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Collection Exhibition

Masterpiece from Oda Collection Vol.7 “Shaker Chair”

Date

2022/04/14(Thu) - 2022/07/13(Wed)

Time

All of the day
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Objective

In 2021, Higashikawa, one of the main production areas of Asahikawa furniture, was established “Good Chair Day” with architect Kengo Kuma. In conjunction with this effort, this exhibition will curate and display world-famous chairs from “Oda Collection” by theme with the 14th of each month as a replacement day.

Overview

From April 14 to July 13, 2022 (*There is a temporary suspension period during the exhibition period), we will introduce the genealogy of “Shaker Chair”, which is one of the four major roots of modern chairs. See the charm of a simple and functional chair created by the value that “beauty resides in usefulness”.

Shaker Chair

A chair made by American Shakers. Shakers lived a self-sufficient communal life while farming, began making furniture for their own use in the late 1770s, and then sold it to the outside world. The peak of chair production was when it was exhibited at the “100th Anniversary of Independence Expo” in 1876 and became popular. *Shaker religion is a sect of Quaker, a sect of Christian Protestantism.

Exhibit

Shaker child chair
Around 1960
UK

Shaker highback chair
Around 1990
UK

Kentucky
Carlo Scarpa
1977
Bernini
Italy

Rocking Chair J-16
Hans Jørgensen Wegner
1944
Kvist
Denmark

Rocking Chair
Hans Jørgensen Wegner
Around 1965
Carl Hansen & Søn
Denmark

J-39 Church chair
Børge Mogensen
1944
F.D.B
Denmark

About Oda Collection

Noritsugu Oda (chair researcher, Professor Emeritus of Tokai University, Higashikawa Town Design Advisor) The Oda Collection is a collection of superbly designed furniture and other everyday items from the 20th century. The pieces have been gathered and researched over many years by chair researcher Noritsugu Oda. Mainly from northern Europe, the diverse collection ranges from chairs and tables to light fittings, dishes and cutlery and even wooden toys. These are accompanied by a collection of resources such as photos, drawings and documents, an extremely valuable set of academic resources that traces each of the changes in modern design history. The Oda Collection is highly acclaimed worldwide for the rarity of its items and the extensiveness of Oda’s research, and there are constant requests to display the items in exhibitions around the world.