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A *Candy Factory Project / Meiji The project is based on the collection of the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery, which commemorates the Meiji Emperor and the beginning of Japan's imperialism and modernisation. The project reconstructs this group of propaganda paintings by removing all the portraits and figures from the scene. The museum is one of the first western buildings in Japan, built in the outer garden of the Meiji Shrine, and has a permanent exhibition of forty Nihon-ga (a style using traditional Japanese colours) and forty oil paintings depicting the life of the Meiji Emperor and Empress and events significant to the new imperial state since the Meiji Restoration. The collection was completed in October 1926 and features 80 paintings by various artists. Each work measures 3 x 2.7 metres and is displayed chronologically in two large galleries. このプロジェクトは明治記念絵画館のコレクションを基に、そこで描かれているすべての肖像を場面から取り除いて再構築している。明治記念絵画館は1926年10月に完成、明治天皇を追悼して明治神宮外苑に建造された日本最初期の西洋建築で、現在も明治天皇、皇后の生涯、また明治維新以降の新帝国主義国家とその近代化を描いた日本画、油彩各40点、各3×2.7メートル、計80点のプロパガンダ絵画が2つのギャラリーに年代順に常設展示されている。 |