Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum to Host Summer Exhibition ‘The Whispering Land: Artists in Correspondence with Nature’

The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum will hold a special exhibition, “The Whispering Land: Artists in Correspondence with Nature,” from July 20 (Sat) to October 9 (Wed), 2012.

The exhibition introduces the works of five contemporary artists who are deeply involved in nature: Yuichi Enomoto, Kiichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Kurashina, Haruka Furusaka, and Miroko Machiko.

Kiichi Kawamura’s works are based on the everyday life of Shiretoko, photographed from the perspective of an immigrant, and Yuichi Enomoto’s works are based on the scenery of Nemuro, an extremely cold region that fascinates him. Milo Machiko will create an installation inspired by Amami-Oshima Island to fit the large space of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Haruka Furusaka will work on a large 15-panel woodblock print using lacquer from the area she is covering, creating an exhibition space that resembles a grove of trees in Aomori. Mitsuko Kurashina will exhibit botanical paintings that continue to capture the changes in vegetation brought about by the tsunami and recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Through a variety of works including photographs, woodblock prints, oil paintings, watercolors, and installations, the exhibition reexamines the relationship between people and nature from a variety of angles.