Toko Shinoda Art Month 2020: Night Snow—Color of Night
Information
- Number of items exhibited
- 25
- Period
- January 14(Tue.) to March 27(Fri.).2020
- Closed
- 2nd and 4th Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays; also closed February 21–25, March 19–23, 2020
- Admission
- Free
- Event
- Related Events
Curator’s commentary on exhibited works
January 25 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
No reservations required
Workshop “Sumi Workshop: Let’s Make a Water Fan”
January 25 (Saturday), 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Venue: Gifu Collection of Modern Arts
Participation fee: 1,000 yen
Capacity of workshop: 15 people
Target: Children of elementary school age or older
Reservations required (deadline for reservations: January 18)
Concerts
Bennewitz String Quartet Concert
February 22 (Saturday)
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Program: To be determined
Reservations required (Reservation period: January 15–February 4)
Yasunao Ishida, Kazuma Miura, and Takehiko Yamada Concert
March 20 (Friday, national holiday)
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Program: Works composed by Astor Piazzolla, etc.
Reservations required (Reservation period: February 12–March 3)
How to apply
Please fill in the following items and send by email (info@gi-co-ma.or.jp) or fax (0575-23-1218). Those requesting reservations will be notified of details by postcard after the deadline.
Please include: 1. Your full name; 2. Postal code and address; 3. Telephone number; 4. Name of event you wish to attend; 5. When applying for a concert, write the name of accompanying adult (one adult only); when applying for participation in a workshop as a group, write the names of all members of the group.
Note 1: For concerts, children aged 12 or under are not admitted.
Note 2: If there are many applicants, participants will be chosen by lottery. Applicants will be notified by postcard.
About the Exhibition
“Depending on how the sumi ink mixes with water, on the speed with which the brush moves, and the level of contact between brush and paper, something unfolds from a person’s fingers that passes into the ink, creating a certain space. The sumi color comes alive, drifts over the paper, and seeps through to the back of the paper—evoking the feel of the darkness of night.” (Toko: Watakushi to iu hitori [Toko: I Am Only Myself], 2000]
To Toko Shinoda, who has lived and worked with sumi ink for a century, the tranquil atmosphere of the darkness of a winter night evokes, above all, the way the sumi mingles with water and spreads over the paper. The exhibition introduces the beautiful black and white monochromes that unfold from sumi on washi paper.