Ida Shoichi, Angel’s Campaign,1969 Collection of the museum
The Museum Collection currently consists of approximately 4,500 works of Kyoto modern art comprising Japanese paintings, Western-style paintings, sculpture, prints, crafts, and calligraphy. In particular, the Collection includes masterpieces representative of Japanese painting made by Kyoto artists between the Meiji and Showa periods, making it one of the leading collections of such works in Japan.
Ida Shoichi (1941–2006) was a leading Japanese printmaker and contemporary artist who redefined the expressive possibilities of printmaking. After completing his studies in Western-style painting at Kyoto City University of Fine Arts (currently Kyoto City University of Arts), Ida gained experience in Paris and New York before establishing an internationally recognized practice in Kyoto. Employing diverse materials such as paper, fabric, and ceramics, he re-examined the surface as a site where matter and image, inside and outside intersect and generate relationships, based on a concept he called “The Surface is the Between.” To mark the twentieth anniversary of the artist’s passing, this exhibition introduces a selection of Ida’s prints alongside works that extend his notion of surface as a liminal space into three dimensions.
Ida Shoichi, Angel’s Campaign,1969 Collection of the museum
Information
Period
March 20 (Fri.)—June 21 (Sun.), 2026
Time
10:00−18:00 (last admission 17:30)
Venue
Main Building（South Wing）1F
Closed on
Mondays (Opens on May 4)
Admission
Kyoto City residents: ¥520.* **/ Non-residents: ¥730/ Groups (20 or more): ¥620.
Students living or studying in Kyoto City: Free* / Students from outside Kyoto: ¥300/ Student groups (20 or more): ¥200.
Free.
*Valid ID as proof of address is required for Kyoto City residents.
**Free admission for Kyoto residents aged 70 and over (with valid ID), and for visitors with a disability certificate and one caregiver.
Ida Shoichi, Angel’s Campaign,1969 Collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art Ida Shoichi, Series – Shelf – Still Life Distance of Encounter – Echo - 323, Date unknown Collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art ,1977">Ida Shoichi, Surface is the Between-Between Vertical and Horizon-"The Between No.12-Floor, Paper and Wood”,1977 Collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art Ida Shoichi, Surface is the Between – Between Vertical and Horizon – “Stone and Paper” (Sculpture),1976 Collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art Ida Shoichi, Garden Project – Locus Sutra – Level for Stones – Gravity No.30, 1986 Collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art
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