Current exhibitions
2024.11.01(Fri) ~ 2025.01.13(Mon)
This exhibition is designed to provide some insighe into addressing the question, "How should we enjoy works of art?" Is there really only one "right" answer? Our hope is that you will discover the infinite possibilities of ART by using your hands, ears, eyes, hearts, and mind to experience the works of art in this exhibition.
However, unusually, Chapter 1 allows viewers to touch artworks and feel their mass. So enjoy touching sculptures in the first half.
In the second half, you are not always allowed to touch or feel, but you are welcome to observe the artworks closely and imagine how it would feel like to touch them ‐ soft or hard and heavy or light ‐ in your art exploration.
* Please make sure to GENTY touch the artworks.
However, following the tactile experience of art in "Chapter 1 : "To Touch" is...?", Chapter 2 invites viewers to listen to sound art pieces and experience the synergy of art and sound. You can actually enjoy listening to works of sound art or imagine what you could hear if you were inside an artwork that has no sound.
Following the tactile and auditory experience of art in "Chapter 1 : "To Touch" is...?" and "Chapter 2 : "To Listen" is...?, Chapter 3 encourages audiences to focus on visual cues when appreciating art, Take more time and concentrate on looking at art pieces that catch your eye or touch your heart.
For example, you can get up close and observe details, view the entire work from a distance, look down frome the top, bend down and look up, or answer associated questions. This way you can discover new insights and expand your horizons.
Examine the colors and shapes with unbiased eyes, trust your intuition, and unlock your imagination to experience art.
Now that you have gone through "Chapter 1 : "To Touch" is...?", "Chapter 2 : "To Listen" is...?", and "Chapter 3 : "To Look" is...?" and learned how to use the senses of touch, listening, and sight to appreciate art, Chapter 4 provides opportunities to face with artworks with your own senses. But what does it mean to face?
Do you face with the artworks' creators? Or yourself? Or your family? Or society or social issues? What did you face with before? And what will you face with in the future?
If you have been to art exhibitions before, you may have probably encountered works that sparked your imagination and inspired you to paint or create something.
In Chapter 5, you are invited to (1) write your impressions about this exhibition, (2) send letters to yourself or your favorite artists, or (3) create works to express what you cannot put into words. Enjoy expressing and telling your feelings beyond words!
(1) Leave a brief comment on a sticky note. Share your thoughts and feelings about this exhibition!(2) Use the letter paper to write a letter to your favorite artist or to yourself.
(3) Create what you like!
Dates | 2024.11.01 ~ 2025.01.13 |
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Location | Exhibition Gallery 1,Exhibition Gallery 2 |
Entrance fees |
General admission:1,200yen (960yen) High School, College, and University Students:600yen (480yen) Elementary and Junior High School Students:400yen (320yen) Children younger than elementary school age:Free *Price shown in ( ) are rates for tickets purchased in advance and for groups of 20 or more. *Peoples with disabilities and one caregiver will receive half off the day-of-admission. (Please bring your ID for verification). *Group rate are applicable for Campus Members (Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts, Okinawa International University, and Shogakuin International Business Academy). |
Hours | 9:00-18:00 (Open until 20:00 on Friday and Saturday) *Admission until 30 minutes before closing. |
Closed | Closed Every Monday, Nov.5(Tue,),New Year holidays(Dec.29-Jan.3) *Except for Monday Nov.4 |