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SUMMARY:Variation and Autonomy: The Prints by Contemporary Japanese Painters
DESCRIPTION:Print Exhibition\nJapan Foundation Touring Exhibition\nVariation and Autonomy:\nThe Prints by Contemporary Japanese Painters\n\nJanuary 10 – March 29\, 2018\nSensing the diverse potential of the print medium\, in the 1970s\, young Japanese artists began making prints\, and in so doing\, expanded the expressive range of contemporary art as a whole.Though certain aspects of this development have certainly been acknowledged\, it was mainly artists who did specialized in or concentrated on prints that served as pivotal figures in post – World War II\, contemporary Japanese print-making. Or at the very least\, that is the way it looks from this vantage point. In Europe and America\, artists who were responsible for trends in contemporary art made printmaking history. But the evolution Japanese printmaking seems to be a singular development in the world. \nHowever\, this does not mean that oil painters were not ambitiously engaged in printmaking from the prewar era onward. Some Japanese painters\, who had visited printmaking workshops in France\, Italy\, and Germany\, produced copperplate prints and lithographs at technical training sessions or in the workshops of acquaintances\, although the number of works was quite small. After World War II\, in the 1950s\, a growing number of painters worked in lithography and the emergence of the peintre-graveur (painter who is also a printmaker) in Japan was a noted phenomenon. Later\, in the 1960s\, printmaking rose to greater prominence and printing workshops were opened here and there\, creating an environment in which it was normal for artists who were not printmaking specialists\, from established painters and sculptors to emerging artists of the avant-garde\, to work with printers on production of their own prints. From the 1970s onward\, as the market value of prints rose\, an even greater number of artists turned their hands to prints in a wide range of styles and media\, strongly propelling the world of printmaking forward. This wide-open environment was correlated with a similarly broad range of printmaking expression among painters who were not specialists in printmaking. \nThis exhibition is not made up of works by artists who are considered to have created a unique or specific development in contemporary Japanese printmaking history\, but rather on those by artists who tend to be seen as support players in this process. There are two reasons for this focus. First\, the exhibition is designed to shed light on the fact that a new field was developed through contemporary Japanese prints. This field\, prints made by painters\, is notable both as a variation on painting and an autonomous form. Thus\, the works helped establish the genre of contemporary Japanese prints while imbuing it with a suitable breadth. Second\, the exhibition is intended to encourage viewers to reconsider the existing history of contemporary Japanese prints. Today\, 70 years after World War II\, at a point when prints are on the verge of being forgotten as a trend in contemporary art\, there is a need\, both in Japan and abroad\, to reconsider history from a variety of critical perspectives without overlooking the subject of dissolution. \nWithout a doubt\, the prints of the artists featured in this exhibition constitute variations on the medium of painting\, yet at the same time they stand alone as works of art that could only be realized through printmaking. Viewing the works of these peintre-graveurs leads us to a genuine understanding of contemporary printmaking in Japan. \n  \n42 works by 10 artists \nHitoshi Nakazato\, Kosai Hori\, Masanari Murai\, Naoyoshi Hikosaka\, \nNatsuyuki Nakanishi\, Toeko Tatsuno\, Tomoharu Murakami\, Toshinobu Onosato \nYasukazu Tabuchi\, Yayoi Kusama \n  \nShow GALLERY HOURS \nMon 11:30 am – 6:30 pm EXTENDED HOURS \nTues 11:30 am – 4:30 pm \nWed 11:30 am – 4:30 pm \nThurs 11:30 am – 6:30 pm EXTENDED HOURS \nFri 11:30 am – 4:30 pm \n \nShow The Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n2 Bloor Street East \nHudson’s Bay Centre\, 3rd floor \nAbove Royal Bank of Canada \nwww.jftor.org 416.966.1600 x229 \n \n  \nADMISSION: FREE \nSaturday openings: \n11:00 am – 4:00 pm \nJanuary 13\, 27\, February 10\, 24\, March 3\, 24 \nClosed: Other Saturdays and Sundays \nFebruary 19 (Family Day)
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LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:February Films: I HEART U Series - MILLENNIUM ACTRESS & VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR
DESCRIPTION:February Films: I HEART U Series\nWe will be screening a series of films from Japan that explore the themes of romance\, heartbreak and longing during this month celebrating love. Enjoy! \n@ JFT\, free admission\, RSVP required  \nMILLENNIUM ACTRESS 千年女優\n\nFebruary 10\, 2018 1:00 PM \nDirected by Satoshi Kon \n87 min. [2002] Japanese w/English subtitles \nRSVP Below > \nMillennium Actress tells the story of Chiyoko Fujiwara\, an old woman who was once an incredibly popular actress that mysteriously disappeared from the film industry in the 60s. A longtime admirer of hers leads an interview with Chiyoko\, as she takes us on an incredible\, dreamlike journey through her past\, her movies\, and her lifelong quest to find the man she loved. \n  \nVOICES OF A DISTANT STAR ほしのこえ\n \nFebruary 10\, 2018 3:00 PM \nDirected by Makoto Shinkai \n25 min. [2002] Japanese w/English subtitles \nRSVP Below > \nThis science fiction drama by anime master storyteller Makoto Shinkai follows the lives of two close childhood friends\, Mikako and Noboru\, who get separated after Mikako is recruited by the UN Space Army and sent in to space to fight in a war against aliens. As the 15 year old girl goes deeper and deeper into space\, the texts she sends take longer and longer\, months and eventually years to reach earth. The film simultaneously follows her battles and Noboru’s life as he receives her texts over the years. \n  \nOther films in the I HEART U series;      Feb 13: Norwegian Wood        Feb 27: Karakara
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