MOT Annual 2014 Fragments

The 'MOT Annual' series of group exhibitions has been held by the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, since 1999 in order to introduce new trends in contemporary art created by young Japanese artists. The 'MOT Annual 2014' is the 13th in this series and using the keyword 'fragments' it features 6 artists/groups who present new viewpoints from which to perceive reality. The word 'fragment' refers to minute piece or part of a whole and the artists in this exhibition all employ fragments, that have fallen away their surroundings, to create unique new worlds. Endlessly combining readymade plastic parts, carrying out minute work on playing cards or erasers, extracting images from familiar scenes and layering them over each other--these artists can be characterized by the way in which they employ a variety of different techniques, all of them consciously selecting their own particular fragments from the numerous options that exist around them, trying to redefine the world through contact with these.
By their very nature, 'fragments' are fundamentally incomplete and fragile; there is something missing from them and this excites the imaginations of the viewers, however, through the addition of the artists' touch, they also invite the viewer to travel from 'here' to some other place. Today, when people find themselves engulfed in a vortex of superfluous information that surpass their ability to grasp or perceive, perhaps the results of these artists' experiments will provide clues that will permit access to the world from a new point of view.

Organized by

Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Supported by

Bloomberg L.P.

In cooperation with

WEST CO., LTD./ PENTEL CO., LTD./ HOLBEIN Works, Ltd./ YODOGAWA Ind. & Tec.Co.,Ltd./ Shodoshima Town

Shinya Aota
Akiko& Masako Takada
Paramodel
Naoyo Fukuda
Akira Miyanaga
Kana Yoshida