Kansai Scene Magazine

DEC 2005 :: 067

Jumbo Escape

Dec. 3 & 4

Four Shiga-ken artists, Sarah Hoitsma, J. Neil Lawley, Veronica Lussier, and Shannon Shea, will exhibit new work at Otsu Biwako Bunkakan. All four artists are working to integrate the experience of living in Japan with their previous art-making practices. Hoitsma and Lawley, both from Dallas, Texas, will show work with themes of nature and artifice, memory and loss. Lussier, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, has a BFA in Drawing and Video. Her sculpture deals with human connectivity across time, space, and culture. Shea, originally of Chico, California, holds a BFA in electronic media. Her work has addressed issues of femininity and identity. Her new work will draw on Japanese pop culture, specifically, purikura.

Biwako Bunkakan Gallery 1F
JR Otsu/Keihan Shimanoseki stn. Otsu, Shiga (castle building next to Biwako Hall)
Open: Sat 12-5pm, Sun 10am–5pm
Admission: free
Tel: 077-522-8179

Alphonse Mucha: Treasures from the Mucha Foundation

Thru Jan 29

Alphonse Mucha was born in 1860 in Moravia, now part of the Czech Republic, but — his fierce patriotism notwithstanding — he was clearly a man of the world. Reflecting this, the works on display are arranged according to the various countries he resided in, starting with some early oil paintings and other works completed in Austria and Munich. Alphonse Mucha is synonymous with Art Nouveaux, which may help account for his popularity here in Japan. Since the opening of the Mucha Museum in Prague in 1988, the Mucha Foundation has collected an enormous number of his works from all over the world. This exhibition will feature posters, lithographs, accessories, oil paintings, statues and even photographs that Mucha took himself.

The Suntory Museum, Tempozan
Subway chuo, Technoport line, Osaka-ko stn, exit 1
Open: 10:30am-7pm, closed Mon.
Admission: ¥1,000/¥700/¥500
Tel: 06-6577-0001

The Love of Football: Shimizu Kazuyoshi Photo Exhibition

Dec.17 - Jan.29

An authority on football photographs, this exhibition introduces the photogra-phic works of Shimizu as an intro for the 2006 World Cup Football tournament to be held in Germany. Photographs from Zico’s first year as a manager in Nove-mber of 2002 to the most recent Asian Qualifiers will be on display. Shimizu not only focuses on the play but on the mental part of the game, such as the intense stillness seconds before kick off as well as the passion of the suppor-ters and staff and the stadium itself. An avid fan himself, Shimizu has covered the last seven FIFA World Cups and is a renowned sports photographer in Japan.

Kirin Plaza Osaka
Dotonbori river side, Shinsaibashi
Open: 11am–9pm
Admission: free
Tel: 06-6212-6578

Kansai Art Listings December

Osaka

Thru Dec. 6
Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubu-tsukan
(Museum of Ethnology)
Special exhibition on Indian fashion
Admission: ¥830/¥450/¥250
Thru Feb. 28
Worlds in Landscape Models
— 37 miniatures of 23 countries on display
Admission: ¥420/¥250/¥110
Inside Expo '70 Park. Subway Banpaku Kinen Koen stn
Open: 10am–4:30pm, closed Wed.
Tel: 06-6876-2151

Thru Dec. 11
Fujita Bijutsukan
Calligraphy Exhibition featuring hand-copied sutra from Nara Period. Thirty-five pieces.
JR/Keihan Osaka-jo, Kitazume stn , subway Kyobashi stn
Open: 10am–4pm, closed Mon.
Admission: ¥800/¥500/¥300
Tel: 06-6351-0582

Thru Dec. 18
Ei-Q Photo Dessin
Reconsidering Mono-ha
Subway Yotsubashi line, Higobashi stn, exit 3.
Open: 10am–4pm closed Mon
Admission: ¥420/¥130/¥70
Tel: 06-6447-4680

Thru Dec. 22
DDD Gallery
Makoto Wada Graphic Design Exhibition
Nishi-Umeda stn or Higobashi stn
Open: 10am–6pm, closed Sat/Sun/Hol.
Admission: Free
Tel: 06-6347-8780

Thru Dec. 23
Museum of Oriental Ceramics Osaka
Masterpieces of Oriental Ceramics
Exhibition from Korea, Japan and China.
Subway Midosuji line, Yodoyabashi Stn
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥500/¥300/free
Tel: 06-6223-0055

Thru Dec. 25
Osaka Shiritsu Toyo Toji Bijitsukan
Deployment of Oriental Ceramics
Subway/Keihan Yodoyabashi stn
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥500/¥300/free
Tel: 06-6223-0055

Thru Jan. 19
Belgium Flanders Exchange Center
Adagio — Masumura Chizuru Exhibition
Subway Tanimachi 9-chome/Kintetsu Uehonmachi stn.
International House Osaka 3F
Open: 11am–12:30pm, 1:30–5pm closed Sat/Sun/hol
Admission: Free
Tel: 06-6773-8850

Thru Jan. 29
Suntory Museum Tenpozan
Alphonse Mucha: Treasures from the Mucha Foundation
Subway chuo, Technoport line, Osaka-ko stn, exit 1
Open: 10:30am-7pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥700/¥500
Tel: 06-6577-0001

Dec. 17–Jan. 29
Kirin Plaza Osaka
The Love of Football — Shimizu Kazuyoshi Exhibition
Shinsaibashi stn
Open: 11am–9pm
Admission: Free
Tel: 06-6212-6578

