©DAIDŌ MORIYAMA/TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, SHADAI GALLERY
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography” is now on view at Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. The exhibition explores the role of photography from 1968 to 1979 and how it helped shape contemporary art in Japan. It features 250 works from 29 artists, including photographs, photo books, paintings, sculpture, and film-based installations, and is on view until July 12.
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Shōmei Tōmatsu, Protest 1, from Oh! Shinjuku, 1969, gelatin silver print.
SHŌMEI TŌMATSU/THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, MUSEUM PURCHASE FUNDED BY THE S. I. MORRIS PHOTOGRAPHY ENDOWMENT AND MORRIS WEINER
Daidō Moriyama, from Accident, 1969, gelatin silver print.
© DAIDŌ MORIYAMA/TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, SHADAI GALLERY
'For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography,' 2015, installation view.
COURTESY THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
'For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography,' 2015, installation view.
COURTESY THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
'For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography,' 2015, installation view.
COURTESY THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
'For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography,' 2015, installation view.
COURTESY THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
Toshio Matsumoto, For the Damaged Right eye, 1968, film still from triple 16mm (transferred to DVD).
PJMIA/©TOSHIO MATSUMOTO/COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Keizō Kitajima, Installation Photograph of the Exhibition Photo Express: Tokyo, 1979, inkjet print.
©KEIZO KITUJIMA/COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST
Miyako Ishiuchi, from Apartment, 1977–78, gelatin silver print.
PAUL HESTER, HESTER + HARDAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY/©ISHIUCHI MIYAKO/THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, MUSEUM PURCHASE FUNDED BY THE CAROLINE WIESS LAW ACCESSIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
Shigeo Gochō, from Familiar Street Scenes, 1978–80, chromogenic print.
©HIROICHI GOCHŌ/THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, MUSEUM PURCHASE FUNDED BY JOAN MORGENSTERN
Kōji Enokura, P.W. No. 51, Symptom—Floor, Hand, 1974, gelatin silver print.
PAUL HESTER, HESTER + HARDAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY/©MICHIYO ENOKURA/THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, MUSEUM PURCHASE FUNDED BY THE CAROLINE WIESS LAW ACCESSIONS ENDOWMENT FUND