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MOT Collection: Seven Beauties in the Bamboo Forest / Special feature: NOMURA Kazuhiro / Eye to Eye

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo houses over 5800 works of art from modern to contemporary, with a particular emphasis on post-war art. The MOT Collection exhibitions present works from that collection, adopting a different approach on each occasion to advertise the diverse attractions of contemporary art. 　In a display dubbed “Seven Beauties in the Bamboo Forest” and dominated by recent acquisitions, the first floor will focus on seven female artists. The title “Seven Beauties in the Bamboo Forest” comes from that of a work by KONO Michisei held by the museum. In Kono’s painting, the ancient Chinese “Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove,” spurning worldly concerns to congregate in a bamboo grove and engage in philosophical chat are transformed into women in vibrantly-hued garb. Inspired by the sight of these seven women of different cultures and eras mingling harmoniously among the flowers and birds of a light-filled bamboo forest, for this exhibition we decided to illuminate the work of some female artists whom the museum has hitherto had few opportunities to showcase. The character 妍 (ken) of the title, meaning beauty, generally refers to a certain grace or refinement in appearance, but here refers to how each of the seven artists has engaged with the idea of beauty, and produced art accordingly. Offerings from MADOKORO (AKUTAGAWA) Saori and TAKAGI Toshiko, both born exactly a century ago, URUSHIBARA Hideko, KOBAYASHI Donge, and MAEMOTO Shoko will comprise mainly new additions, while the works of FUKUSHIMA Hideko and ASAKURA Setsu, already in the collection, will be grouped together. To coincide with this display of work by the seven women, the first floor will also play host to a special exhibit by NOMURA Kazuhiro, an artist with a career characterized by the exploration of the creative act via conceptual works.　The third-floor exhibition, titled “Eye to Eye,” turns its attention to different types of gaze. Kicking off with gaze as painted by the likes of Alex KATZ, NAKAMURA Hiroshi, and NAKAZONO Koji, “Eye to Eye” goes on to include a diverse array of works, including sculptures in reflective materials by TADA Minami and Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN; the works of Georges ROUSSE, who creates illusory installations in derelict buildings and photographs them; and an installation by KAIHATSU Yoshiaki, who brings a playfulness to the space between the visible and invisible. There will also be a special exhibition of work by HASEGAWA Shigeru, a painter consistently dedicated to interrogating the status of paintings as “things to be seen.”

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[Nude]

ASAKURA Setsu

1956
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[Documents related to ASAKURA Setsu: "Meteor" [Poster]]

ASAKURA Setsu

1970
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Documents related to Setsu Asakura : Sketch Book

ASAKURA Setsu

1946-50s
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Documents related to Setsu Asakura : Sketch Book

ASAKURA Setsu

1946-50s
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ASAKURA Setsu

n.d.
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[Nude]

ASAKURA Setsu

n.d.
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[Wooman's Face]

ASAKURA Setsu

1956
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Pack

ASAKURA Setsu

1954
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[Title Unknown]

ASAKURA Setsu

n.d.
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1963

ASAKURA Setsu

1963
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Mythical Ruins (1)

ASAKURA Setsu

1964
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[Study for a print work]

ASAKURA Setsu

c.1963
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[Study for a print work]

ASAKURA Setsu

c.1963
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[Study for a print work]

ASAKURA Setsu

c.1963
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Byobugaura Cliff

ASAKURA Setsu

1963
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[Byobugaura]

ASAKURA Setsu

1963
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[Documents related to ASAKURA Setsu: Play "Meteor"]

ASAKURA Setsu

1970
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[Dessin for "Pack"]

ASAKURA Setsu

c.1954
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Documents related to Setsu Asakura : Sketch Book

ASAKURA Setsu

1946-50s
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Documents related to Setsu Asakura : Sketch Book

ASAKURA Setsu

1946-50s
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Documents related to Setsu Asakura : Sketch Book

ASAKURA Setsu

1946-50s
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[Documents related to ASAKURA Setsu: Play "Cyrano de Bergerac"]

ASAKURA Setsu

1967
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Survive (with Motives and Reasons)

John BALDESSARI

1996
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Nonagon

Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN

2008
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Octagon Ⅱ

Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN

2008
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Octagon

Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN

2008
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Heptagon

Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN

2008
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Square

Monir Shahroudy FARMANFARMAIAN

2008
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1954
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1955
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1982
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[Self-Portrait]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1940s
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1960
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1960
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1960
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1960
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1960
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1958
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Whither Blue (Ⅴ)

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1982
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Black White Spray

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1966
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WORK 5

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1963
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Arc

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1963
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Black White Arc

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1963
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

n.d.
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1961
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Work

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1958
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1960
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1958
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Samsara

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1960
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Day of Creation

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1955
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1955
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Human

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1952
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Woman

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

late 1940s
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

late 1940s
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Wings

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1950
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Monomaniac Ⅱ

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1950
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1951
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1951
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1951
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1950
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1950
On view

[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1956
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Visitor

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1956
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1952
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1952
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

c.1955
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

c.1955
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Black Tale

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1955
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1955
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1958
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[Title Unknown]

FUKUSHIMA Hideko

1954
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Foam is Created

FUKUSHIMA Hideko／FUKUSHIMA Kazuo

1953/1986
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happy white macaron-chan

