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 (born 1971)
Kimura Ryoko (born 1971)
Heroes-Training Boys II, Kimura Ryoko (born 1971)
Kimura Ryoko (born 1971)
Seated Woman, Mitsuyu Chihagi (active early 1900s)
Mitsuyu Chihagi (active early 1900s)
Seated Woman, mid 1930s, Showa period (1926–1989)
Reflecting Woman, Matsumoto Masao (1900–1964)
Matsumoto Masao (1900–1964)
Reflecting Woman, circa 1920s, Taisho period (1912–1926)
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
portrait of female kabuki actor, Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
Mitsumura Toshimo (1877–1955)
untitled (portrait of woman), Kim In-seung (1910–2001)
Kim In-seung (1910–2001)

Resources

Documents

Exhibition Labels (Formatted)