Observations on Contemporary Art in Japan Developing Posteriority Kimura Yuki’s posteriority at the Daiwa Press Viewing Room Found photographs and surrealism The found photographs are a series of ‘intriguing photographs’ the artist happened to came across amongst a stack ofView More >
Developing Posteriority: Yuki Kimura’s ‘posteriority’ at the Daiwa Press Viewing Room Found photographs and surrealism The found photographs are a series of “intriguing photographs” the artist happened to came across amongst a stack of amateur snaps that found their wayView More >
10.10 – 11.29 Maison Hermès 8F FORUM Little utopian house 2000-03 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, ©ANZAÏ French artist Jean Michel Alberola was born in Algeria in 1953. In Japan, he has participated in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial since its launchView More >
To me, art and activism are one. Presenting one topical work after another at international shows, designing the ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium for the Beijing Olympics, while on the other hand having his blog shut down by the authorities for hisView More >
Yosensha, 2,940 yen A talk and book-signing marking the publication of Tsuzuki Kyoichi’s two books:Roadside Art, a collection of essays from his “No holds barred!” series published in ART iT from 2004 to 2006, and Roadside Design, from aView More >
8.29 – 10.12 Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito James Turrell Soft Cell 1992 Photo Anzai Shigeo An attempt to highlight the pleasures of contemporary art by presenting it in a friendlier form. Along with works by James Turrell, SoneView More >
Central, Hong Kong – where old streetscapes mingle with new apartments and restaurants – sets the stage for Art Sunday, a new monthly event launched in June. On the first Sunday of each month 15 local art galleries and 17View More >
Avant-garde stage artist Robert Wilson pays homage to Japanese choreographer Hanayagi Suzushi, a long-time friend and collaborator, with KOOL- Dancing in My Mind. Now 80, Hanayagi studied classical Japanese dance and modern dance in the 1950s. She moved to theView More >
Creating an alternative world: What is the ideal art museum architecture? An architect who’s designed numerous art museums and a contemporary artist who brought us the photographic series Architecture and who’s recently branched out into design. Here, these two creatives,View More >
A fugue of flowers and horses Text: Yamauchi Hiroyasu Off the coast of the US state of Georgia lies Cumberland Island, home to hundreds of once domesticated horses that over time turned wild. Roe Ethridge’s focus on this equine communityView More >
‘Once in a lifetime’ art marking time and memories Text: Ozaki Tetsuya Portrait: Ishikawa Natsuko Many of Miyanaga’s works, pale and ephemeral, vanish over the space of a few weeks. Take for example her objects made from napthalene. The semitransparentView More >
A drop of humor for parched minds Text: Kojima Yayoi Portrait: Nagare Satoshi “I call these my instant diamonds. I collect plastic packages with nothing written on them. They’re no longer of any use, but when light shines on them,View More >