Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA) in Kagawa Prefecture has established a new public exhibition "MIMOCA EYE" for contemporary art. The application guidelines will be announced in April 2022. "Art is the answer of that era, and the artist is responsible for how he expresses this modern age. That is contemporary art. How the artist directs toward the future and discovers something that does not exist now.
I want the museum to show the results of the most important and most difficult things to do. "(Genichiro Inokuma) Based on the words of Genichiro Inokuma, MIMOCA has held a solo exhibition of Daisuke Nakayama, who was 32 years old at the time, in 2000, and Banner Design after that, a solo exhibition of artists under 40 years old who are expected to be active is "MIMOCA'S EYE". Made into a series with the title. So far, I have covered Rika Noguchi, Kento Oganazawa, and Francis Up Richard.
The newly established "MIMOCA EYE" aims to transform "MIMOCA'S EYE" into a public exhibition, open the door to young people who are active as artists, and make it a place for development. An exhibition will be held by the winners selected in the first round of judging, and the grand prize winners will be selected from among the winners. In addition to the prize money of 1 million yen, the grand prize will be offered as a supplementary prize with the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, which will support further leap forward after the award.