The special exhibition "25th Anniversary: Mysterious Art: Trick, Trick, and Trick" will be held at the Hiratsuka Museum of Art in Kanagawa Prefecture from July 2 to August 28.
Our eyes, which control our sense of sight, are easily deceived. We are caught up in various illusions on a daily basis, such as mistaking perspective, mistaking up and down for left and right, or seeing things that aren't there because we believe they are. Artists who have focused on these illusions have used a variety of ingenious methods to create works that deceive and delight the viewer.
This exhibition introduces "trick-filled" works by 29 postwar artists that challenge our sense of sight and fixed images. The exhibition is organized around four key themes: "On Reality and Fiction," "Tricks in Classical Painting," "Op Illusion," and "Aspects of Realism." The exhibition will feature approximately 80 works, including Escher's "Watchtower," Kohei Nawa's "PixCell [Shoe #6(L)]," Yasumasa Morimura's "Portrait (Van Gogh)," Jiro Takamatsu's "Shadow No. 294," Shigeo Fukuda's "Shigeo Fukuda Exhibition," Miran Fukuda's "Beauty Looking Back: Group Portraits on a Mirror," Kaoru Ueda's "Nama Tamago J," and Ryusuke Fukahori's "Goldfish Sake: Naming Tsumugi." Experience the wonder of "seeing" and the joy of being deceived through the ingenious tricks employed by postwar artists. During the exhibition, street painter Kanako Matsumoto will hold a public workshop, as well as gallery talks and workshops led by curators. For more information, please visit the Hiratsuka Museum of Art's official website.
【Event Information】
Special Exhibition "25th Anniversary: Mysterious Art: Trick, Trick, and Trick!"
Venue: Hiratsuka Museum of Art
Address: 1-3-3 Nishihachiman, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
Dates: July 2nd - August 28th
Hours: 9:30am - 5:00pm (last admission at 4:30pm)
※Open until 6:00pm from July 16th to August 28th (last admission at 5:30pm)
Admission: 900 yen for adults, 500 yen for university and high school students
Closed: Mondays (except July 18th), July 19th
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Exhibiting Artists:
Shoji Iida, Yasuko Iba, Vasarely, Kaoru Ueda,
C. Escher, Hajime Emoto, Shuji Okada, Etsutomu Kashiwara,
Shunsuke Kano, Chang-Ryeol Kim, Moriyuki Kuwahara, Tadasky Kuwayama, Tsuyoshi Shigi, Yoshinori Suzuki, Nobuo Sekine, Dino Sato, Jiro Takamatsu, Michiko Nakatani, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kohei Nawa, Katsuji Niwa, Ryusuke Fukahori, Shigeo Fukuda, Miran Fukuda, Masakazu Horiuchi, Morikazu Maeda, Kanako Matsumoto, Yasumasa Morimura, U.G. Sato (29 people, in alphabetical order)