The exhibition encourages the visitor to reflect on the relationship, established during the 20th century, between the rediscovery of certain traditional arts and international modern art through design.
About the exhibition
"This exhibition is based on a specific case-that of the thinker Yanagi Soetsu, promoter of the “Mingei” movement, and his son, Yanagi Sori, who was a premier post-war designer. The exhibition encourages the visitor to reflect on the relationship, established during the 20th century, between the rediscovery of certain traditional arts and international modern art through design.
This dynamic emerges from a strictly ethnographic and anthropological perception of traditional folk art. Accordingly, it can be inscribed within a specific historical context: that of Japan during the first half of the 20th century (until the end of the 1950’s). It also has to do with an aesthetic, moral and formal perspective that is echoed today by the “original forms” of certain contemporary designers."
The exhibition curator's statement of intention
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Exhibition curator
- Germain Viatte
Assistant curator
- Akemi Shiraha
- Germain Viatte
- Place: Galerie Jardin
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TimeSlots:
From Tuesday 30 September 2008 at Sunday 11 January 2009 -
Closed on mondayTuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10:30 am-07:00 pmThursday: 10:30 am-10:00 pm
- Public: All publics
- Categorie : Exhibitions