The word “Stitch” in the exhibition title refers to the act of working in needle and thread. What does “stitches” mean to you?
For many, what “stitches” calls to mind is handicrafts, needle art, or perhaps traditional embroidery or embroidery found on ethnic clothing. The work included in this exhibition will very likely confound those expectations.
The artists presented here have chosen needle and thread as the medium in which to fix their times and memories or to explore their inner selves, traced in lines quite distinct from those possible in oil paintings or drawings. To stitch is to build up a work by means of the stitch-by-stitch decisions through which the artist achieves self expression. Because these artists work in materials familiar to all of us, we can appreciate and empathize with the physical sensation of their work and the time and concentration they have poured into creating it. Stitch by stitch, these artists continually surprise us with their innovative means of expression and offer us the experience of a new joy in the act of seeing.
The setting for this exhibition, the Teien Art Museum, is especially significant, for each of the galleries in this museum, which was originally built as a private residence, retains its own character. The placement of these installations, through which the artists have raveled up their own creative worlds, in these distinctive galleries adds an extra dimension to the works.
Sorry, Gallery talks by curator and Artist Talks are only in Japanese.
We will be open till 8:00 pm (admission ends at 7:30 pm) for a limited period from 10 to 16 August.
You can enjoy summer evening in our museum.
Date: 10 August (Mon) -- 16 August (Sun)
Admission Fee: Same as usual
*Garden admission ends at 6:00 pm.
(A program available for museum visitors, free of charge; reservations not required)
Looking at the exhibition may inspire you create something with needle and thread. Please proceed to the informal workshop corner, equipped with thread, fabric, and tools, that the museum has provided, and give it a try.
Not sure what to make? Try embroidering some of the small pieces Zon Ito has provided. While it’s hard to imagine what the finished design will be from looking at the pieces themselves, each will become part of one of his works. He plans to stitch them all together to create the finished piece.
At the multi-purpose room in upper mezzanine
Date: 20 July (Mon), 3 August (Mon), 10 August (Mon)
31 August (Mon), 7 September (Mon), 21 September (Mon)
Hour: 13 :00—17 :30 (Except 10 August; 15:00—19:30)
*Zon Ito will participate on 21 September.
Our popular dress code discount, launched as a modest experiment to make our exhibitions more accessible through our visitors’ own participation in them, continues. The dress code varies with the content of each exhibition. For Stitch by Stitch, visitors who are wearing embroidered clothing are eligible for a ¥100 discount. (This discount cannot be combined with other discounts.)
We particularly welcome visitors who are wearing hand-embroidered garments, since we hope that they will view the work in the exhibition while sharing the feelings of the person who stitched all those stitches, investing all that time in creating them, one by one. Machine embroidery is, however, also eligible for the discount. Please note that simple stitching on jeans or jackets or names embroidered on suit jackets are not eligible.
Adults 1000（800）Yen
College Students〔includes all majors〕 800（640）Yen
Elementary, Middle & High School Students 500（400）Yen
Seniors (65 and over with ID) 500（400）Yen
*（ ）are rates for groups of 20 or more
*Those with physical or mental disabilities and their attendants are free of charge.
*We are to welcome school visits (attending in Tokyo, high school and under) with accompanying teachers without admission fee. Please apply to the museum office beforehand.
*Senior (Over 65) visitors are not charged on the third Wednesday of each month (19 August, 16 September).
Organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Japan Association of Art Museums）
With the patronage of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Sponsored by Lion Corporation, Shimizu Corporation, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Funding provided by the Japan Arts Fund
With cooperation from Takumi, Inc., and DMC KK.
Annual sponsorship has been provided by Toda Corporation and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
