AOMORI EARTH2019: AGROTOPIA –WHEN LIFE BECOMES ART THROUGH LOCAL AGRICULTURE

10/5, 2019(Sat) ━ 12/1(Sun)

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AOMORI EARTH2019: AGROTOPIA –WHEN LIFE BECOMES ART THROUGH LOCAL AGRICULTURE

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

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