Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Acquires Works by Miyako Ishiuchi

"Breaking News ""Gunma Prefecture"".

By ""Isesaki FM"" AI.

The Gunma Museum of Modern Art announced on the 28th that it has purchased 10 works by photographer Ishiuchi Miyako, who is from Kiryu City, using the prefecture's cultural promotion fund.

This is the first time in 10 years that the museum has purchased a work. Ishiuchi was born in 1947. After studying dyeing and weaving at Tama Art University, she taught herself photography and in 2014 won the Hustle Blood International Photography Award, also known as the ""Nobel Prize of the photography world."" The purchased works are 10 pieces from Ishiuchi's representative series of photographs of her mother's belongings. In addition, 21 more pieces have been donated, bringing the total number of pieces in the collection to 31."