A Message from the Director
Season for the Graphic Trial
The season for the Graphic Trial has come also this year.
This year marks the 16th round of the event, through which we have been exploring more variations of graphic design based on offset printing. The theme for this year is "Baton", which we will receive and pass on with heartfelt pleasure.
The exhibition features the works of five teams of famous and up-and-coming artists from both within and outside Japan, who will show you the results of their adventurous graphic trials through the works.
We look forward to receiving your comments about the works, which we believe will greatly encourage the artists to engage more in graphic trials.
Please visit the exhibition after checking the opening days and hours on our website, as they might change due to the coronavirus crisis.
Koichi Kabayama
Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo
Director's Profile
Koichi Kabayama
Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo
Born in Tokyo in 1945. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in 1965, and after completing the masters degree course at the university became a research assistant at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University in 1969. Became an assistant professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in 1976, and later became a professor. Served as the Director-General of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo from 2001, becoming Director of the Printing Museum, Tokyo in 2005, a position he still holds. His fields of specialization are Western history and Western cultural history.