Prince Takamado Gallery
Located in the Embassy of Canada to Japan B2 basement, the Prince Takamado Gallery presents exhibitions of Canadian paintings, sculptures, photography, textiles, designs and other artwork. It was given its current name in April 2003 as one of several Canadian initiatives to commemorate Prince Takamado’s contribution to Canada-Japan relations.
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Contact
Embassy of Canada to Japan, in Tokyo
Public Affairs Section
7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-8503, Japan
Telephone: 03-5412-6200
Email: TOKYO.CC@international.gc.ca
Closed on weekends and Embassy office closures.
Current exhibition
ANTHEM: Expressions of Canadian Identity
May 17 to September 20, 2024
ANTHEM is a group exhibition by artists invited from across Canada who have created works in response to the lyrics of Canada's national anthem, with a focus on the line “Our home and native land”. The artists explore how the concepts of “home”, “land” and “native” connect to their own personal and national identities. Who are we? Where are we? Are we defined by our surrounding landscape in how we give names to places, recognition of race, family bonds, tribal ritual, or ancestral instinct to call a place our home?
The exhibition does not necessarily seek conclusions that give closure to these questions, but rather invites varied observations of what the complexities are from individual perspectives, in multiple languages, and how our relations-to-place coalesce into a collective identity.
The artists were asked to consider book forms for their works - a model of knowledge that can be stored, passed down, translated, interpreted, and recited as an archival vessel that is associated with language. The resulting artworks are built into portfolios, 3D objects, wall murals or as lost and found pages that one might come upon in an imagined library.
The exhibition prompts viewers to contemplate the complex nature of identity and experience. Through 13 thought-provoking artworks, the show encourages discussions about heritage, language, colonialism, immigration, and multiculturalism. Presented previously by the Canadian Language Museum, the exhibition opens at the Embassy in time for Canadian Multiculturalism Day, an annual opportunity to celebrate diversity.
The artists featured in this exhibition are curator Derek Michael Besant, as well as Mark Bovey, Yael Brotman, Sean Caulfield, Case Caulfield and Sue Colberg, René Derouin, Alexandra Haeseker, Libby Hague, Liz Ingram and Bernd Hildebrand, Walter Jule, Davida Kidd, Jo Ann Lanneville, Jewel Shaw, and Tracy Templeton.
Dates
May 17 to September 20, 2024
- Monday to Friday – 10 am to 17:30 pm (Last entry 17:00)
Closed on weekends and Embassy office closures.
Details
Place
Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery (7-3-38 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Admission
Free
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