micro salon 60 |
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Written by KALONSNET Editor |
Published: December 07 2010 |
Tokyo Gallery+BTAP 60th Anniversary Exhibition. “Micro Salon” was a title of an exhibition at Tokyo Gallery in December 1961. The exhibition showcased abundant small-scale works by 21 artists on the gallery‟s walls. In the era where bank transfers and credit card payments were still yet to be invented, guests bring their leftover budget from their annual spend to visit the gallery in search of new artworks to be displayed during New Year. As the gallery reaches its 60th anniversary, the number “60” is added to the title of the exhibition. Takashi Yamamoto passed away in the year 1988 after opening Tokyo Gallery for over half a century. Many of the artists who exhibited their works in “Micro Salon” and the guests who purchased those works have also passed away as well. Nonetheless, those exhibited works are brought out again to recent auctions and lent to be exhibited in museums from private collections, revisiting images of our past. These works continued to pleasure us no matter how long time has passed by. This year, with corroborative support from many artists, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP is reviving the “Micro Salon” exhibition for the first time in 50 years. In the era of Japanese modern art‟s early birth and the rise of new collectors in the 1960s, “Micro Salon” was the meeting place for young artists and collectors. In contrast, in our contemporary age at the end of the first decade of the 21st century where the Art Bubble period is in its final stage, new generation of artists experiment their ways toward their future development. With the base of a 60th anniversary exhibition, we aspire to create this event into a new meeting space for artists and collectors. Aside from small-scale works specifically produced by each artists, this exhibition will be showcasing photographic documentation of the exhibition in 1961 as well as its past catalogs. In addition, the gallery is also publishing “Tokyo Gallery+BTAP 60th Anniversary Catalog,” an all-inclusive record of the gallery‟s past exhibitions, corresponding to the opening of this exhibition. We would like to use this opportunity to share the stories of Tokyo Gallery in both the past and the present to the wider public. 【Exhibiting Artists】 【Tokyo Gallery Timeline】 * The text provided by TOKYO GALLERY + BTAP | TOKYO. Opened dates: December 4 - 25, 2010 |
Last Updated on December 04 2010 |