We visited “Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan,” a special exhibition on the theme of the window. The venue is The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo“Windowology: New Architectural Views from Japan”Sou Fujimoto, House inside a Window / House without WindowsChronology of windows and architectureFrom left: Pierre Bonnard, Still Life, Open Window, Trouville; Henri Matisse, The Waiting and Woman by the WindowInstallation view — Ryusei Kishida, Portrait of ReikoInstallation viewLeft: Mark Rothko, Untitled. Right: Ad Reinhardt, Abstract PaintingLeft: Roy Lichtenstein, Untitled. Right: Bertrand Lavier, Painting under GlassLeft: Seifu Tsuda, Victims. Right: Seifu Tsuda, Bourgeois Parliament and the Life of the People, sketchWorks by Ikko Narahara from the installation viewWelcome to Xijing — Xijing Immigration OfficeXijing Men works from the installation viewRobert Rauschenberg, Sling Shots Lit #5Roman Signer, Shutter, 2012Zbigniew Rybczynski, Tango, 1980
Zbigniew Rybczynski’s Tango is a remarkable work, so we have included a link to the video below.
Gerhard Richter, 8 Glass Panels, 2012
The show was an intriguing exhibition that took the window as its starting point, but the majority of the works on display were drawn from domestic collections.
The curatorial concept is superb; still, I felt it would have benefited from a further tier of pieces powerful enough to stand entirely on the strength of the works themselves.
Zbigniew Rybczynski’s Tango is an outstanding work!
Below is also his Imagine (1987), which resonates with the themes of this exhibition.
