Term :
From 23rd January to 27th March 2016
Closed :
Tuesdays
Museum hours :
10 a.m. - 8 p.m. (No admission after 7:30 p.m.)
Exhibition Admission :
Adults: 1000yen (800yen)
People over 65 years: 800yen (600yen)
University / High School Students: 500yen (400yen)
Junior High School Students or under: Free
*Parentheses indicate reduced price for groups which in more than 20 people. The reduced price is also available for those who are physically or mentally handicapped.
Venue :
Contemporary Art Museum,Kumamoto
Organized by :
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto(Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Art and Cultural Promotion Foundation), Kumamoto Nichinichi Press,TKU
Sponsored by:
Shiseido
Cooperated by:
Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education, Kumamoto City Board of Education, Kumamoto Ken Bunka Kyokai (Cultural Association of Kumamoto), Kumamoto Ken Bijutsuka Renmei (Artists' Union of Kumamoto), Kumamoto International Convention and Tourism Bureau, J:COM Kumamoto, FM-Kumamoto, FM791
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
2-3, Kamitori-cho, Chuou-ku, Kumamoto city
860-0845 Japan
TEL.+81-96-278-7500
FAX. +81-96-359-7892
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Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto is pleased to present the exhibition "Rinko Kawauchi The river embraced me."
As a remarkable contemporary artist, Rinko Kawauchi has received increased recognition from Europe, North and South America, and she has a presence in Japan and overseas.
This exhibition will show you from her early works that won the 27th Kimura Ihei photography award to her brand-new works, you may know that she is one of the important pioneers of the new age of photography.
And this is the first big solo exhibition in Kumamoto, and Kyusyu.
Kawauchi had broken new ground in the field of her art with "Ametsuchi" that covers field burning in Aso, Kumamoto. Next her challenge in Kumamoto is appealing as the brand-new works "The river embraced me" that is her first collaboration works with the people whose unforgettable memories have been belong to Kumamoto.
Kawauchi has mark the sense of "Live Now" through her works, and this exhibition will show you that her art is rich in potential.
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Untitled
Cui Cui 2005
Chromogenic print, 1016x1016mm
IZU PHOTO MUSEUM |
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Untitled
Illuminance 2007
Chromogenic print, 1016x1016mm
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
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Untitled
Ametsuchi 2012
Chromogenic print, 1480x1850mm
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
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Untitled
The river embraced me 2016
Artist |
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Rinko Kawauchi 1972 born in Shiga, Japan
1993 Graduated with an A.A. from Seian Women's College
(Seian University of Art and Design)
Lives and works in Tokyo
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2015 |
Let's sing a song our bodies know, Gucci Shinjuku, Tokyo
Illuminance, Kunst Haus Wien, Wien |
| 2014 |
Ametsuchi, Main Gallery Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge
New Pictures 9: Rinko Kawauchi, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis |
| 2013 |
Ametsuchi, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Koln
Ametsuchi, Aperture Gallery, New York
Light and Shadow, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts msc Gallery, Kyoto
Ametsuchi, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica
Illuminance, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich
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| 2012 |
Rinko Kawauchi, Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Seeing Shadow, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo |
| 2011 |
A Glimmer in Silence, FO.KU.S Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck
Illuminance, FOIL GALLERY, Tokyo
Illuminance, Gallery at Hermés, New York
murmuration, Rose Gallery, California |
| 2010 |
A Glimmer in Silence, Galerie Priska Pasquer, Koln
Iridescence, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels
Rinko Kawauchi: Transient Wonders, Everyday Bliss-Photography, Video and Slides 2001-2009, ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels |
| 2008 |
Cui Cui, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
Semear, FOIL GALLERY, Tokyo |
| 2007 |
Semear, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
| 2006 |
AILA + the eyes, the ears,, Fotografik Center Copenhagen / House of Photography, Stokholm, / Hasselblad Centre Göteborg
Rinko Kawauchi, The Photographers' Gallery, London |
| 2005 |
AILA, Kanaz Forest of Creation, Fukui
AILA + Cui Cui + the eyes, the ears,, Fondation Cartier pour l
'Art Contemporain, Paris / Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan |
| 2004 |
AILA, Little More Gallery, Tokyo |
| 2001 |
UTATANE, Parco Museum, Tokyo |
| 1998 |
UTATANE, Guardian Garden, Tokyo |
Awards
| 2013 |
63rd New Face Award in the Art Encouragement Prizes |
| 2009 |
ICP 25th Annual Infinity Award, Art Category |
| 2002 |
27th Kimura Ihei Photography Award
Photographic Society of Japan Rookie of the Year Award |
| 1997 |
Grand Prix Prize, Gardian Garden's 9th Hitotsubo Award |
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Rinko Kawauchi Artist Talk |
| Date and Time: |
January 23 (sat) 14:00- |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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CAMK Lecture College |
| Speaker: |
Haruko Tomisawa (Curator of Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto) |
| Date and Time: |
February 21 (sun) 14:00-15:30 |
| Place: |
Home Gallery |
| Admission: |
Free |
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Gallery Tour |
| Gallery tour for the exhibition guided by the curator. |
| Date and Time: |
January 24, 31.
February 7, 14, 28.
March 6, 27.
each 15:00-15:30 |
| Admission: |
Exhibition ticket |
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Expectant Mother's Tour + Family Tour |
This is a tour for enjoying the exhibition with family or friends. We also show you convenient facilities for future mothes such as the nursing room or play space for children.
This offer is children aged 0-6 years accompanied by adults. Capacity is 7 groups |
| Date and Time: |
February 6(sat) 11:00- |
| Place: |
Exhibition Space |
| Admission: |
Free(Exhibition tickets for adults are needed) |
| *Bookings Required |
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| Monday Movies |
| We show various films every Monday in our museum theater. |
| Date and Time: |
Twice on every Monday, 14:00-, 18:00- |
| Place: |
5F Art Loft |
| Admission: |
Free (90 sheets only) |
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