ARTIZON MUSEUM
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
JAM SESSION: THE ISHIBASHI FOUNDATION COLLECTION X MOHRI YUKO—ON PHYSIS
Initiated in 2020, the annual Jam Session project invites leading contemporary artists to produce exhibitions in response to the Ishibashi Foundation Collection. This fifth edition welcomes Yuko Mohri, Japan’s representative at this year’s Venice Biennale. Mohri is known for her kinetic sound installations fashioned from found materials such as plastic sheets, dust, and rotten fruit. Her works visualize and give form to the unseen and constantly shifting elements that make up a particular space, such as magnetic forces, electric currents, air, dust, water, and temperature, opening up new circuits of perception for the audience. Marking Mohri’s first large-scale exhibition in Japan, “On Physis” will present both new and existing works in dialogue with pieces from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection selected by the artist herself. The titular physis, a Greek word usually translated as “nature” or “essence,” references the core problem of early Greek philosophy, which asked: What is the origin or principle of all things?
Also on view at the museum will be “Looking Human: The Figure Painting,” featuring masterpiece portraits by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and André Derain, and “Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection Special Section: Matisse’s Studio.”
VENUE
VENUE
ARTIZON MUSEUM
- B9
- Kyobashi
The Artizon Museum offers cutting-edge cultural experiences in the heart of central Tokyo. Originally known as the Bridgestone Museum of Art, the museum was established in 1952 to house the collection of its founder, Shojiro Ishibashi. Now numbering some 3,000 artworks, the encyclopedic collection is grounded in businessman and philanthropist Shojiro Ishibashi’s personal holdings, spanning from Impressionist masterpieces to Japanese Western-style paintings, and from antiquities to contemporary art.
The museum relaunched in 2020 with the opening of new state-of-the-art facilities anchoring the 23-story Museum Tower Kyobashi. The name Artizon, which combines the words “art” and “horizon,” reflects the museum’s mission to transcend generational and geographic boundaries, serve the public interest, and shape the future. This is achieved through a robust program of exhibitions that interweave art histories from different continents and centuries.
Dining available on-site.
