Micropop

The Japan Foundation was founded in 1972 to promote mutual understanding between different countries through cultural exchanges. As part of this program, the Foundation produced the exhibition “Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art,” curated by art critic Ms. Midori Matsui. The exhibition is comprised of 35 artworks including drawings, paintings and videos by 14 artists active since the late 1990s.

The artists share similar styles of expression. They present their distinctive perceptions of the world through the combination of fragments and imbuing the obsolete or the commonplace with new functions or meanings. Matsui calls this style “Micropop.”

We would like to express our gratitude to the Japan Foundation for bringing this important exhibition of contemporary Japanese art to Israel. We would also like to thank the Japanese Embassy in Israel for their valuable advice, assistance and long lasting friendship.  Dr. Ilana Singer Blaine, Chief CuratorTikotin Museum of Japanese Art.

Curator: Midori Matsui

This exhibition is one of the Japan Foundation's traveling exhibitions, and holding the exhibition is supported by the Embassy of Japan in Israel and the japan Foundation.