The Secrets of Color From Impressionism to Contemporary Art
Pola Museum of Art
Until May 18
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Hiroshi Sugimoto, Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Robert Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Donald Judd, Bridget Riley, Gerhard Richter et al.
Due to the diversification and personalization of contemporary society, color has come to play an increasingly important role not only in fashion and interior design but also in fields such as the environment, health, and beauty. Meanwhile, as smartphones, an ever present part of our lives, now have the ability to reproduce over one billion colors, we have become unknowingly engulfed in a vast world of color.
In this exhibition, focusing on color in art from the modern to the contemporary era, we reconsider the role of color while touching on subjects such as the relationship between color theory and the materials used to express color. This reinterpretation of the history of color in modern and contemporary art is based primarily on paintings, sculptures, and installations by creators such as the Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painters of the 19thcentury who deftly manipulated tubes of oil paint to reconstruct a visual world with a wide range of colors; the Fauvists and abstract painters of the 20th century; and contemporary artists who altered the viewer’s physical sensations through the effects of color.
These artists, who conducted constant and extensive research, and strove to develop unique methods of expression, came to represent a given era. We now ask that you turn your attention to the secrets of color that they devoted their lives to revealing. This experience promises to bring color to your daily life and activities.
In this exhibition, focusing on color in art from the modern to the contemporary era, we reconsider the role of color while touching on subjects such as the relationship between color theory and the materials used to express color. This reinterpretation of the history of color in modern and contemporary art is based primarily on paintings, sculptures, and installations by creators such as the Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painters of the 19thcentury who deftly manipulated tubes of oil paint to reconstruct a visual world with a wide range of colors; the Fauvists and abstract painters of the 20th century; and contemporary artists who altered the viewer’s physical sensations through the effects of color.
These artists, who conducted constant and extensive research, and strove to develop unique methods of expression, came to represent a given era. We now ask that you turn your attention to the secrets of color that they devoted their lives to revealing. This experience promises to bring color to your daily life and activities.
Schedule Now in session | Dec 14 (Sat) 2024-May 18 (Sun) 2025 60 days left Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥2200, University and High School Students ¥1700, Junior High School Students and Under free, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion ¥1100. | ||||
| Website | https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/en/exhibition/20241214c01/ | ||||
| Venue | Pola Museum of Art https://www.polamuseum.or.jp/english/ | ||||
| Location | 1285 Kozukayama Sengokuhara, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa 250-0631 | ||||
| Access | From Gora Station on the Hakone Tozan line, take the Free Shuttle Bus. From Gora Station on the Hakone Tozan line, take the Sightseeing Shuttle bus and get off at Pola Museum of Art. | ||||
| Phone | 0460-84-2111 |
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