Hello everyone! I'm Thao.
The topic of this week is about museum so I want to introduce you one of my favourite museums in Tokyo - Mori Art Museum. Mori Art Museum is located next to Roppongi Hills' main building and is a part of the Roppongi Hills Group. You can go there by Hibiya Line or Toeido Line. If you can use both, I recommend the Hibiya Line because the exit is very near to the place (around 2 minutes).
Mori Art Museum is famous for many global collections. Many of its activities show us famous maps, manuscripts, photographs, films, audio and video recordings, prints and drawings, and other special collections of artists all around the world. One interesting point of global collections is, with a topic, you can see how people from different cultures, different worlds think about its. And to me, it was amazing to enjoy divergent points of view about Love. Actually, I visited it last weekend as it was introducing an exhibit of Love. This was the Museum's 10th anniversary exhibition show. In this exhibition, there were works of American, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch and many other countries' artists. There were drawings, sculptures, portraits, video recordings and photographs showing many faces of Love, not just about happiness but even death, divorce, etc...
Here is some works in the exhibit.
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| This LOVE letter is made from stainless steel. When I first saw it I thought of its meaning like this: "No matter how it's hurt and lose its original shape, your Love is still there." Well, this is mine. Enjoy it and think about your own exegesis. |
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| This is a copper heart. I believe that you would be amazed when you see it. It was much bigger than I'd thought. |
Here is an artist-interview video I took from the website of Mori Art Museum:
In conclusion, I really recommend this exhibit. Go and enjoy it with your partner if you have time. You can get much more information from the museum's homepage or Facebook.
In conclusion, I really recommend this exhibit. Go and enjoy it with your partner if you have time. You can get much more information from the museum's homepage or Facebook.
Thank you!
Hi Thao, this is Ms. MacGregor. Thanks for your terrific introduction. What an interesting way to present an exhibition - Love. Usually, we see exhibitions organized by a season, an artist, a period of artists, a private collection. This is a unique way of forming an exhibition. Glad you got to see it! Thanks for the video too. The photos I saw and the artist's talk were interesting.
ReplyDeleteHi, I'm Takehiko. I really want to go to this exhibition. But I don't go to... I remember that this exhibition hold by September 1st. In summer vacation, I can go to it, I going to go to and enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteHi Ms. MacGregor. Thank you for your informative comment! I didn't know well about how an exhibition usually organized but this Love show was really big and special. There were still many many interesting parts of the exhibit I hadn't introduced yet or I couldn't. If you want to go, you should choose a good-weather day because next to the museum is a belvedere where you can enjoy a very beautiful scene of Tokyo's bay.
ReplyDeleteI,m Masaki. I have not known Tokyo- Mori art museum but I,m interested in it very much. I think it is enjoyful to see various world`s cultures. Thank you for introducing me it!!!
ReplyDeleteHi, I am Tomoki. I am interested in this love. It is difficult to tell what you think. So it is new way to tell that by transforming letters. I would like to go to the museam.
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