Exhibition "Jewelry: Whose Dream?" Held at Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art. Large-scale Exhibition Tracing Postwar Japanese Contemporary Jewelry
A large-scale exhibition tracing postwar Japanese contemporary jewelry is held at the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art.Summary
The exhibition "Jewelry: Whose Dream?" will be held at the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art from October 24, 2026, to January 17, 2027. This exhibition reviews the development of contemporary jewelry in postwar Japan. Centered on the collection of the Hiko Mizuno Jewelry College, it displays approximately 350 works, including a group of works returning to Japan from Germany after about 50 years and works by contemporary artists. The exhibition explores the artistic possibilities of jewelry, where expression resides in the act of wearing itself. The exhibition introduces the history of Japanese contemporary jewelry, starting with the activities of the Japan Jewelry Designers Association (JJDA), founded in 1964, the "International Jewelry Art Exhibition" of the 1970s and 1980s, and the development through international exchange since the 1990s. The content traces the process by which the idea of prioritizing design and concept over the value of materials took root in Japan.
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