Since 2018, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) have been organizing the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award (TCAA) for mid-career artists in Japan with the aim of assisting their further progress through continuous support over several years. The TCAA 2020–2022 exhibition will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo featuring the winners of the second edition of the award, Fujii Hikaru and Yamashiro Chikako.
This exhibition features the works of the award winners in the format of two solo exhibitions.
Fujii has endeavored to respond to contemporary social issues by always incorporating the perspective of the present while empirically examining historical events in Japan and abroad. In this exhibition, Fujii presents a new work that looks at the postwar debate over Japanese war art paintings from the official documents left behind by the United States occupation forces.
Yamashiro’s practice has centered on her native Okinawa. She says that she finds the vision for her next project during the process of creating a work. She here presents a new piece based on her research in Okinawa, along with related works.
*The exhibition is subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Check the TCAA website for more details
Title | Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2020-2022 Exhibition |
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Exhibition Period | 2022/3/19 (Sat)- 6/19 (Sun) |
Time | 10:00-18:00 |
Closed | 3/22, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6, 6/13 |
Venue | Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo) |
Admission | Free |
Artists | FUJII Hikaru, YAMASHIRO Chikako |
Organizers | Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Arts and Space / Museum of
Contemporary Art Tokyo of the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture |
Available to view on the TCAA website.
FUJII Hikaru
YAMASHIRO Chikako
Fujii will talk about his work and discuss the subject of Japanese war art paintings with Kawata Akihisa (Art Histrian, Professor of Chiba Institute of Technology) who cooperated with Fujii's work this time.
Date | 2022/4/23 (Sat) 14:00-15:30 |
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Participants | FUJII Hikaru, KAWATA Akihisa (Art historian, Professor of Chiba Institute of Technology) |
Venue | B2 Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo |
Admission | Free *Reservations required / First-come-first-served basis |
Language | Japanese |
TCAA Website | |
*Subject to alteration according to the state of the COVID-19 infection.
Yamashiro will discuss with MINATO Chihiro, who is well acquainted with Yamashiro's works and contributed in Yamashiro's monograph, mainly about the exhibited works as well as the present of Okinawa, by seeing it in local and global perspective.
Date | 2022/5/22 (Sun) 15:00-16:30 *Fully booked |
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Speakers | YAMASHIRO Chikako, MINATO Chihiro (Photographer, Visual Anthropologist, Professor of Tama Art University) |
Venue | B2 Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo |
Admission | Free *Reservations required / First-come-first-served basis |
Language | Japanese |
TCAA Website | |
The booking has been closed (Fully booked).
*Subject to alteration according to the state of the COVID-19 infection.
The dialogue between Fujii Hikaru and Kitahara Megumi will be held on 6/12(Sun). By having a guest Kitahara Megumi, who researches art history with perspectives of gender, race and postcolonialism, they will reconsider the concept of “war paintings” exhibited at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 1946, shown only for the Allied occupation forces personnel.
Date | 2022/6/12 (Sun) 14:00-15:30 |
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Participants | FUJII Hikaru, KITAHARA Megumi (Emeritus Professor of Art History and Gender Studies at Osaka University) |
Venue | B2 Auditorium, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 4-1-1 Miyoshi, Koto-ku, Tokyo |
Admission | Free *Reservations required / First-come-first-served basis |
Language | Japanese |
TCAA Website | |
*The booking has been closed.
*Subject to alteration according to the state of the COVID-19 infection.