"Modern German Posters 1890–1933" Exhibition
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
This event has ended.
Even before World War II, fin-de-siècle art magazines such as PAN and Jugend, as well as the graphic design work of Bauhaus were already well-known in Japan. In spite of their wide recognition, however, no exhibitions have been held to connect the two eras and present the development of German graphics at the time—or, particularly, to introduce the entire scope of modern poster design.
In this exhibition, approximately 180 items including works and other materials that represent the reception and development of German posters in contemporaneous Japan—such as the ‘Calpis’ International Poster Design Competition, the activities of Sugiura Hisui and the ‘Nananin-sha,’ and the ‘Exhibition of World War Posters’—will be on display, thus presenting the opportunity to inspect the appeal and advanced nature of German posters circa 1890–1933 from various perspectives.
Lecture "Modern German Posters": March 1st (Sat) 13:30-15:00
René Grohnert (director, German Poster Museum), in German with Japanese translation
Symposium "Japonisme in Posters": March 22nd (Sat) 13:30-17:00
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[Image: Lucian Bernhard "Stiller" (1908) Courtesy of the Takeo Poster Collection]
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Schedule
from February 26, 2008 to March 30, 2008