Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection III: The Fleeting and Transient October 24th (Saturday) — January 17th (Sunday)
Imai Ken-ichi, Illusion of Babel, 1955

From a blooming then scattering plum blossom, to the swiftly changing atmospheric phenomena of haze, mist and rainbows, the short life span of insects, or the transient interweaving of light and shadow in a spectacle, these suggest the ’fleeting and transient’ motif revealed in much Japanese art. The present exhibition will seek out the mutual similarities found in the beauty of the ’fleeting and transient’ expressed through images from the collection. Works by Murakami Kagaku, Ikeda Yoson, and Kitawaki Noboru among others will be exhibited.

• Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection I:
  Time/Space Travels - The Story from Looking at Art
• Kyoten 2009
• The Louvre Museum Exhibition: Master Paintings of 17th Century Europe
• Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection II:
  Words by Artists, Looks from Viewers - Meetings in the Museum
• The 94th Inten:
  Exhibition of the Japan Art Institute
• Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection III:
  The Fleeting and Transient
• The 41st Nitten Kyoto Exhibition
• Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection IV:
  From One Flower to Another, The Shapes of the Rapport