The
Japan Foundation, London Office
Russell Square House
10-12 Russell Square
London WC1B 5EH
Tel: 020-7436-6695
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Grants towards Visual Arts Activities in the UK |
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Exhibitions
The Japan Foundation supports Japan related exhibitions through our Exhibition
Support Programme. This is designed to give financial assistance to organisers
mounting exhibitions or to introduce Japanese art and culture to the UK. The Japan
Foundation accepts applications once a year from museums/galleries or other relevant
organisations only. The deadline is normally 1 December (please check the exact
date) and the application forms will be available from the London Office in September
(please go to Our Funding).
*Please consult Junko
Takekawa, Senior Arts Programme Officer in the London Office
before you apply.
Our grant can be used to cover
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airfare and lodging of the invited Japanese artists and curators
catalogue production
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exhibitions
by amateur groups |
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Educational Projects in the Visual Arts
The Japan Foundation also supports visual arts related educational projects such
as seminars, workshops (demonstrations) and conferences. For details see Our
Funding.
Local Project Support Programme
If you miss the deadline for our annual grant programmes
including the Exhibition Support Programme or the expenses
in question are not covered by the Programme, please enquire
about our Local Project Support Programme. A limited fund
of up to £1000 is available throughout the year.
Contact: Junko
Takekawa, Senior Arts Programme Officer
Programme
for Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields
This programme has been extended and is now open to specialists
working in museums and galleries e.g. curator, who require to improve their
Japanese language skills as part of their work. Applicants must be under
the age of 40. For more information, please click
here. Anyone who is interested
in this programme should contact Atsuko
Mita in the London Language Centre
before applying.
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| Exhibitions
Abroad Support Programme 2009 – 2010 |
Grants will be awarded towards the following
exhibitions:
Dogu: Clay Figures from Prehistoric Japan
Applicant: The British Museum
Insect world (Giant Locust)
Applicant: Insect Art Club
Japanese Sashiko Textiles
Applicant: York Museums Trust
The Henry Dyer Collection: Dai Nippon, Exhibition
Applicant: The Glasgow School of Art
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As
part of our activities, the Japan Foundation creates exhibitions based on its
own collection of artworks, and presents them on extended worldwide tours. These
touring exhibitions cover a wide range of art forms including graphic art, photography, contemporary painting, ceramics,
dolls and toys from different regions, and new themes are developed as the need
arises.
Scheduled by our Head Office in Tokyo, the availability of each exhibition is
normally limited to two to three months for UK venues and the choice could be
limited. However, the London Office makes sure that the touring exhibition available
in this country meets our policy of representing our culture in under-represented
areas as well as meeting the UK’s market demand.
In the recent past, we have toured a number of exhibitions on contemporary Japanese
arts and culture, including “Out of the Oridnary/Extraordinary”. (Previous
Touring Exhibitions)
For enquires regarding the Japan Foundation touring exhibitions, contact Junko
Takekawa, Senior Arts Programme Officer.
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of the ordinary/extraordinary |
Oldham
Gallery, Oldham |
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January – 28 March 2009 |
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Millais
Gallery, Southampton |
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April - 23 May 2009
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Rugby
Art Gallery and Museum,
Rugby |
30
June – 26 August 2009 |
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Oriel
Wrecsam ,
Wrexham |
5
September – 10 October 2009 |
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| Touring
Exhibitions on Offer |
The following
exhibitions are currently available for UK venues. For terms and conditions, please
see below. There is NO HIRE FEE for all Japan Foundation touring exhibitions.
All enquiries should be made to Junko Takekawa, Senior Arts Programme Officer
by Tel: 020-7436-6695 or E-mail: junko.takekawa@jpf.org.uk
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New
touring exhibition available in the UK from March to May 2010:
Winter
Garden
The Exploration of the Micropop
Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art |
This
newly created Japan Foundation touring
exhibition comprises works by 14 Japanese
artists, born between the late 1960s
and early 1980s, whose style of work
can be defined as Micropop. The artistic
expressions of these artists have the
distinct appearance of modesty and anonymity, using inexpensive or
expendable materials, and frequently adopting apparently "easy-to-attain" methods
of drawing and video as their main means of expression.
