The Modern was born, in its many forms, from resonances that transcend genre and national borders. In the period from the 1910s through the 1930s, the Modern appeared in a variety of forms.
Modernism based on functionalism is now regarded as having been the central trend. The Modern emerged, however, in the period in which mass consumer culture developed, an era of an ephemeral modernity, in which value was placed on decorating, as a means of keeping up with trends, of being new, always. These two versions of the Modern, commonly seen as in opposition to each other, encompassed a variety of forms of modernity and, relating to each other complexly, created an age of abundant concepts and forms.
Artists active then shared information promptly, working in synchrony in ways that transcended national and genre borders. Their work encompassed every aspect of life, private and public: paintings and sculptures, furniture, tableware, clothing, the buildings and the cities that housed and accommodated them—and us today.
The Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna and the French fashion designer Paul Poiret stimulated each other. The Wiener Werkstätte also influenced the architect and interior designer Robert Mallet-Stevens and other modernists in France. In Japan, Moriya Nobuo and Saito Kazo shared their view of life in general. Sonia Delaunay, an artist known for Simultanism, also worked wholeheartedly in fashion design. Modernists such as René Herbst, an architect and furniture designer, were intensely interested in the design of show windows, which adorned city streets. At the Bauhaus, in Germany, women artists shed new light on textiles. After the Bauhaus closed, artists from there who moved to the Burg Giebichenstein School of Arts and Crafts engaged in making that German institution their setting for education in the applied arts.
As the outbreak in 1914 of the first world war inhuman history signifies, the most important events in this period occurred in synchrony, throughout the world. This exhibition introduces the many forms of the Modern that artists, interacting with each other on occasion and resonating in polyphony, sought in those times of rapid change.
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Exhibition:
The Polyphony of Function and Decoration
Modern Synchronized and Stimulated Each Other
Dates:
Saturday, December 17, 2022 – Sunday, March 5, 2023
Mondays (except January 9), during the New Year’s holidays (December 28 – January 4), and on Tuesday, January 10.
Venue:
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
5-21-9, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel 050-5541-8600
Hours:
10:00 - 18:00 (Last admission at 17:30)
Admission:
Online reservation is recommended for the exhibition.
Reserve Ticket for Your Visit here.
General | Group | |
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Adults | General¥1,400 | Advance/Group¥1,120 |
University students | General¥1,120 | Advance/Group¥890 |
Middle & high school students | General¥700 | Advance/Group¥560 |
Senior (65 and over) | General¥700 | Advance/Group¥560 |
・A ticket for admission to the Museum also admits you to the garden.
・Figures in parentheses are group admission fees (for groups of 20 or more).
・Admission is free for elementary and younger students and for middle school students residing in or attending school in Tokyo.
・Admission is free for visitors (and two accompanying persons) with a Physical Disability Certificate, Intellectual Disability Certificate, Rehabilitation Certificate, Mental Disability Certificate, or Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Certificate.
・Admission is free for teacher-led educational visits by Tokyo primary, junior high, and high school students.
・Admission is free for seniors (65 and above) on the third Wednesday of each month.
Suspended until further notice
Organized by
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum,
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
With special cooperation from
the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo,
Tokyo University of the Arts,
Misawa Homes Co., Ltd.
With cooperation from
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.,
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
With the annual co-sponsorship of
Toda Corporation,
Bloomberg L.P.
Subsidezed by
Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities (JAFRA)
1.[Parfums de rosine]/painting:Atelier Martine, Perfume Bottle "The True Eau de Cologne," ca.1912|Umi-Mori Art Museum
2.Jeanne Lanvin, Dress "Robe de Style," 1926-27|The Kyoto Costume Institute
3.Josef Hoffman, Centerpiece Bow, 1924l|Mariko Fujita
4.Pierre Chareau, Floor Stand "Nun," 1923|The National museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
5.Paul Poiret, Garden Party Dress, 1911|Iwami Art Museum
6.Pierre Chareau, "Hall", Intérieurs français, 1925|Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
7.Margarete Heymann-Loebenstein-Marks, Tea Set, ca.1930|Utsunomiya Museum of Art
8.André Groult, painting:Marie Laurencin, making:Adolphe Chaneaux, Chair, 1924|Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
9.Édouard Bénédictus, Relais, 1930|Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
10.Jean Dunand, Compact, Cigarette Cases, Buckle, ca.1925|The Kyoto Costume Institute, photo by Takashi Hatakeyama
11.Lili Schulz, Tea Caddy, ca.1928|Utsunomiya Museum of Art
12.Marcel Breuer, Club Chair B3(Wassily), 1925|Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
13. Gunta Stölzl, Design for Textile: Carpet, ca.1929|MISAWA HOME CO., LTD. © VG BILD-KUNST, Bonn & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2022 B0612
14. Kazo Saito, Decoration Window "Room for Contemplation," 1927