[Special Exhibition in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido] Otomo Yoshihide: Sound that Flies to the Moon + Migishi Kotaro: You Are Free to Fly

Organized by: Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido Co-organized by: Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee / City of Sapporo

A special exhibition featuring Otomo Yoshihide and Migishi Kotaro will be held at the Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido.

Otomo Yoshihide is involved in a diverse range of activities, including expressions in the context of modern art, projects with jazz and various other types of musicians, experimental music and music used in TV programs and movies. These are all constructed from the perspective of an ensemble. For Otomo, the ensemble is not a repeatable expression using the same score but an expression of chance operation by participants. His work and activities since the 1990s are considered as ongoing efforts to create a mechanism for expressing unique improvisations.

Migishi Kotaro was born in Sapporo and was one of the major painters in modern Japanese art. He rapidly changed his style and themes over the course of his short career. His work is poetic and takes the viewer beyond imagery.

This exhibition will introduce Otomo Yoshihide’s work and related materials as well as Migishi Kotaro’s work in two floors. Displayed in the open-ceiling space of a small art museum, this will be the first exhibition in which the unique works of the two artists will be shown together.