iArtizon MuseumKyobashi, Chuo
Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection x Fujii Hikaru "WHOSE LIGHT?"
The seventh Jam Session pairing sees contemporary artist Fujii Hikaru respond to 22 works from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection, inverting Plato's cave allegory to question the structure of truth.
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You start at a plaster copy of a Parthenon relief fragment, over a metre tall, and finish in the Cold War. In between, Fujii Hikaru sets 22 works he chose from the Ishibashi collection, from Roman-era glass to a Pollock and a Giacometti bust, against a dozen or more of his own, three of them new.
His question is Plato's cave turned around: not what the light shows, but who is holding it. The five pieces with running times on the list of works run 22, 14, 11, 14 and 57 minutes, close to two hours in all. Subjects include colonial Taiwan, Japanese war paintings in US military files and nuclear power. The nuclear section is lit blue, and Giacometti's Diego stands in it.
It's on the 6th floor. Timed tickets cost ¥1,200 online or ¥1,500 at the desk if a slot is free, students go free with an online booking, and the ticket covers The Strangers' Gaze downstairs. Fridays run to 20:00 (last entry 19:30).
Não perca
The Parthenon cast
Look for the plaster copy of a Parthenon relief fragment, 105 cm tall, where the whole route begins.
To Spare the Conquered and to Subdue the Proud
A new installation built from the collection's Roman-era glass from Syria and Palestine and medieval Iranian bowls, including a blue one with black flowers scratched through and gold.
Mujō (The Heartless)
An 11-minute film in which young immigrants living in Japan today re-enact lessons given in Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule, cut with archive footage.
The Japanese War Art 1947 (Special Duty)
A new installation of Fujii's own photographs from the US National Archives, of files US military intelligence kept on Japanese war paintings, laid out along long, narrow tables.
Record of Coastal Landscape (U.S. Military)
A 1947 US military photograph of the Futaba coast on a lightbox; at its centre is a former army airfield, the site where Fukushima Daiichi now stands.
Ideal para
- Visitas noturnas
- Sozinho
- Nerds de carteirinha
Evite se
You want to see it all in an hour: the five films alone run close to two hours.
Com crianças
Children through junior high school get in free with no booking. The subjects include war, colonial rule and nuclear power.
Artizon Museum: outras exposições
- O olhar dos estranhos: artistas japoneses na Europa (The Strangers' Gaze: Japanese Artists in Europe)24 de outubro de 2026 – 31 de janeiro de 2027
- ARTIZON NOW: Ampliar, conectar, a coleção (ARTIZON NOW: Expanding, Connecting, the Collection)23 de fevereiro de 2027 – 30 de maio de 2027
- Fujishima Takeji: Trajetória de uma criação (Fujishima Takeji: Trajectory of Creation)19 de junho de 2027 – 20 de setembro de 2027
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- Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection x Fujii Hikaru "WHOSE LIGHT?"Courtesy of Artizon Museum
- Suikoden: The Water Margin, Outlaws of the MarshCourtesy of Tokyo Station Gallery
- A beleza da frieza: Coleção de artesanato em vidro do Edo-Tokyo Museum (The Beauty of Coolness: Edo-Tokyo Museum Glass Craft Collection)Courtesy of Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Artizon Museumpcs34560 from jawp / Wikimedia Commons, Domínio público
- Tokyo Station GalleryDaderot / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
- Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, TokyoDaderot, CC0