2022.9.15
Extension of Exhibition OKETA COLLECTION “YES YOU CAN: The Strength of Life through Art”
The Collectors' Museum of Contemporary Art, WHAT MUSEUM, operated by Warehouse TERRADA, has decided to extend the exhibition period of OKETA COLLECTION "YES YOU CAN: The Strength of Life through Art" until November 13th (Sun), 2022. It will be closed temporarily from October 17th (Mon) until October 26th (Wed), 2022.
OKETA COLLECTION is an art collection by married couple Shunji and Asako Oketa. WHAT MUSEUM has been showcasing the collection in two parts; the first exhibition, “Mariage: From Antiques to Contemporary Art”, and the second exhibition “, YES YOU CAN: The Strength of Life through Art”, with different themes. Also, with the concurrent exhibition “Architectural Model: Historical Transition as a Medium of Architecture,” WHAT MUSEUM has received many visitors and set a record since its opening. In addition, to offer more opportunities to appreciate art, WHAT MUSEUM has decided to extend the exhibition period. Additional information about “Architectural Model: Historical Transition as a Medium of Architecture” will be announced soon.
[Overview of the Exhibition]
It exhibits around 35 works from world-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama, who first sparked the Oketas’ interest in contemporary art, alongside up-and-coming Japanese and international contemporary female artists such as Aki Kondo, Jadé Fadojutimi and Hiroka Yamashita. Works full of positivity and finesse will be on show.
Title: OKETA COLLECTION “YES YOU CAN : The Strength of Life through Art”
Older Dates: August 6th (Sat) – October 16th (Sun), 2022
New Dates: August 6th (Sat) – November 13th (Sun), 2022
* Temporarily closing from October 17th (Mon) until October 26th (Wed), 2022
Venue: WHAT Museum 2F (Warehouse TERRADA G Building 2-6-10 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002)
Open Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Admission until 5:00 PM), closed on Mondays (but open when Monday is a public holiday, then closed the following Tuesday)
Admission: Adults 1,200 yen / University or vocational college students 700 yen / Students under high school age Free
* Online ticket system. Tickets will be on sale 28 days prior to the day of the visit.
* Including the admission for the concurrent exhibition
Organizer: WHAT MUSEUM
Planner: OKETA COLLECTION, WHAT MUSEUM
Cooperation on venue graphic: Ayaka Shimizu
URL: https://what.warehouseofart.org/en/exhibitions/oketa-collectionyes-you-can-the-strength-of-life-through-art
[Exhibited artists] (alphabetical order)
Genesis Belanger, Katherine Bernhardt, Julia Chiang, Ay Tjoe Christine, Jadé Fadojutimi, Kei Imazu, Anne Kagioka Rigoulet, Rikako Kawauchi, Asami Kiyokawa, Aki Kondo, Yayoi Kusama, Tala Madani, Rokkaku Ayako, Claire Tabouret, Hiroka Yamashita, and more.
Special exhibition: Eikoh Hosoe
[About WHAT MUSEUM]
WHAT MUSEUM opened in Tennoz, Tokyo in December 2020. It is a facility to make artists’ and collectors’ precious art properties that have been entrusted to us accessible to the public. We have used our unique insight as a warehousing company to explore the concept of what an art facility should be. The result is to open up the warehouse to offer the public a look at art that they would not ordinarily have the opportunity to see. The museum exhibits works by artists active in the contemporary art scene side-by-side with the thoughts of the collectors as well as the artists, offering an innovative space for the appreciation of art. The name of WHAT (WAREHOUSE OF ART TERRADA) implies the cultural value which is gleaming quietly in the warehouse, and the museum exhibits paintings, three-dimensional works as well as architectural models, photographs, movies, literature and installations. We plan and exhibit these diversified arts and cultures in our individual style of museum as a warehouse company in new and unique approaches.