Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
14 April 2007 – 1 July 2007
This exhibition will present some 250 works by Marlene Dumas, including a new work based on a photograph by Nobuyoshi Araki, “Broken White” (2006).
"Anger, sadness, bereavement, and love-these days we rely on photographs and movies to express such emotions with power and realism. I want to give back to paintings these themes that were once the territory of painting.” Marlene Dumas
Her main concern is with people living today. For her portraits she chooses her lovers, her daughter and friends, or else figures from newspapers, magazines and movies. They depict with forceful realism not only the character and emotions of her subject but also the issues of the times. Her unique touch-delicate, yet vividly expressive-imparts to them the glow of life.
