Tokyo Prefecture Art Museum

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The Art Museum of Tokyo Prefecture ( Japanese 東京 都 美術館 , Tōkyō-to Bijutsukan , short tobikan or just tobi ( 都 美 [館] ); English Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum ) is a museum for contemporary art in Tokyo .

history

The museum was in 1926 as the Art Museum of Tokyo ( Tōkyō-fu Bijutsukan , 東京府美術館 ; Engl. Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum ) opened with a classic-style building, designed by architect Okada Shin'ichiro came. The museum is mainly used for changing exhibitions, but also has its own collection. The museum is popularly called “Ueno no bijutsukan” - “The Art Museum of Ueno” because it is located in the park of the same name and to distinguish it from the national museum nearby. The current main building, which opened in September 1975, was designed by Maekawa Kunio . The building has a floor area of ​​6,796 m² and a total area of ​​31,984 m². Of the total area, 10,488 m² are available for temporary exhibitions, 1,707 m² are reserved for the permanent exhibition.

The building is intended for the regular annual exhibitions of artists' associations and other corporations, for their own changing exhibitions and for the permanent exhibition of their own property. This comprised paintings, sculptures and contemporary prints, a total of around 3,000 pieces. In 1994, however, the collection came to the new Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art , with part of the sculptures and calligraphy being returned later. Today, the company's own collection includes 12 sculptures and 36 calligraphic works.

Works from the sculpture collection

  • Igarashi Haruo (五十 嵐 晴 夫) " Möbius structure"; 1978; Granite,
  • Suzuki Hisao (鈴木 久 雄; * 1946): "P3824 M 君 ま で の 距離" (P3824 M distance to you); 1977; Granite,
  • Inoue Bukichi (井上 武吉; 1930–1997): "Plus and Minus No.55"; 1975; Stainless steel structure,
    • "My sky hole 85-2 光 と 影" (light and shadow); 1985; Polished stainless steel ball,
  • Yasuda Haruhiko (保 田 春彦; 1930–2018): “堰 の 見 え る 遠景” (gate seen from a distance); 1975; Granite and stainless steel,
  • Oda Jō (小田 襄; 1936–2004): "円 柱 の 領域" (area of ​​a round pillar); 1975; Stainless steel structure,
  • Mogami Hisayuki (最 上 壽 之; * 1936): "イ ロ ハ ..." (alphabet); 1979; Stone sculpture,
  • Horiuchi Masakazu (堀 内 正 和; 1911–2001): "三 本 の 直 方 体 B"; (Three-part stand B); 1978; Steel structure,
    • “三 つ の 立方体 A” (three standing bodies); 1978; Stainless steel structures,
  • Tatehata Kakuzō (建 畠 覚 造; 1919–2006): "さ 傘" (The umbrella); 1973; Metal structure made of aluminum and iron,
  • Asakura Fumio (朝 倉 文 夫; 1883–1964): "佐藤 慶 太郎 像" (bust of Satō Keitarō); 1926, bronze sculpture and
  • Joseph-Antoine Bernard (1866–1931): "舞 踏" (dance); 1925; Stone relief.

literature

  • Community of Tōkyō's museums (ed.): Tōkyo-to bijutsukan In: Museums in Tokyo (Tōkyō no hakubutsukan). Edition 1990.

Web links

Commons : Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Museum website: Timeline (Japanese, English )
  2. ↑ Satō Keitarō (佐藤 慶 太郎; 1868-1940) was an entrepreneur and art patron from Kyūshū, who donated 1 million yen to Tokyo Prefecture in 1921 for the establishment of the museum.

Coordinates: 35 ° 43 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 139 ° 46 ′ 22 ″  E