京都賞
Celebration of Kyoto Prize Laureate
Joan Jonas
JPEN

Five Rooms For Kyoto:
1972–2019

Reanimation
Joan Jonas, Reanimation, 2010/2012/2013. Installation view, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, New York, 2017. Photo by Thomas Muller
Reanimation
Joan Jonas, Reanimation, 2010/2012/2013. Installation view, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, New York, 2017. Photo by Thomas Muller
Lines in the Sand
Joan Jonas, Lines in the Sand, 2002. Installation view of the exhibition Light Time Tales, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy, 2014–2015. Photo by Agostino Osio
Organic Honey's Vertical Roll
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey's Vertical Roll, 1973. Video still.
Reanimation
Joan Jonas, Reanimation, 2010/2012/2014. Installation of the exhibition Light Time Tales, Hangar Bicocca, Italy, 2014. Photo by Agostino Osio
Moving Off the Land II
Joan Jonas, Moving Off the Land II, 2019. Installation view, Ocean Space, San Lorenzo Church, Venice, 2019. Photo by Moira Ricci

The largest solo exhibition in Japan to date of Joan Jonas, the 2018 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy laureate, pioneer of a highly original form of artistic expression fusing performance art and new media, and trailblazer who has remained at the forefront of contemporary art for 50 years.

Over the course of her long and groundbreaking artistic career, Joan Jonas has explored a multimedia practice across performance, video, installation, and more. Adapting her themes according to the times, she has continued to create layered and poetic work. Even now at the age of 83, she shows no signs of slowing down in her endeavor to push the boundaries of artistic expression.

This exhibition showcases her breathtaking art through several concepts key to her work, including women, narrative, and environmental issues. Of the five exhibition spaces, the largest is given to what is regarded as her major recent work, “Reanimation.” Developed as both an art installation and live performance, visitors can compare the two versions by seeing the latter at ROHM Theatre Kyoto alongside this exhibition.

In the performance, video, sound, props, and costumes all closely correlate with the artist’s own body. In the installation, multiple elements densely intertwine with one another and seem to consume the whole exhibition room, as if compensating for the absence this time of her body. Jonas interprets the theatre and exhibition spaces each in bold yet different ways, constructing a vision of an entire world through interrelated images and ideas. Don’t miss this rare opportunity in Japan to experience the remarkable artistic achievements of Joan Jonas.

Preview
Friday, December 13th, 2019 / 5:00–8:00 PM
Admission for invitees and performance ticket holders only

[Celebration of Kyoto Prize Laureate]
Joan Jonas Interview

Joan Jonas

ジョーン・ジョナス|Joan Jonas

In the early 1970s, Joan Jonas established a new artistic form by integrating performance art and video. Her remarkable achievements have earned her an esteemed reputation and respect as a pioneer in the fields of contemporary performance art and video art, and as an active artist who has pursued the exciting relationship between performance art and new digital media. In addition to solo exhibitions and performances at art museums around the world, she has presented at numerous international and special exhibitions, including documenta. She represented her country at the United States Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. From March to August 2018, she held a major retrospective exhibition at London’s Tate Modern.
Joan Jonas in New York, 2012. Photo by Brigitte Lacombe

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Solo Exhibition in
Celebration of Kyoto Prize

Joan Jonas
Five Rooms For Kyoto:
1972–2019

Venue: Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA
Dates: Saturday, December 14th, 2019–Sunday, February 2nd, 2020
Hours: 11:00 AM–7:00 PM
Closed on Mondays except National Holidays (open on January 13th, closed on January 14th) and New Year’s holidays (December 29th–January 3rd)
Admission free

238-1 Oshiaburanokoji-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-0052 JAPAN
Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA
Phone: 075-253-1509 / E-mail: gallery@kcua.ac.jp
http://gallery.kcua.ac.jp

Access: http://gallery.kcua.ac.jp/visit/#en

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Subway: 3-minute walk from Nijojo-mae Station (Station T14), Exit 2
Nearest bus stop: Horikawa Oike

Presented by the Inamori Foundation, Kyoto City University of Arts
Curated and produced by Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA
Planned with cooperation of ROHM Theatre Kyoto

稲盛財団 京都市立芸術大学 ロームシアター KUCA
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