In the wake
of the social and political upheaval of the late 1960s, Japanese artists and
photographers began crafting a new visual language for an age of uncertainty.
Their embrace of camera-based experiments would alter the cultural landscape
and lay the foundations for contemporary art in Japan. For a New World to Come
is the first comprehensive exhibition to spotlight this radical break with the
past. With some 200 works by such luminaries as Ishiuchi Miyako, Daidō
Moriyama, Jirō Takamatsu, and Shōmei Tōmatsu, the exhibition charts the
stunning diversity of photographic practices during this pivotal era, from
conceptual series situated squarely within global artistic currents, to
visually arresting meditations on time, place, and self.
For a New
World to Come was organized by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). It is
co-presented in New York City with the Grey Art Gallery, New York University,
where a portion of the show is on view from Sept. 11 to Dec. 5, 2015.
Admission:
$12;
students & seniors $10, Japan Society members & children under 16 free.
Admission is free to all on Friday nights, 6–9 PM.
Gallery
hours:
Tuesday–Thursday,
11 AM–6 PM; Friday, 11 AM–9 PM; Saturday and Sunday, 11 AM–5 PM.
Closed Mondays
and major holidays.
Docent-led
tours:
Starting
Friday, October 9, through Sunday, January 10, 2016, docent-led walk-in tours
will be conducted Tuesday–Sunday at 2:30 PM and Fridays at 2:30 and 7 PM.
Japanese language tours will be conducted Friday nights at 6 PM. Tours are free
with admission and are approximately one hour in duration.
Japan
Society Gallery will be closed November 26 and 27, December 24, 25, and 31, and
January 1.
Venue name:
Japan Society
Address: 333 E 47th St , New York , 10017
Cross
street: between First and Second Aves
Opening
hours: Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat, Sun 11am–5pm
Transport:
Subway: E, M to Lexington Ave–53rd St; 6 to 51st St
Website: http://www.japansociety.org/
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