AOMORI EARTH2019: AGROTOPIA –WHEN LIFE BECOMES ART THROUGH LOCAL AGRICULTURE
Executive Committee for Aomori EARTH2019 will hold “AGROTOPIA –WHEN LIFE BECOMES ART THROUGH LOCAL AGRICULTURE”. This exhibition introduces contemporary art works mainly and try to expand the possibility of art through local agriculture.
Details
Period
5 October – 1 December, 2019
Opening Hours
9:30－17:00（Last admission at 16:30）
Closed
28, 15 October 25, 11 November
Contact
Venue Aomori Museum of Art
185 Chikano, Yasuta, Aomori City, Aomori 038-0021
TEL +81 17-783-3000 FAX 017-783-5244 www.aomori-museum.jp
Admission
Adults: 1,500(1,300) yen
Senior High School and University Students: 1,000(800) yen
Elementary and Junior High School Students: Free
Admission
Lawson Ticket (L Code 21624), 7 Ticket, Pomit Ticket, and other ticketing agents in Aomori. *Sold until 4 October.
Aomori City: Sunroad Aomori, Narita Honten Shinmachi Store, Sakurano Department Store, 11 Co-op stores, Prefectural Office Co-op (North Building 1st Floor, East Building 1st Floor), Hamanasu Hall (Aomori Municipal Labor Mutual Aid Society), Aomori Tourist Information Center ASPAM 1st Floor Information Counter, Linkstation Hall Aomori, Gala Town Aomori West Mall, Aomori Museum of Art Museum Shop, Aomori Museum of Art 1st Floor Information Counter
Hirosaki City: Sakurano Department Store, Hirosaki University Co-op, Nakasan, Hiroro
Goshogawara City: Elm-no-Machi Shopping Center
Hachinohe City: Sakurano Department Store, Nakago Miharuya, Lapia, Hachinohe Portal Museum “hacchi”
Mutsu City: Maeda
Exhibition Structure
Section I: Beginning from one apple
Artist: Amemiya Yosuke
Amemiya Yosuke《for swansong A》2018
Image courtesy of the artist
Section II: Cultivating my land and spirit
Artist: Edo Tekirei, John Ruskin, Jean-François MILLET, Tsuneda Ken, THE EUGENE Studio, Iwana Yasutake
Jean-François MILLET《Men digging》1856
Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
Tsuneda Ken《Siesta》1939
Tsuneda Ken Storehouse Museum
Iwana Yasutake《Gathering of village》2017
courtesy of taguchi fine art
Section III: In transparent farmland
Artist: Li Binyuan, Niwa Yoshinori
Li Binyuan《Freedom Farming》2014
video
Image courtesy of the artist
Niwa Yoshinori《Hypnotizing Land Ownership》2019
video
Image courtesy of the artist
Section IV: Gathering, Making, Cultivating
Artist: Takana Koki
十和田市立南小学校5年生《Apple farm in Akanuma village》1978
Goshogawara City Board of Education
Takana Koki《A Pottery Produced by 5 Potters at Once (Silent Attempt)》2013
video, potters The National Museum of Art, Tokyo Image courtesy of the artist
Section V: Unto this lively earth
Artist: Ando Shoeki, olta, Kubo Hiroko, Tsukamoto Yoshio, Asano Yuriko, Ohkojima Maki+Agros Art Project, Mihara Soichiro
olta《Cultivate House》2019
Image courtesy of the artist
Kubo Hiroko《Contemporary Agricultural Mask》2013－19
courtesy of the artist
Asano Yuriko《Sleep until fire》2019
Image courtesy of the artists
Ohkojima Maki + Agros Art Project《Tomorrow’s harvest》2017－18
Image courtesy of the artists
