'Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2015'

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‘Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2015’

TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

Yuji Ichikawa's 'World Tree I' (2014) | ?KYOTO DYEING AND WEAVING CULTURAL ASSOCIATION

By Daisuke Kikuchi
Staff Writer

Dec 8, 2015

Nov. 26-Dec. 20

This is the fourth edition of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum’s series of annual exhibitions showcasing Japan’s contemporary artists. As a group show to support up-and-coming artists, five exhibitions — “You Can See it (But You Can’t Feel it),” “Is it possible: Tohoku-Ga? Museum for Hypothetical State of Tohoku,” “JIS is it: Invisible Standards,” “Sensuous Structures” and “Sensou-Ga Studies” — are being held concurrently.

Of particular note is “Sensuous Structures,” by the art group Creo, whose huge installations and sculptures include Yuji Ichikawa’s impressive 12-meter-wide “World Tree I.”

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; 8-36 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Ueno Stn. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free admission. Closed 1st. and 3rd. Mon. of the month. 03-3823-6921;