Looking Modern: Gender in Japanese Art, 1890–2011

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Looking Modern: Gender in Japanese Art, 1890–2011
Looking Modern: Gender in Japanese Art, 1890–2011
Kris Ercums, curator
Vidhita Raina, curator
June 27, 2023–January 7, 2024
Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition presents a transforming Japan that negotiates tradition and modernity, and femininity and masculinity.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Heroes-Training Boys I, Kimura Ryoko
Kimura Ryoko
Heroes-Training Boys II, Kimura Ryoko
Kimura Ryoko
Seated Woman, Mitsuyu Chihagi
Mitsuyu Chihagi
Seated Woman, mid 1930s, Showa period (1926–1989)
Reflecting Woman, Matsumoto Masao
Matsumoto Masao
Reflecting Woman, circa 1920s, Taisho period (1912–1926)
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo
Mitsumura Toshimo
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo
Mitsumura Toshimo
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo
Mitsumura Toshimo
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo
Mitsumura Toshimo
Le Discret, Joseph Ducreux
Joseph Ducreux
Le Discret, circa 1791

Resources

Documents

Exhibition Labels (Formatted)