insho Domoto at the Meiji era and Taishou era
May 22 (Sun)
Lecturer :
Yasuhiro Shimada (Director in this museum)
International Museum Day sponsored events
May 5, May 18
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Poetry of Transcending Moments-Scenery of Seasons
June 3 (Fri),2011 - August 7 (Sun),2011
The four seasons in Japan are a pleasure to the eye, showing various features
of trees and flowers that vary in seasonal accordance.
The beauties of nature, varying with the seasons, such as flowers appearing
in spring, fruits richly borne in summer, colorful leaves in autumn, and
birds standing in snowy scenery in winter, have featured as the subjects
of pictures through the ages.
Insho Domoto also painted transient nature with his exquisite sensitivity.
This exhibition will present Insho's paintings which feature seasonal beauties
to show his unique, varied expression of nature.
A small selection :
Insho's Imitative Paintings
The small selection will present imitative paintings copied from classical
works including murals of the main hall of "Fukiji" in Oita and the "Genji
Monogatari Emaki (picture scroll)" to show Insho's vision when he faced
classical Japanese paintings.
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Series of lectures on Insho Domoto (No.2)
Insho Domoto at the first term of the Showa era
July 10 (Sun)
Lecturer :
Mitsuyo Yoshinaka / Assistant Chief Curator, Kyoto Municipal Museum of
Art
Saturday fine-arts salon
About Japanese seasonal views
June 25(Sat)
Lecturer :
Yasuhiro Shimada (Director in this museum)
Tea ceremony performances and traditional Japanese music performances,and
exhibit of Insho's former residence
(tea room,garden)
June 11(Sat ),12(Sun)
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Insho and Informel / "Gutai" / "Bokusho"
---Avant-Garde after World War II
August 12 (Fri),2011 - October 23 (Sun),2011
Domoto Insho took on a big challenge in creating new beauties since the
mid-1950s.
Gradually parting from figurative motifs, he executed abstract paintings
which enabled the expression of spiritual beauty using "sumi" black lines
and colors.
This unique abstract expression using Japanese painting materials was named
"Shin Zokei (New modeling)" by Insho himself, and has been recognized also
in Western countries.
The background to the "Shin Zokei" was greatly linked to the art scene
in Western countries of that time, where abstract expressionist movements
such as Informel were flourishing.
This exhibition will present a variety of Insho's challenging works along
with Morita Shiryu's related "Bokusho (ink abstract)" movement as well
as the "Gutai Bijutsu Kyokai (Figurative Art Association)" which developed
avant-garde practices.
(Some of the works are going to be replaced during the session.)
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Saturday fine-arts salon
"Gutai" and Informel
August 20 (Sat)
Lecturer :
Shinichiro Osaki / Vice Director and Chief Curator, Tottori Prefectural Museum
Exhibit of Insho's home (tea room,garden)
September 17-19, 23-25 |
The 120th anniversary of Insho Domoto's birth in cooperation with the 26th
National Cultural Festival Greatly
Multi - artist: Domoto Insho
---Japanese painting, Western painting, Solid work, Architecture, and Design
October 28 (Fri),2011 - December 11 (Sun),2011
Insho Domoto was born in Kyoto in 1891.
His work was accepted for the first time by the 1st "Teiten" exhibition
in 1919, and he was active mainly at the "Kanten" exhibition thus establishing
his position as a leading figure in Japan's art world.
Accordingly, he has been known as a Japanese-style painter, but he also
actively produced oil paintings and watercolors, as well as solid works
such as ceramics and sculptures.
Furthermore, in his last days, he planned to build a museum to house his
own works, and his interior/exterior designs for the museum were materialized.
This is a good example of how diverse his creative activities were.
This exhibition will introduce his achievements from various angles, considering
him as a greatly diverse artist who created in a variety of modes beyond
the framework of a Japanese-style painter.
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The symposium for the 120th anniversary of Insho Domoto's birth will be held in November.
November 3 (Thu:national holiday)
Panelists are expected to be from each field,of architecture and art and
design, and Western and Japanese paintings.
Kansai Culture Day
November19,20 (admission free)
KINUKAKE HANA KAIRO
Flowers Corridor in KINUKAKE
(the temporary)
November19,20(*Scheduled )
The corporate planning with the flower arrangement of the Komatsu style
Place:Insho's Previous home(annex)
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Insho's View ---City and Nature
December 16 (Fri) ,2011 - March 11 (Sun), 2012
Insho Domoto passionately painted landscapes of European cities in parallel
with Japanese natural scenery such as mountains, rivers, valleys, and woods.
His diverse modes of expression convey a wet atmosphere using ink, or the
sense of light in bright colors.
A number of sketches drawn on site were part of an indispensable process
to complete a final work.
This exhibition will show these sketches along with a variety of landscapes
selected from his works.
We hope you will see his interest in landscapes through his expressions
of cities and nature.
A small selection:
Insho's Paintings of Shinto and Buddhist Deities
The small selection will show Insho's sketches and paintings related to
deities which he had worked on throughout his life. Please enjoy his various
depictions of Shinto and Buddhist Gods.
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Series of lectures on Insho Domoto (No.3)
Insho Domoto at latter term of the Showa era
December 18 (Sun)
Lecturer :
Yukiyo Yamada (Curator in this museum)
Saturday fine-arts salon
About landscape and scenery
January 28(Sat),2012
Lecturer :
Yasuhiro Shimada (Director in this museum)
Series of lectures on Insho Domoto (No.4)
Art theory of Insho Domoto
February 19 (Sun),2012
Lecturer :
Heisaku Harada / The former Director Emeritus ,The Museun of Art,Ehime
(*Scheduled )
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Mode of living ---The Time and Society
March 16 (Fri) ,2012 - May 27 (Sun), 2012
Insho Domoto made works focusing on people's lifestyles of all ages and
cultures from the 1920s to the mid-1960s.
He viewed different modes of life ranging from China to India to Europe.
Most specifically, the event World War II brought about drastic social
change and evoked new questions, which inspired him to explore a new vision.
This exhibition will try to approach his view of time and society by presenting
his works that reflect different modes of lives of all ages and cultures.
A small selection:
Insho's Preliminary Sketches for Fusuma Paintings
The small selection will show preliminary sketches for the "shohekiga (paintings
on room partitions)" of a historically famous temple in Kyoto.
It will present an aspect of Insho's diverse artistic career through various
"fusuma (sliding doors)" paintings.
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Saturday fine-arts salon
About manners and customs
March 24(Sat),2012
Lecturer :
Yukiyo Yamada (Curator in this museum)
(*Scheduled )
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