We Can Make Another Future: Japanese Art After 1989
Takashi Murakami, Japan b.1962 / And then, and then and then and then and then 1994 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / Purchased 1996. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / View full image
When
6 Sep 2014 – 20 Sep 2015
Where
Gallery of Modern Art, Gallery 3.1 & Gallery 3.2
'We can make another future' surveys the art of Heisei, the current era in the Japanese imperial calendar, through 100 works by over 40 contemporary Japanese artists.
Increasingly cosmopolitan in character and operating with an unprecedented level of international mobility, the art of this period offers a sophisticated reflection on the social conditions behind art's production in Japan.
Student worksheets
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