{"id":23160,"date":"2024-07-16T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T07:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/renginiai\/national-gallery-of-art-of-lithuania-invites-visitors-to-explore-japanese-pop-culture\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T10:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T07:30:05","slug":"national-gallery-of-art-of-lithuania-invites-visitors-to-explore-japanese-pop-culture","status":"publish","type":"renginys","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/national-gallery-of-art\/events\/national-gallery-of-art-of-lithuania-invites-visitors-to-explore-japanese-pop-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"National Gallery of Art of Lithuania Invites Visitors to Explore Japanese Pop Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 19th July, the National Gallery of Art of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art will host an exclusive exhibition exploring Japanese popular culture. Entitled <\/span>Beauties, Ghosts and Samurai<\/span><\/i> and curated by Dr. Ar\u016bnas Gel\u016bnas, Director General of the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, the exhibition will showcase the impact of pop culture of the Edo period (17th-19th centuries) on the imagination of contemporary Japanese creators. The display will feature historical ukiyo-e prints, early and contemporary manga, excerpts from anime films, and multiple works by renowned contemporary Japanese artists. The show will be open to visitors until 13th October.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018A certain culture becomes popular when it leaves the territory of the privileged class and reaches the masses. We, 21st-century people, often see mass with a negative connotation, associating it with lesser value; but let us turn back to 17th century Japan, where, after the horrific period of warring feudal lordships, peace finally took over. Ordinary people were getting by, engaging in leisure activities, and inventing entertainment: the country was witnessing pop culture slowly emerging. What is impressive is how early it rose and how many of its various forms have reached the present day. I hope that the show will encourage visitors to rethink the concept of pop culture, and to really see the people empowered by it,\u2019 explains the exhibition\u2019s curator, Dr. Gel\u016bnas.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Visitors will get the chance to see not only works of famous Japanese artists but also the fascinating links between a mundane-looking advertising poster of a modern video game, a cartoon, a manga comic book, and diverse artifacts marking the origins of 17th-century pop culture.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sutoppu! Niichan, Stop, brother! (A supplementary booklet of Sh\u014dnen, September 1963 issue), Written and illustrated by Hisashi Sekiya, Published by K\u014dbunsha 1963<\/p><\/div>\n

Pop Culture Born in the 17th century<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 17th century, Edo (now Tokyo), then the world’s largest city, was one of the first in the world to see the country\u2019s strictly hierarchical society establish a leisure and entertainment area significant for the non-noble citizens (c<\/span>h\u014dnin<\/span>), the Yoshivara Entertainment District. It was here that the well-known forms of Japanese popular culture were born, reaching enormous success far beyond the country\u2019s borders: kabuki theatre, the art of ikebana flower arrangement, haikai poetry, and the colourful woodblock prints of ukiyo-e. This is the first time in the history of world culture that a politically uninfluential group created high-quality art for their use, rather than for the needs of the upper classes (rulers, aristocrats, clergy).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition features artworks by more than 70 artists, ranging from Katsushika Hokusai to Takashi Murakami, from Kitagawa Utamaro to Osamu Tezuka, the \u2018Manga God\u2019. The juxtaposition of these works highlights the relationship between the socio-cultural revolution that took place in the Edo period of the 17th century and contemporary Japanese popular culture that is spreading worldwide through digital channels.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shurayuki-hime 1, Lady Snowblood 1, Enlarged page from manga, Written by Kazuo Koike, Illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura, Published by Koike Shoin in 2007 (First published in 1972)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Pop Culture Formula: Tempting, Frightening and Charming With Bravery<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibited works can be grouped into three categories: images of beauties (bijin), frightening or amusing stories of ghosts (y\u014dkai), and feats of samurai (bushi, samurai). As the exhibition reveals, these three themes have been central to pop culture since the 17th century.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Pop culture tries to tempt, frighten, amuse and charm audiences with tales of bravery and strength. These aspirations are still present in today\u2019s love and erotic dramas, horror films and comedies, thrillers, fighting films, and video games; not to mention the contemporary art that reflects, satirizes, and often questions these processes. All of this proves that human beings need very similar things even as the centuries change,\u2019 says Gel\u016bnas.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curator:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Ar\u016bnas Gel\u016bnas
\nChief Consultant:<\/strong>\u00a0Professor Tetsuya Ozaki
\nArchitects:<\/strong>\u00a0Petras I\u0161ora-Lozuraitis, Ona Lozuraityt\u0117-I\u0161or\u0117
\nSound:<\/strong>\u00a0Arturas Bum\u0161teinas
\nLighting:<\/strong>\u00a0Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
\nDesigner:<\/strong>\u00a0Laura Grigali\u016bnait\u0117
\nCoordinator of the exhibition:<\/strong>\u00a0Egla Mikalaj\u016bn\u0117
\nProducing architect:<\/strong>\u00a0Mindaugas Reklaitis
\nCoordinator of the events programme:<\/strong>\u00a0Goda Aksamitauskait\u0117
\nCoordinator of the educational programme:<\/strong>\u00a0Egl\u0117 Nedzinskait\u0117
\n<\/span>English translator<\/strong>\u00a0Emilija Ferdmanait\u0117\u00a0
\nEnglish editor<\/strong>\u00a0Emma Stirling
\nEditor<\/strong>\u00a0Ilona \u010ciu\u017eauskait\u0117\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Project is funded by<\/strong>\u00a0Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
\nPartners:<\/strong>\u00a0Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts, CASHI, M. K. \u010ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, UAB \u201eGrinda\u201c, Kaunas Photography Gallery, KuroNeko, Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum, Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Mizuma Art Gallery, Nanzuka Art Gallery, Perrotin gallery, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University & TOPPAN INC., Yukiko Kode Presents, Caffeine<\/p>\n

Sponsors:<\/strong> AAS “BTA Baltic Insurance Company” Lithuanian branch, Exterus, Fundermax, Narutis, UAB \u201eVMGcorp\u201c<\/p>\n

Media sponsors:<\/strong>\u00a0JCDecaux, LRT<\/p>\n

Thanks:<\/strong>\u00a0Cultural Attach\u00e9 Gabija \u010cepulionyt\u0117 and Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to Japan, Antoine Fr\u00e9rot, Carmen and Daniel Klein, Darius Lebedzinskas,\u00a0Vilius Jagminas, Gabrielius Dovyd\u0117nas, Keiko Okamura, Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan National Diet Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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