Kyoto

Dec. 6–11
Kyoto International Community House
Peaceworks
The Kansai International Photographer’s Association (KIPA) exhibition.
JR Kyoto/Keihan Sanjo/Shijo Kawaramachi. Take city bus no.5 to Kyoto Kaikan Bijutsukanmae stop. Or Tozai line, Keage stn.
Admission: Free
Tel: 075-752-3010

Thru Dec. 11
Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Bijutsukan
The 3 Mashiko Hamadagama: Shoji, Shinsaku and Tomoo exhibition
JR Yamazaki/Hankyu Oyamazaki stn
Open: 10am–4pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥700/¥500/free
Tel: 075-957-3123

Thru Dec. 18
The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto
Suda Kunitaro Exhibition
From JR/Kintetsu Kyoto stn, take bus no.5, get off at Kyoto-Kaikan-Bijyutsukan-mae.
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥830/¥450/¥250
Tel: 075-561-4111

Thru Dec. 18
Hosomi Museum
8th Annual Exhibition on Rimpa: Tawaraya Soutatsu Exhibition
Tozai Subway line, Higashiyama stn On the corner of Nijo-dori and river.
Open: 10am–5:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥800
Tel: 075-752-5555

Thru Dec. 25
Kyoto National Museum
Classical Japanese Poetry and Art:
Celebrating 1,100 years of Kokinshu and 800 years of Shinkokinshu styles of poetry
Keihan Shichijo Stn
Open: 9:30am–5pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/¥400
Tel: 075-541-1151

Thru Dec. 25
Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art
Calligraphy by modern artists
Keihan Shijo/Hankyu Kawaramachi stn.
Open: 10am–5pm closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥800
Tel: 075-525-1311

Thru Dec. 26
Bijutsukan “Eki” Kyoto
Unknown Story of Modern Art
— Masterpieces by Monet, Picasso, Degas and Renoir.
JR Kyoto stn, Isetan Dept. Store
Open: 10am–7pm
Admission: ¥1,000/¥800/¥600
Tel: 075-352-1111

Thru Jan. 15, 2006
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Special Exhibition: Between Buddhist Gods and Demons — Images of Human Beings
City bus no.5, 100 Kyoto-kaikan
and Bijutsukan-mae
Open: 10am–5pm
Admission: ¥900/¥700/free
Tel: 075-771-4107

Thru Jan. 15, 2006
The Museum of Kyoto
(Kyoto Bunka Hakubutsukan)
Matsushima, Amano Hashidate, Itsukushima
— The Three Most Famous Views in Japan Exhibition.
Kyoto subway Karasuma line, Karasuma-Oike stn
Open: 10am–4:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥700/¥400
Tel: 075-494-2238

Hyogo

Thru Dec. 4
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History
Shotokutaishi and the national treasures from Horyuji Temple
JR/Sanyo Himeji stn
Open: 10am–4pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥200/¥100/free
Tel: 0792-88-9011

Thru Dec. 11
Hyogo Togei Museum
Tamba Pottery — 800 year history of ceramic masterpieces.
Over 120 pieces from the end of Heian Period to the present.
JR Fukuchiyama line, Aino stn, bus bound for the museum.
Open: 10am–6pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥800/¥600/¥400
Tel: 079-597-3961

Thru Dec. 18
Kosetsu Museum
Tanka Poems and Kana Calligraphy Exhibition with various Kogo
Hankyu Mikage/JR Sumiyoshi stn
Open: 10am–4:30pm
Admission: ¥700/¥450/¥250
Tel: 078-841-0652

Thru Dec. 24
Himeji City Museum of Art
Kathe Kollwitz Exhibition
JR/Sanyo Himeji stn; Nr. Himeji Castle
Open: 10am–4:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥600/¥200
Tel: 0792-22-2288

Thru Jan. 9
Kobe Shiritsu Koiso Kinen Museum
The Museum collection Exhibition.
135 works by Koiso Ryohei and 105 works by artists with a connection to the Kobe area.
Rokko Liner Island Kitaguchi stn
Open: 10am–4:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥600/¥400/¥250
Tel: 078-857-5880

Thru Jan. 15
Hyogo Prefectural Museum
Dutch Masters from the Rijks-museum Amsterdam Exhibition
Hanshin Iwaya stn
Open: 10am–5pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,300/¥900/¥500
Tel: 078-262-0901

Nara

Thru Dec. 4
Nara Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Sugimoto Kenkichi Exhibition
Kintetsu Nara stn
Open: 9am–4pm, closed Mon
Tel: 0742-23-3968

Thru Dec. 11
Osaka Nihon Mingeikan
Tapa — The Beauty of Bark Cloth in Oceania
Inside Expo ’70 Park
Open: 10am–4:30pm, closed Wed
Admission: ¥700/¥450/¥100

Thru Dec. 25
Nara Museum of Photography
Irie Taikichi and Domon Ken Exhibition
JR/Kintetsu Nara Stn, loop bus.
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥500/¥200/¥100
Tel: 0742-22-9811

Thru Dec. 25
Yamato Bunkakan
Picture scrolls from tales
Kintetsu Gakuenmae stn
Open: 10am–4pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥600/¥300
Tel: 0742-45-0544

Thru Jan. 15
Nara National Museum
Treasures of the Kanazawa Bunko Museum
Kintetsu Nara stn inside Nara Park
Open: 9:30am–5pm, closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,000/¥700/¥400
Tel: 0742-22-7771

ART section compiled by Maki Nibayashi

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