東京都現代美術館を会場に「Future Beauty 日本のファッションの未来性」が、2012年7月27日より開催される。1970年〜80年代より活躍するデザイナーたちの貴重な作品がズラリ。日本ファッションが持つ創造性と、その力強いデザインに潜む文化的背景に焦点を当てた「Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion」展。2010年にバービカン・アート・ギャラリー（ロンドン）、2011年にハウス・デア・クンスト（ミュンヘン）で開催され、高い評価を得た。新たな作品を加え、ヴァージョンアップした「Future Beauty 日本ファッションの未来性」展を2012年、東京にて開催。
日本のファッションは、日本経済の成長と共に世界に羽ばたき、その独自性を開花した20世紀後半。1970年代に高田賢三や三宅一生が欧米で活躍を始める。彼らに導かれて、1981年、川久保玲や山本耀司がパリでデビュー。欧米の美意識から解き放たれた日本デザイナーの作品は、〈前衛的〉と評され、その表現には賛否両論が飛び交った。しかし、日本ファッションこそがやがて、ファッション界を牽引していくことになったのだ。詳しくはコチラ！
参加デザイナーリスト コチラ！
Future Beauty 日本ファッションの未来性
会期：2012年7月28日（土） ~ 10月8日（月・祝）
会場：東京都現代美術館 企画展示室3F
時間：10:00 ~ 18:00
料金：一般1,000円（800円）、大学生・65歳以上800円（640円）、中高生500円（400円）、小学生以下無料 ※（ ）内は20名様以上の団体料金
We reported on its tentative arrival in Tokyo back in January of this year on Tokyo Dandy and now we have all the details on what promises to be one of the biggest exhibitions this year, ‘FUTURE BEAUTY : 30 YEARS OF JAPANESE FASHION’ at The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
Straight from the museums website…
‘The ‘Future Beauty’ exhibition focuses on Japanese fashion, its creativity and the cultural background of its powerful design.
With the development of the Japanese economy during the latter half of the twentieth century, Japanese fashion entered the world stage, where it was recognized for its uniqueness. Starting with Kenzo Takada in 1970 and Issey Miyake, then followed in the eighties by Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto, the activities of these designers were to enlarge the possibilities presented by fashion, throwing open the door of creativity to the world, in a field that had previously been confined to the framework of Western aesthetics.
They continued to create a free, imaginative style, drawing the eyes of the world towards Japan as a ‘cool place’ that offered new interpretations of the meaning of clothing. What is the essence and strength of Japanese fashion and how will our relationship with clothes change? These are the issues that we would like to look at afresh in 2012.
This exhibition was originally held at the Barbican Art Gallery (London) in 2010, then the Haus der Kunst (Munich) in 2011, where it was extremely well received. In addition to the work shown overseas, the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo will also include a section entitled ‘Virtuality and Reality’, presenting the work of young fashion designers to provide a hint of the future direction of fashion. From the ‘deconstruction and innovation’ of the eighties, through the ‘expressions of the nineties generation, who considered “attitude” a life concept’, to the ‘”sympathetic” generation’ of the first decade of the new century ‘whose designs were based on daily “behavior”‘, such as eating, sleeping and talking with friends. By looking back over the last thirty years of change, we hope to catch a glimpse of the futurity of Japanese fashion.’
It’s a comprehensive line up of contemporary Japanese fashion with works by 20471120, AKIRA NAKAANREALAGE,
ASEEDONCLÖ UD, Aski Kataski, beauty:beast, COMME des GARÇONS, Eatable of Many Orders, FINAL HOME, HANAE MORI, hatra, ISSEY MIYAKE, JUNYA WATANABE, keisuke kanda, KENZO, KOJI TATSUNO, mame, matohu, MIKIO SAKABE, minä perhonen, mintdesigns, Né-net, Noritaka Tatehana, OH! YA?, ohta, POTTO, sacai, SHINICHIRO ARAKAWA, S/STERE, SOMARTA, TARO, HORIUCHI, tao, COMME des GARÇONS, UNDERCOVER, writtenafterwards, Yohji Yamamoto and ZUCCA.
FUTURE BEAUTY : 30 YEARS OF JAPANESE FASHION
July 28 (Sat) – October 8 (Mon, holiday) 2012
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO WEBSITE