Description
トーテムとは伝統部族による信仰心を指す言葉。アースカラーをイメージさせる茶褐色を基調とした画面には、中央に単純かつ平面的に描かれた人物像が配置され、その周囲にはアフリカの原始美術の彫像と思しきモティーフが点在している。人物の胸元にはリッジフィールドを思わせる風景描写も見られる。当時自然の中で生活していたマン・レイの中にこうした原始的要素が作品制作における霊感源となっていたことを想像させる神秘的作品である。
Data source
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection Database
This database showcases some 2,000 objects from our collection of some 30,000 pieces of artworks from various periods and cultures including Japanese, Eastern and Western works, ranging from paintings...
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The Japanese Council of Art Museums
The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).
Last updated
January 9, 2026