AFRICAN ARTMUSEUM

August 1 - October 27, 2025.
MY IMAGE MY CREATION THE FOREST OF SCULPTURES:: This open-air exhibition features sculptors based at the southern foot of the Yatsugatake mountains, held in the garden of the African Art Museum. The exhibition showcases works by seventeen artists who express their creative joy through stone, wood, and metal, each piece infused with personal vision and thought. The interplay of vibrant natural light, fresh mountain air, and the surrounding sounds of nature enhances the presence of each sculpture, evoking a vivid sense of vitality and harmony.
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African Art Museum Garden
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August 12 - 22, 2025.
MY IMAGE MY CREATION THE FOREST OF PAINTINGS:: This exhibition showcases paintings and sculptures by eight artists working at the southern foot of the Yatsugatake mountains, presented in the Garden of Imagination.
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The garden Imagination
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Apr 3 - Sept 9, 2025.
WOMEN IN AFRICANART: In Africa, numerous female figures have been created and revered as symbols of fertility, prosperity, and the bountiful earth. In some regions, women are considered the origin of their people due to their role in giving birth to life, and as the "primordial mother," they represent the legitimacy of matrilineal royal lineage. This exhibition presents female figures crafted with unique expressions by different ethnic groups, as well as masks used to portray women, accessories, and textiles.
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Sept 12 - Nov 30, 2024.
EAT: Food has always been the most pressing concern for humanity among the essential human needs of clothing, food, and shelter. Each ethnic group around the world has its own unique food culture, and there are countless types of tableware and tools related to food. In addition, various rituals to pray for abundant harvests have been performed, leaving behind statues, masks, and other artworks related to these practices. This exhibition introduces art related to “eat” from countries in Africa, Oceania, Indonesia, and Asia.
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Apr 1 - Sept 9, 2024.
ANIMALS IN AFRICAN ART: Various animals appear in African art. They are divided into two main categories. One is the animal itself, and the other is the combination of various animal parts into the image of an imaginary spirit. Animals could be the spirits themselves, their messengers, or symbols of royalty. Of course, you will not find European realism in these animal sculptures because each animal's image is exaggerated to create them. Combinations of animal parts are also expressed in various ways by different ethnic groups, and some of them do not even know what kind of animal they originated from. For example, there is the "Kanamato" mask of the Senufo people of the Cote d'Ivoire, with a hippopotamus mouth, boar tusks, antelope horns and a human nose, and a chameleon with a vessel on its head. Moreover, they have shapes and names which are unique to each ethnic group. It seems that these extraordinary forms were created by several figurative geniuses over the course of several millennia, and each time, the forms were modified and reached what they look now. This exhibition introduces a variety of African art with animal themes.
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