Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection x Yamaguchi Akira Drawn to the Irresistible Sensation

9 September [Sat] - 19 November [Sun], 2023

Contact with the modern—and even more so with modern painting—had an adverse influence on Japan. Modern painting in Western Europe was a reaction against realistic and academic painting, an attempt to recover its essential nature. But what about modern art as introduced to Japan, which had no history of realistic or academic painting?

Yamaguchi Akira (b. 1969) responded with that statement to the Ishibashi Foundation Collection, which includes modern paintings by both Japanese and Western artists. In this Jam Session, we invite you to observe Yamaguchi Akira questioning what "modern," a "Japanese-style code," and "the essence of Japan" mean as he tries to break away from the history and art systems imposed by society, driven by a sensation he finds irresistible.

Exhibition overview

Exhibition title: Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection x Yamaguchi Akira Drawn to the Irresistible Sensation

Exhibition period: 9 September [Sat] - 19 November [Sun], 2023

Opening hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays except November 3) *Last entry 30 minutes before closing.

Closed: Mondays (except September 18, October 9), September 19, October 10

Organizer: Mondays (except September 18, October 9), September 19, October 10

Venue: 6F Gallery

Concurrent Exhibitions: From the Scene of Creation ―Artists’ Archives in Films and Photographs （5F Gallery）
Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection Special Section Women Reading（4F Gallery）

Ticket prices (incl. tax)

	On-line ticket	Same day ticket
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 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 the concurrent exhibitions.