Home video game consoles were launched and PCs became popular. The 1980s was a time of economic bubble economy and the transition from the Showa to the Heisei era.
　In the field of art, a new trend called "New Painting" flourished in many parts of the world, in which the roots of life, myths, and figures were captured with wild and violent brush strokes, in contrast to the restrained expression seen in Minimal Art and Conceptual Art that developed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. This trend was widely introduced in Japan. This trend was widely introduced in Japan, and while it had an impact on artists, it also led to the search for new and original methods of expression and the emergence of an unprecedented variety of art forms.
　This exhibition introduces works from the museum's collection, including representative artists of the New Painting movement, with a focus on artists active in Japan in the 1980s.
　The ninth installment of "guest room," a series of invitations to contemporary artists within the Collection galleries, will feature sculptor Mitsukuni Takimoto. The exhibition, which will be on view for the first time in Kyushu, will bring together a series of wood sculptures based on the theme of "water," one of the artist's most representative series.