Their expressions nevertheless transform apparently
insignificant objects around us into
refreshing and stimulating experiences,
through the combination of apparently
heterogeneous things, and the invention
of a new use or context in which defunct
things attain new lives. From paintings to simple drawings and moving
images, the exhibition, categorised by three sections, ultimately attempts
to present modest but flexible art forms that capture the fundamental
activities of the human mind and body and liberate imagination from
historically or culturally imposed limits., asserting them as responses
from young Japanese artists to the discouraging conditions of their
age, while conveying the hope of spiritual survival and effective reorganisation
of the living environment.
List
of Artists:
Keisuke Yamamoto, Hiroshi
Sugito, Tamu Ochiai, Ryoko Aoki, Lyota Yagi, Kohki Tanaka, Makiko
Kudo, Mahomi kunikata, Aya Takano, Taro Izumi, Hiroe Saeki, Maki
Handa, Masaya Chiba, Chim ↑ pom |
Availability
From
March to May 2010 (one venue only)
Size
31
works (two dimensional paintings, drawings and moving images)
Approx. 400m² required for display (exhibition can be downsized
depending on space available)
Conditions
The
Japan Foundation offers the exhibition to a British venue on a cost-sharing
basis.
The
Japan Foundation provides and covers the costs of:
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The exhibition leaflet
2 Insurance for the exhibits
3 International transportation
of the exhibits
4 Other related items deemed
necessary
The
host venue must provide and cover the costs of:
1
The exhibition venue
2 Domestic transportation of
the exhibits
3 Publicity
4 Installation
5 Other related items deemed
necessary
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of the ordinary / extraordinary: japanese contemporary photography |
 Pregnant
men posing in a fertility clinic; strangers photographed from outside the windows
of their homes; a young woman dressing up in various fashion trends of Japanese
teenagers, exploring the superficial concept of "youth". Through their
photographic works 11 Japanese artists, mostly from the younger generation, try
to give a new form of expression to the complexities of our ever-changing world
and the instability of Japanese society behind the façade of economic prosperity.
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question the very things in their own world and society that they have long accepted
as 'obvious' and attempt to validate and reconstruct them by a process that reassesses
the 'relationship' between the artist and these diverse elements.  With
such diverse values and viewpoints, the artistic expression of these artists might
appear too subtle to notice, but their work undoubtedly contains some 'premonition
of the future'.
List
of Artists:
ISHIUCHI Miyako, OKADA
Hiroko, ONODERA Yuki, SAWADA
Tomoko, SUGIURA Kunie, TAKANO
Ryudai, CHIN Yo Mi, HISHIKARI
Shunsaku, YOKOMIZO Shizuka, MOTODA
Keizo, YONEDA Tomoko |
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Availability
End
of October 2009 - March 2010
Size
102
works by 11 Japanese artists
Approx. 400m² required for display (exhibition can be downsized depending
on space available)
Conditions
The
Japan Foundation offers the exhibition to British venues on a cost-sharing basis:
The
Japan Foundation provides and covers the costs of:
1 The
exhibition catalogue (produced in Japan)
2 Insurance for the exhibition
3 International transportation of the exhibits
The
host venue must provide and cover the costs of:
1 The
exhibition venue
2 Publicity
3 Installation of the works
4 UK domestic transportation of the exhibits
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| Previous
Touring Exhibitions |
The following is a list of our touring exhibitions that have taken place in the
last few years.
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Organised Events
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Forthcoming
Events
To be confirmed.
Past
Events
Artist
Talk – Yukio Fujimoto (10 July 2008, Japan Foundation)
Acclaimed
artist, Yukio Fujimoto appeared in conversation with David Cunningham to
discuss his artistic philosophy and previous work.
For a transcript of this event, please click here.
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