For a New World to Come

March 07 - July 12,2015

"For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979" examines an important and often overlooked period for photography and contemporary art in Japan. This show features more than 250 works–photographs, photo books, paintings, sculpture, and film-based installations–many of them never before seen in the U.S.

Film: March 13, 2015 | 7-9 pm
Funeral Parade Of Roses (Dir. Toshi Matsumoto, Japan, 1969, 107 min.)

Film: April 12, 2015 | 7-9 pm
Anpo: Art x War (Dir. Linda Hoagland, USA/Japan, 2010, 89 min.) Director in attendance

Film: May 15, 2015 | 7-9 pm
AKA Serial Killer (Various directors, Japan, 1969, 86 min.)

Panel: April 12, 2015 | 2-5 pm
A symposium with discussions focusing on the year 1968–a year of intense changes in politics, culture, and art around the world.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - MFAH 1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
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