We Are Tomodachi Summer 2018

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18ne-hundred-sixty years agoJapan and France cametogether to sign the 1858 Treaty ofAmity and Commerce, and thisyear the two countries are celebratingthe country-wide culture festival,Japonismes 2018: les âmes enrésonance.The event, centered in Paris,spans 100 cities across France, whichwill hold festivals from July untilFebruary 2019. Exhibitions, performingarts, audiovisual, and art de vivrecategories will offer over 50 titles.“Usually when we say Japonism,we are referring to the 19th centuryUkiyo-e boom. However, for thefestival, we’re using it as anintroduction to Japanese art.” —Tsutomu Sugiura, the President ofthe Japan Cultural Institute in Paris(The Japan Foundation).It’s exciting that such an opportunityisn’t available in Japan. Visitors cansee an exhibition of the explosivelypopular 18th century artist, JakuchuIto, for the first time in France.Also, the National Treasure, FujinRaijin-zu (Wind and Thunder Gods)will be displayed at Musée Cernuschi.Enjoy an Eiffel Tower illuminatedwith Japanese colors, a golden throneover 10-meters tall beneath theO2018 could be considered the Year of Japan in Europe,with Japonismes 2018 in Paris and the newly opened Japan House LondonUPDATETsutomu Sugiura started at Marubenias an art trader after graduatingfrom the University of Tokyo, and he workedhis way up to a curating positionat the gallery. Since 2016, he has beenthe President of the Japan Cultural Institutein Paris (The Japan Foundation).Sugiura was also Ambassador of Japanto Burkina Faso.https://japonismes.org/en/Top: A scintillating teamLab installation.Left : The National Treasure, Fujin Raijin-zu.Right: Work by Kohei Nawa at the Louvre.Japonismes 2018Experience Japanin Paris and LondonParisNational Treasure, Wind and Thunder Gods, Tawaraya Soˉ tatsu, Kennin-ji Kyoto, Edo period (17th Century)teamLab : Au-dela des limitesThrone©Kohei NAWA | SANDWITH Inc.