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Japan’s first large-scale cubism exhibition in 50 years

By on October 3, 2023

 

Around 140 of the world’s famous artworks (paintings, African sculptures, drawings, prints, film and documents) by 40 influential artists that defined Cubism will be shown to the public at the National Museum of Western Art from October 3, 2023 until January 28, 2024. 

Cubism is an avant-garde art movement that shaped the visual arts style of the 20th century. The Cubist style rejected techniques and theories that were traditional – as in art should copy nature. Instead, Cubist painters placed emphasis on the flat, two-dimensional surface of the picture plane, presenting what became a new reality – expression through radically fragmented objects.

 

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The Cubist Revolution – An Exhibition from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris is grouped into 14 chapters. The first half  delves deeply into the history of cubism. Over 50 priceless paintings from the Centre Pompidou collection will be viewed publicly in Japan for the first time. The paintings that figure prominently in the first half are those by Paul Cezanne, Henri Rousseau, Black and Picasso, one of the principal cubist artists at the time. The second half showcases works by Fernand Leger, Juan Gris, Robert and Sonia Dronnet who were just as influential in the development of cubism as international artists like Marc Shager was.

 

The National Museum of Western Art is located at 7-7 Ueno Park, Taito ku, Tokyo.

Nearest stations:  1 minute walk from UENO station by JR line (Park Exit), 7-minute walk from UENO station by Keisei line, 8-minute walk from UENO station by Tokyo Metro Ginza line and Hibiya line

 

                   

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