Courtesy of Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Executive Committee (within ARTLOGUE Inc.)
and Institute for Cultural Exchange, Tübingen
photo by Atsuhiro Miyake
Program
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Chapter 2 Considerations for people and lives
Osaka Culturarium, Tempozan (formerly the Suntory Museum) was designed as an art museum by architect Tadao Ando and completed in 1994. With Osaka Bay as its backdrop and the blue sky as its backdrop, the building's impressive exterior is used by people from Japan and overseas as a base for various cultural activities, and is engaged in a wide range of activities. In collaboration with a German research institute, the venue will host the "Reshaped Reality" exhibition, which asks what it means to be human.
"Reshaped Reality: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture"
This exhibition focuses on hyper-realistic human sculptures, and will be the first in Japan for this exhibition, which has received high praise and attracted many visitors around the world.
Since the 1960s, many sculptors have explored forms of realism based on the realistic appearance of the human body. Through visual illusions, these expressions make us think about what it is we perceive as human. Furthermore, the mutant-like expressions in Patricia Piccinini's sculptures and the distorted human body seen in Evan Penny's works will be an opportunity to ask what it means to be human, and by extension what it means to be a living being/life, in the World Expo Year, which has the theme of "Designing a Future Society for Life."
Chief Curator: Maximilian Otto Letze
Partner city: Matsubara City
Dates:
Friday, April 11, 2025 - Monday, October 13, 2025
Opening hours:
11:00 - 18:00 (last admission 30 minutes before closing)
Closed on Mondays (if Monday is a public holiday, the following Tuesday will be closed)
*Closed on May 7th (Wed).
*Open on July 21st (Mon) and July 22nd (Tue)
Ticket:
An exhibition passport or opening pass is required for admission.
Ticket information here >
Venue:
Osaka Cultural Center, Tempozan
(Formerly Suntory Museum)
Osaka Prefecture, Osaka City, Minato Ward, Kaigandori 1-5-10
How to get there:
[By train]
- 5 minutes walk from Exit 1 of Osakako Station on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line
[By bus]
- 1 minute on the Osaka City Bus to Tempozan Harbor Village
- 1 minute on the Nankai Bus to Kaiyukan (Tempozan)
- 1 minute on the Kansai International Airport Limousine Bus to Tempozan (Kaiyukan)
Inquiry:
Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Office (ARTLOGUE Inc.)
study@artlogue.org
*Please refrain from contacting the venue regarding the exhibition.
Gallery Tour
We will be holding premium gallery tours on the following dates, mainly on weekends, allowing you to enjoy the highlights and backgrounds of the artworks in greater depth.
The guide will be Atsuhito Miyake, the exhibition coordinator and co-representative of the curatorial collective "HB." This is a special opportunity to hear valuable stories that you would not normally be able to hear, such as the historical background of the production, the intentions of the artist, and what goes on behind the scenes of the exhibition.
Date:
June 28 (Saturday)
July 12 (Saturday)
July 20 (Sunday)
July 21 (Monday/Holiday)
July 22 (Tue)
July 23 (Wednesday)
August 10 (Sunday)
August 11 (Monday/Holiday)
August 23 (Saturday)
September 6 (Saturday)
October 11 (Saturday)
October 12 (Sunday)
Time: Each day: From 14:00- (approximately 1 hour)
Meeting place: Exhibition hall entrance
Participation fee: Free *Exhibition ticket required
Capacity: Approximately 20 people (first come, first served)
* Advance registration is not required, but reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis on the day.
*Registration will begin at 13:45 each day at the venue reception.
For inquiries regarding participation, please contact the Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Office (ARTLOGUE Inc.)
study@artlogue.org
*Please refrain from contacting the venue regarding the exhibition.
Venue Information
Artist
Allen Jones
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Evan Penny
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Kazu Hiro
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Carole A. Feuerman
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Glaser/Kunz
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Sam Jinks
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Santissimi
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Jamie Salmon
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Jacques Verduyn
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Zharko Basheski
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John De Andrea
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George Segal
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Daniel Firman
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Tony Matelli
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Tom Kuebler
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Duane Hanson
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Patricia Piccinini
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Fabio Viale
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Brian Booth Craig
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Berlinde de Bruyckere
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Maurizio Cattelan
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Mathilde ter Heijne
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Marc Sijan
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Mel Ramos
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Robert Graham
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Ron Mueck
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Valter Casotto
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Chief Curator
Maximilian Otto Letze (Germany)
Born in 1984, since 2015 he is the director of the Institute for Cultural Exchange in Tübingen, Germany, where he focuses on organizing international exhibitions in the field of modern and contemporary art. After studying Liberal Arts and Business Administration at Emerson College in Boston, USA and Luigi Bocconi Commercial University in Mailland, Italy, he received his Master's degree in Global Studies from the University of Leipzig, London Business School and the Erasmus Mundus Consortium of Wroclaw University in 2011. He was awarded a Master's degree in Global Studies. Around the world, he has participated in “50 Years of Hyperrealist Sculpture” at the National Gallery of Australia; “Back to Paradise” at the Leopold Museum in Vienna; “La Bohème, Toulouse-Lautrec and the Masters of Montmartre.” He has organized and supervised more than 40 exhibitions.