HASEGAWA Shigeru

1997
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[no title]

HASEGAWA Shigeru

2007
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JYOUGE

HASEGAWA Shigeru

2010
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[no title]

HASEGAWA Shigeru

2011
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INU

HASEGAWA Shigeru

2011
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[no title]

HASEGAWA Shigeru

1995
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Portrait of Fumie Kobayashi]

1947.12.24
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Portrait of Fumie Kobayashi]

1947.8.11？
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[Documents related to "On the Desk"]

KAIHATSU Yoshiaki

2000
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ON THE TABLE

KAIHATSU Yoshiaki

2010
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Blue Coat

Alex KATZ

1990
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Linda

Alex KATZ

1989
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Rose- Blue Moon]

1996
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Rose- Blue Moon]

1996
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Rose- Blue Moon]

1996
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Rose- Blue Moon

1996
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Salome [from "Maiden of Fire-Salome"]

1975
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Blue Butterflies

1974
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Berenice [from "Dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe"]

1972
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Vampire [from "Dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe"]

1972
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The Fall of the House of Usher: Princess Madeline [from "Dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe"]

1972
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Oval-shaped Portrait

1972
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Cover [from "Tale of Moonlight and Rain"]

1970
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Death Stares: The House Amid the Reeds [from "Tale of Moonlight and Rain"]

1970
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My Dear, Let's Go Together: The Blue Hood [from "Tale of Moonlight and Rain"]

1970
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Lust of the White Serpent [from "Tale of Moonlight and Rain"]

1969
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Among the Butterflies

1968
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Mademoiselle

1966
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Mind Wandering After

1965
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From Tales of Moonlight and Rain: A Carp That Appeared in My Dream

1963.3-4
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From Tales of Moonlight and Rain: The House Amid the Reeds 1

1963.3
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Tales of Moonlight and Rain: The Cauldron of Kibitsu no. 1 (Moon)

1962
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Tales of Moonlight and Rain: Lust of the White Serpent

1962
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Flower in a Swamp]

1958
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Flower in a Swamp

1958
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Dying Flower

1955
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Scrap book]

1950ｓ？
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Self-portrait

1949
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Flower of Evil

c.1955
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I Am in Tears

c.1955
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Studio at Midnight

c.1955
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Dying Flower]

c.1954
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Butterflies in the Night

c.1954
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Intoxicated Man

c.1954
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From Edgar Allan Poe: Morella

c.1970
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My Dream

c.1960
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Eve in Silk

c.1956
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: I Am in Tears]

c.1955
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[Documents related to KOBAYASHI Donge: Flower of Evil]

c.1955
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Dog

KOBAYASHI Takanobu

1998
On view

Seven Beauties in the Bamboo Forest

KONO Michisei

1923
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Girl with Hair Ribbon

Roy LICHTENSTEIN

1965
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Prince Izanagi Creating Japanese Islands

MADOKORO (AKUTAGAWA) Saori

1955
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Woman Ⅺ

MADOKORO (AKUTAGAWA) Saori

1955
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In a Panrda's Box

MAEMOTO Shoko

2002
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Deep Sea Anemone – Eat Up the Heaven!

MAEMOTO Shoko

1992
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WORK

MIYAWAKI Aiko

1960-61
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WORK

MIYAWAKI Aiko

1962
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WORK

MIYAWAKI Aiko

1959
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WORK

MIYAWAKI Aiko

1960-61
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Eye from Chiaroscuro

NAKAMURA Hiroshi

2015-16
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Post Human

NAKAZONO Koji

2007
On view

Untitled

NAKAZONO Koji

2010
On view

Untitled

NAKAZONO Koji

2012
On view

Little Riding Red Hood

NARA Yoshitomo

1997
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Sleepless Night (with paintbrush)

NARA Yoshitomo

1997
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Frances

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2007
On view

1/973

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2002
On view

Untitled (na, cb)

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2003
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music - 1

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2004
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juno(o)

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2006
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fucker 1

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2003
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Eva's breast

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2009
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untitled (grapes)

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2007
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1-350

NOMURA Kazuhiro

1989-
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Altar of Laughter

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2014/2019
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1-351

NOMURA Kazuhiro

1989-
On view

1-352

NOMURA Kazuhiro

1989-
On view

Drawings

NOMURA Kazuhiro

1988-1989
On view

Ein Heimische Voegel 2

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2002
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leonard

NOMURA Kazuhiro

2003
On view

Video Works Vol.6

Dennis OPPENHEIM

1971-72
On view

Elisabeth

Gerhard RICHTER

1965
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Metz

Georges ROUSSE

1994
On view

Metz

Georges ROUSSE

1994
On view

Fontevraud

Georges ROUSSE

1984
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Phase

TADA Minami

1989
On view

Frequency 37306505

TADA Minami

1965
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Flower

TAKAGI Toshiko

1981
On view

Form

TAKAGI Toshiko

1983
On view

Tapestry, Face

TAKAGI Toshiko

1963
On view

Eidolon

URUSHIBARA Hideko

1966
On view

A Set of 6 Self-Portraits

Andy WARHOL

1966
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With Maros, form the series "Three Men for Life"

Pavlína Fichta ČIERNA

2003