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Japan Society Gallery Japan Society Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the exhibition of Japanese art, presenting major exhibitions each spring and fall. “What is striking about almost everything in the show is how seamlessly East and West and old and new are wed. An uninformed visitor could be forgiven for believing that the Japanese invented Art Deco. And, in a way, that viewer would not be wrong.” —The New York Times, on Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945 Clockwise from top left: Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers (September 16–December 18, 2011). Hitomi Nagai, Birth (detail), 2011. Cotton; waffle weave. Photo: Mareo Suemasa. Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945 (March 16– June 12, 2012). Neya Chūryoku (1897–1987), Table Clock with Design of a Rabbit Pounding Rice Cakes on the Moon. Cast bronze and other metals; wood base, 1920s–30s. Photograph courtesy of The Levenson Collection. Deco Japan. Hisamaro (dates unknown); Publisher: Hakubi Shuppansha; Printer: Kishimoto Fukutarō Nihonbashi kara (From Nihonbashi), from series Hakubi chōtokusen gakufu (Hakubi’s Extra Special Sheet Music). Songbook cover; color lithograph, inks on paper. Photograph courtesy of The Levenson Collection. Fiber Futures. Kyōko Ibe, Requiem, 2011. Installation photo by Richard Goodbody. Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers was organized by Japan Society and International Textile Network Japan in collaboration with Tama Art University Museum. Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945 was drawn from The Levenson Collection and was organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. The exhibition curator was Kendall H. Brown, Professor of Art, California State University, Long Beach. Support was provided by The Chisholm Foundation. His Excellency Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America, was Honorary Patron of the exhibition. Contributors to Japan Society’s 2011–2012 exhibitions were the E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation; Chris A. Wachenheim; The Coby Foundation, Ltd.; the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund; Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf; Friends of Fiber Art International; Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family; Kenneth A. Cowin; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Martha J. Fleischman; Marjorie G. Neuwirth; Kathleen and Martin Feldstein, The Japan Foundation, the Nomura Foundation, and Nikkei Inc. Media sponsorship was provided by WNYC. Transportation assistance was provided by Japan Airlines. Exhibitions at Japan Society were made possible in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Gallery. Arts & Culture Lecture Programs were supported by the Lila Wallace- Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund, Japan Airlines and United Airlines. Additional support was provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund. Education Programs were made possible by generous funding from The Freeman Foundation. Generous support for Education Programs in 2011– 2012 was provided by United Airlines. Additional support was provided by The Norinchukin Foundation, Inc., Chris A. Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon, Jon T. Hutcheson, Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc., and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. 12 Japan Society Annual Report 2011–12
Performing Arts Program Performing Arts Program introduces performers from Japan’s contemporary and traditional music, dance and theater scenes and commissions non-Japanese performing artists to create work on themes relating to Japan. Many distinguished artists have performed in the Society’s 262-seat theater and on Society-produced North American tours. “...picturesque, eloquent and remarkable.” —The New York Times on Kabuki Dance Top to bottom: chelfitsch Theater Company members in Toshiki Okada’s Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech. Photo © Julie Lemberger. Bando Kotoji in Sanbaso as part of Kabuki Dance. Photo © Julie Lemberger. Kota Yamazaki/Fluid hug-hug dancers in Kota Yamazaki’s (glowing). Photo © Julie Lemberger. Otomo Yoshihide and Christian Marclay in Turntable Duo. Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto. Major support for Japan Society 2011–2012 Performing Arts Programs was provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Endowment for the Performing Arts, established with leadership gifts from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Globus Family, Kyocera Corporation, The Starr Foundation and Toyota Motor Corporation. MetLife Foundation was a Corporate Partner of Japan Society’s 2011–2012 Performing Arts season. Japan Society was also grateful to the following individuals, foundations, and government agencies for their generous support: Dr. John K. Gillespie; The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II; Mr. Norton Belknap; Mr. Terry Brykczynski and Ms. Andrea Miller; Ms. Hiroko Onoyama; Howard and Sarah Solomon; Mr. Alex York; Paula S. Lawrence; and an anonymous donor. New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Transportation assistance was provided by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception support was provided by MetLife Foundation. Funders, sponsors, grant programs, project partners and various assistance provided for programs in the 2011–2012 Performing Arts season include: the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in fiscal 2011, the University of Illinois through the IJPAN project supported by The Japan Foundation, The Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program, The Asahi Shimbun Foundation, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), YCAM InterLab, HANEDA EXCEL HOTEL TOKYU, Performa 11, the Tokyo Culture Creation Project, NODA• MAP, Tokyo, British Airways, The Public Theater’s Under The Radar Festival, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, The Saison Foundation, Steep Slope Studio, The Japan Foundation, EMPAC (The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center), the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Abrons Art Center, Ecole des Sables, Mount Tremper Arts, Headlong Dance Theater, and United Airlines. 13
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