EXHIBI­TIONS

AKI SASAMOTO’S LIFE LABORATORY

New York–based multimedia artist Aki Sasamoto has gained a worldwide following for her installation/performances that combine individual obsessions, mathematical theory, pop psychology, and other references into powerful commentaries on the absurdity of contemporary life. This exhibition—Sasamoto’s first midcareer survey—will revisit the two-decade-long interplay between sculptural creation and improvised performance in her practice. The featured works will span from her earliest pieces, in which humorous narratives unfold through bodily interactions with specially modified objects and devices, to her latest projects incorporating kinetic elements.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo opened in 1995 as the city’s first institution for the research, collection, preservation, and display of contemporary art. The museum’s exhibition program features cutting-edge expressions by Japanese and international artists working in contemporary art, fashion, architecture, design, and other fields. Displayed across two floors of dedicated gallery space, the MOT collection comprises over 5,700 works of art, including major works of 20th-century Japanese art, with a focus on the art of the postwar years. The museum has the largest specialty library of its kind in Japan, housing over 270,000 books, catalogues, and periodicals on modern and contemporary art. Its education program engages people of all ages through an active calendar of guided tours, lectures, and workshops.

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