Private Utopia - Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection (Tokyo Station Gallery)

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Tokyo Station last year, it is renovated, has been reopened in a big way. Move from place of conventional, Tokyo Station Gallery were among the also, was re-opened.

I also visited the exhibition on the theme of reopened and a train station. After you have renewed, and visit here, Will it be third time now.

The exhibition, called current subtitle, of British art to be seen in the British Council Collection is on.

Speaking of the UK, in a little earlier, Turner exhibition was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno, around the same time and this exhibition, in Mitsubishi Ichigokan, 19th century, the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at Mori Arts Center Gallery exhibition of aestheticism of is being held.

Theme in contemporary art, the exhibition of three of the above, it was held in the Tokyo Station Gallery, and this has been in what has been a little different.

First, the concept of the British Council collection called Museum Without Walls,, I've been fascinated.

The British Council does not have an exhibition facilities museums and as a so-called building. Collection is carried to the place where it is stored is placed in the container crate a special called (wooden box), the exhibition will be held.

All of which can be viewed on the Web site of the collection. The total number, that there be 9,000 points.

In this exhibition, which was held in Tokyo, among them, by artists of 30 people, painting, video work, such as objects, works of various kinds were exhibited.

Concept of the Council of Museum Without Walls was embroidered, work called British Council Collection Banner, Ed Hall, colorful tapestry.

Taka Tak, by Haroon Mirza. It is composed of objects that reproduced with vinyl records and images when visiting Pakistan, the sound. Naive is in the good sense, would feel like, like watching a school festival of the University.

What you say, what works well, really familiar feeling. Never, instead of telling a big story, as it is, you have to work life-size, that is around you, that day-to-day.

Exaltation tension and unique that have visited the museum, it is not felt at all.

Like, Will it be the image that have visited as a friend, the house of each artist. It is really comfortable.

If you look at the artist's profile, there is also a winner of the Turner Prize our prestigious of England, both our present age artists leading.

It did so, from the works of his Successors Turner, and Rossetti, literally, it is possible to hear the figure of current British art.

The Japanese homepage of the British Council, a dedicated page of this exhibition is provided, there are individual pages to introduce the artists of all participating.

In that each page works almost on display this time is in fact, have been featured in the photograph. At the venue, guidebook had been sold, but if you look at this page, there will not even need to buy it.