Recent years have witnessed growing moves worldwide to right inequalities around aspects of identity such as gender, race, ethnicity, and beliefs, and attach greater value to diversity. Also in contemporary art for the past decade or so, attention has turned increasingly to female artists who began their contemporary art careers between the 1950s and 1970s and continue to stay active as artists today.
Another Energy focuses on 16 of these female artists in their 70s or older, from across the globe, who continue to embark on new challenges. Ranging in ages 71-105 (*1) with their careers spanning over 50 years, they are originally from 14 different countries, and equally diverse in their current locations. Nonetheless, what these women share regardless of recognition or evaluation by art museums and the art market is a determination to pursue their own distinctive creative paths in turbulent environment and times.
Showcasing their wide array of powerful works from paintings, video, sculptures, to large-scale installations and performances, about 130 works to total, this exhibition contemplates the nature of the special strength or what one may call the driving force - “another energy” - of these artists. Amid the unprecedented condition of the world, perhaps the sight of 16 artists, who all have spent their lives walking their own paths with such immovable conviction, may offer us just the strength to tackle the ongoing challenges and to face the future with resilience and determination.
*1 Carmen Herrera had her 106th birthday in May, and Miriam Cahn her 72nd this past July.
o.t. (untitled)
December 29th, 1999
Oil on canvas
28.3 x 21.3 cm
OKETA COLLECTION, Tokyo
o.t. (untitled)
December 29th, 1999
Oil on canvas
28.3 x 21.3 cm
OKETA COLLECTION, Tokyo
Another Energy: Power to Continue Challenging - 16 Women Artists from around the World
| Organizer | Mori Art Museum |
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| Grants from | Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia   |
| In Association with | Embassy of Switzerland in Japan
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| Corporate Sponsors | Toyota Motor Corporation Accenture Japan Ltd Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. LIXIL Corporation McDonald’s Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Unicharm Corporation Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd. Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics Co., Ltd. AGC Inc.        |
| Support | JAPAN AIRLINES |
| Curated by | Kataoka Mami (Director, Mori Art Museum) Martin Germann (Independent Curator)  |
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