Outline

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, this exhibition has been planned as an opportunity to show works from our collection in collaboration with contemporary artists.

As seen in the ceiling lighting and stained glass of the Museum’s Entrance Hall, the building adopts a design motif of “overlapping circles” in a number of places. Included in the meaning of this motif is symbolism of the bond of friendship between the Museum’s founder Katsumi Kawamura and the architect Ichiro Ebihara, as well as the encounters between museum visitors and the works of art.

As suggested by its title ‘s reference to this motif, the exhibition offers overlapping experiences of five front-line artists through their encounters with works from the Museum’s collection.

The interpretations of works from our collection by these contemporary artists inspire new works displayed in installations along with collection pieces.

We hope you will enjoy the reverberations born of these collaborations that reach across time to join art of different decades.

Artists displayed:

Hiraki Sawa × Cy Twombly
Hiroshi Sugito × Larry Bell
Noguchi Rika × Joan Miró
Naoyo Fukuda × Joseph Cornell
Nobuko Watanabe × Ellsworth Kelly

Programs

Talk events involving the exhibiting artists
Cancelled

March 21 (Sat.) Hiraki Sawa (Video artist)
April 21 (Sat.) Noguchi Rika (Art photographer)
May 23 (Sat.) Naoyo Fukuda (Artist) 
June 13 (Sat.) Hiroshi Sugito (Artist) 
July 4 (Sat.) Nobuko Watanabe (Artist) 
 

Gallery Talks by the Curator
Cancelled

March 28 (Sat.)
April 25 (Sat.)
May 30 (Sat.)
June 27 (Sat.)
July 11 (Sat.) 
- No reservations required
- Gather at the Entrance Hall 14:00
- Free with Museum admission