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    ABSTRACTION: The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today

    3 June [Sat] - 20 August [Sun], 2023

    About this exhibition

    From the late nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War I, France enjoyed its Belle Époque, a time of peace and prosperity. In a society brimming with a lively, free atmosphere that spurred artistic creativity, Fauvism, Cubism, and other new art forms bloomed in France at the beginning of the century. In time, those developments led to the birth of abstract painting, one of the outcomes of stylistic evolution in painting. Then abstraction shaped twentieth-century art world. This exhibition explores the history of abstract painting, and its ties to the future. Beginning around the time of abstract painting’s birth, it presents abstraction’s rise, trends flourishing, mainly in French painting before and after the war, and the rise of Hot Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism in France after the war. It also explores abstract art’s simultaneous emergence in Japan, with the Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop), Gutai, and other movements, its multifaceted development, and its connections with the next generation.

    Exhibition overview

    Exhibition title

    ABSTRACTION: The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today

    Exhibition period

    3 June [Sat] - 20 August [Sun], 2023

    Opening hours

    10:00 – 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays except August 11) *Last entry 30 minutes before closing.

    Closed

    Mondays (except July 17), July 18

    Organizer

    Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

    Ticket prices (incl. tax)

    On-line ticket Same day ticket
    General 1,800 yen *Credit card payments only 2,000 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 not 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.

    Art works

    František KUPKA, Study on Red Ground, c. 1919,  [New acquisition]

    František KUPKA, Study on Red Ground, c. 1919, [New acquisition]

    Willem DE KOONING, January, 1947-48,  [New acquisition] ©︎2022 The Willem de Kooning Foundation, New York/ ARS, New York/ JASPAR, Tokyo

    Willem DE KOONING, January, 1947-48, [New acquisition] ©︎2022 The Willem de Kooning Foundation, New York/ ARS, New York/ JASPAR, Tokyo

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