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Available
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Publication
Tokyo: Mori Art Museum and Tan (2003)
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Physical description
333 p.
ISBN
447303139X / 9784473031396
Call number
EX.JAP.HAP
Library's review
Catalogue for an exhibition held at Mori Art Museum (Japan) from October 18, 2003 to January 18, 2004.
'Happiness is one of the most universal of human emotions; it has found expression in the art of all cultures and ages and has also been depicted in many diverse ways - some works bring a smile to
Artists represented in the exhibition include Ito Jakuchu, Claude Monet, Paul Céanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois, Kusama Yayoi, Yoko Ono, Araki Nobuyoshi, Murakami Takashi and Jeff Koons. Featuring around 250 works by roughly 180 artists, the work in the exhibition traverses Japanese and Asian Classical art from the 6th Century to the 19th Century, early Western modern art, including Romanticism and Impressionism right up to contemporary art made throughout the world today. A number of new works have been specially commissioned for this exhibition that is one of the largest ever to contain such diverse genres on a single theme.'
(Abstract source: http://www.mori.art.museum)
'Happiness is one of the most universal of human emotions; it has found expression in the art of all cultures and ages and has also been depicted in many diverse ways - some works bring a smile to
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our lips, while others make us think about what it all means. "Happiness: a survival guide for art and life" explores this eternal and elusive theme in Eastern and Western art from ancient times through to the present. It begins with human endeavors - maps of the world - and then moves through four different provinces of happiness - "Arcadia," "Nirvana." "Harmony," and "Desire" - before concluding its journey with paintings of the stars, the infinite, immeasurable spaces of the Universe.Artists represented in the exhibition include Ito Jakuchu, Claude Monet, Paul Céanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Louise Bourgeois, Kusama Yayoi, Yoko Ono, Araki Nobuyoshi, Murakami Takashi and Jeff Koons. Featuring around 250 works by roughly 180 artists, the work in the exhibition traverses Japanese and Asian Classical art from the 6th Century to the 19th Century, early Western modern art, including Romanticism and Impressionism right up to contemporary art made throughout the world today. A number of new works have been specially commissioned for this exhibition that is one of the largest ever to contain such diverse genres on a single theme.'
(Abstract source: http://www.mori.art.museum)
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Pages
333