Odani Motohiko: Phantom Limb
Mori Art Museum
27 November, 2010 – 27 February, 2011
Since studying sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts, Odani Motohiko has created a body of work using diverse techniques and materials that undermines the conventional notions of sculpture. His unique style of expression and aesthetic sense have won him acclaim both in Japan and abroad, and in 2003 he was selected as one of the artists to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale.

Nabeshima Ware-Designs that Inspire Pride
Suntory Museum of Art
11 August – 11 October 2010
The Nabeshima kiln, run by the Nabeshima family for Kyushu’s Saga Clan, was Japan’s preeminent kiln in the service of a feudal domain, producing ceramic work for more than 200 years during the Edo period. Its high quality tableware, which was presented as gifts to the Tokugawa Shogunate household and to feudal lords, consisted primarily of blue-on-white underglaze porcelains, stylish overglaze polychrome enamels, and Celadon ware; these still charm viewers today with their elegant, attractive designs.The pieces produced, whilst continually striving for novel designs, always retained the sense of nobility and clarity associated with Nabeshima.

Man Ray: Unconcerned But Not Indifferent
National Art Center Tokyo
July 14 – September 13, 2010
Unconcerned But Not Indifferent presents more than 400 works from the collection of the Man Ray Trust. Although individual items have occasionally been loaned for major exhibitions, the full scope of the Trust’s collection, in an exhibition that focuses on its rarities, has never before been publicly presented.

Sensing Nature: Yoshioka Tokujin, Shinoda Taro, Kuribayashi Takashi
Mori Art Museum
24 July – 7 November, 2010
The Mori Art Museum presents “Sensing Nature: Yoshioka Tokujin, Shinoda Taro, Kuribayashi Takashi” from Saturday, 24 July to Sunday, 7 November, 2010. Proposing a reconsideration of the Japanese sense of nature, the exhibition fits into the Mori Art Museum’s theme for 2010, which is “redefining Japan.”

Lucie Rie: A Retrospective
National Art Center Tokyo
28 April – 21 June, 2010
Lucie Rie (1902–1995), one of the twentieth century’s greatest studio potters, devoted her life to creating ceramic works of art that brim with a fresh sense of surprise and discovery.