カタストロフと美術のちから2016

"This exhibition will focus on Murakami's recent works, mainly his epic 'The 500 Arhats' 2012, a 3-meter high, 100-meter-long painting of the 500 enlightened followers (arhats) of Buddha, created in response to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake...[The exhibition] offers an opportunity to examine the role of art and religion in facing social turmoil and human mortality. It will also allow us to approach Murakami's profound exploration of the power of art to illuminate our understanding of the human condition and the realities of the world we live in."--Exhibition website.