Art

We explored a bit of Japanese art. We visited the Museum of Modern Art which showcases Japanese art from the 20th century. It was okay, no great moments. The art is heavily influenced by foreigners and one gets the sense of looking at European art (Picasso, Gris, Braque, Monet, Seurat). Much of it was good, but not very original. We then hit the HARA Contemporary Art museum and saw some more cutting edge presentations. There was a wonderful Yasumasa Morimura installation of a man as toilet that I can't find an online image of to share; there was a great installation of Yuken Teruya who cuts tiny delicate designs out of toilet paper rolls, books, and wrote some text from a book on the wall using pine branches; finally there was a nice exhibit by Izuma Kato of paintings and new sculpture (see above). They served wine and it was very lovely. Yay contemporary art!