Born in 1982, the artist Yoichi Umetsu focuses primarily on painting while also engaging in a wide range of other activities. These include, for example, creating self-portraits in which Umetsu dresses up as figures in the works of Seiki Kuroda and other pioneering Western-style painters from the modern era, and forming a collective called Parplume, which is rooted in the dream of integrating art-making with daily life. In recent years, Umetsu has expanded his practice to include ceramics and prints as a reflection of the industrial structure that underlies art production. This exhibition presents an overview of Umetsu work since the mid-2000s while also considering the fundamental question, “What does it mean to make things?” This promises to trigger an essential reconsideration of art as something that remains impartial to both aesthetics and politics.

• List of Works (English)
• List of Works (Chinese)
• List of Works (Korean)

Information on the Collection Exhibition

Interior maintenance and repairs are currently being undertaken in order to resume exhibitions following a water leak that occurred in the Lecture Hall (B1F) and the B2F gallery (which houses the collection exhibition) in April. Due to these circumstances, no collection exhibition is currently on view in the museum.
In one section of the B2F gallery, the following works, including recent acquisitions, can be viewed free of charge until October 6. Please enjoy viewing the works in conjunction with the special exhibition Yoichi Umetsu: Crystal Palace.

• Jadé FADOJUTIMI, A Bird’s-Eye View of The Fields of Doubt, 2021
• Miquel BARCELÓ, It’s hot down there, 2018
• Mark MANDERS, Dry Clay Head, 2015-16
• Jiro TAKAMATSU, Shadow, 1977
• Yoshihiro SUDA, Tulip, 2006
• Joan MIRÓ, Innocent Laughter, 1969
• Alexander CALDER, London, 1962
• Marino MARINI, Dancer, 1949
• Henry MOORE, Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge, 1961/1976