Exhibitions

Outline
Chairs do more than simply support us when we sit down. As an extension of the human body, they are shrouded in a wide range of meanings and symbols, signifying authority and evoking memories. Artists have created diverse images of chairs, shedding light on subjects such as social discord and disparity, personal memories, and relationships with other people. By adopting a new perspective outside the context of design, this exhibition focuses on various chair-related expressions in artworks dating from the postwar to the contemporary era, and considers the state of society and human beings based on the familiar object known as a chair.

Hours and Admission
10:00-18:00
Open until 20:00 on Fridays
(Last admission; 30 minutes before closing)
Closed on Mondays (except August 12, September 16, September 23), August 13, September 17

Adults: ¥1,500 (¥1,300)
University and High-school students: ¥1,300 (¥1,100)
Junior high school students and under: Free
＊ The price in brackets is for an advance ticket and a discount ticket for a group of 20 people and over.
＊ Including the admission fee for the Collection Galleries.

Organizer
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art and The Chunichi Shimbun
With the cooperation of International Design Center NAGOYA and National Museum of Ethnology

Artists (alphabetical order)
Andy WARHOL, Anna HALPRIN, ISHIDA Takashi, USHIODA Tokuko, OKAMOTO Taro, Yoko ONO, KUSAMA Yayoi, KUDO Tetsumi, Cristóvão Canhavato (Kester), Jim LAMBIE, SHAO Yinong / MU Chen, George SEGAL, Sutee KUNAVICHAYANONT, Diana RAHIM, TAKAMATSU Jiro, TAKEOKA Yuji, Dara BIRNBAUM, NAWA Kohei, Hans OP DE BEECK, HIWA Kazuhiko, Byproducts Market (Yazu Yoshitaka and Yamada Tsuyoshi), Francis BACON, Marcel DUCHAMP, Michel DE BROIN, MIYANAGA Aiko, Mirosław BAŁKA, YU SORA, Rosas, WATANABE Hitomi

Related Programs
Lecture, performance by participating artists, guide tour

Catalogue
Absolute Chairs: The Representation of the Chair in Contemporary Art
Price: 3,300 yen (incl. tax)
Publisher: Heibonsha
Design: Hiroshi Ohmizo (Glanz)
ISBN: 9784582207354