MAM Collection 011: Yokomizo Shizuka + Matsukawa Tomona - The Personal Time We Are Living

Participating Artists

Yokomizo Shizuka, Matsukawa Tomona

This edition of MAM Collection showcases work by two female artists depicting private everyday moments in the lives of different women. Yokomizo Shizuka’s video Forever (and again) (2003) shows four retired British pianists playing Chopin’s Waltz No. 10 in their own homes, evoking thoughts of their lives over the years. Meanwhile, Matsukawa Tomona’s paintings portray fragments of everyday reality, based on interviews with women of around the same age as herself working in Roppongi and showing the sadness and uncertainty that lie within them.

Yokomizo and Matsukawa’s intimate gazes, leveled at women of different cultures and generations in Britain and Japan, encourage us to reappraise what it means to live in modern society.

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Yokomizo Shizuka
*Forever (and again)*
2003
2-channel video installation
17 min. (loop)
Courtesy: WAKO WORKS OF ART, Tokyo
Installation view: *Forever (and again)*, IZU PHOTO MUSEUM, Shizuoka, 2018
Photo: Kioku Keizo

Mastukawa Tomona
*Please wait for me until 4:00 am #2*
2016
Oil on wooden panel
130.3 x 194 cm

Yokomizo Shizuka

Born 1966 in Tokyo. Recent solo exhibitions include Shizuka Yokomizo at Daiwa Foundation Japan House (London, 2014), with group exhibitions including Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2016), Forever (and again) at IZU PHOTO MUSEUM (Shizuoka, 2018), and Syncopation: Contemporary Encounters with Modern Masters at Pola Museum of Art (Kanagawa, 2019)

Matsukawa Tomona

Born 1987 in Aichi. Solo exhibitions include Love Yourself at Yuka Tsuruno Gallery (Tokyo, 2019) and Artist Meets Kurashiki Vol. 12 Matsukawa Tomona at Ohara Museum of Art (Okayama, 2016), with group shows including If Only Bella Abzug Were Here at Marc Straus Gallery (New York, 2016) and Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.

MAM Collection 011: Yokomizo Shizuka + Matsukawa Tomona - The Personal Time We Are Living

Organizer	Mori Art Museum
Curated by	Tokuyama Hirokazu (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)

Notice Regarding Photography and Filming in the Galleries

At the exhibition MAM Collection 011: Yokomizo Shizuka + Matsukawa Tomona - The Personal Time We Are Living, you may take photographs/film of Matsukawa Tomona’s artworks under the following conditions. Photography/filming of Yokomizo Shizuka’s artwork is NOT permitted, however.

When taking photographs/filming:

Do NOT touch the works of art.
Do NOT interfere with other visitors’ enjoyment of the museum.
Do NOT use flash lighting.
Do NOT use tripods and selfie sticks.
Filming must be limited to 1 minute maximum.

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About “MAM Collection”

The collection of Mori Art Museum which focuses on contemporary art from Japan and elsewhere in Asia currently comprises approximately 400 works. The “MAM Collection” is the series of diverse, theme-based exhibitions to showcase the collection.
Enjoying contemporary art in a living space-like environment and a dynamic view - this program embodies the Mori Art Museum’s motto of “Art + Life.”

MAM Collection 011: Yokomizo Shizuka + Matsukawa Tomona - The Personal Time We Are Living

Participating Artists

Yokomizo Shizuka

Matsukawa Tomona