The critic Koji Taki has died at the age of 82 on Apr 13 in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, it has been reported. A graduate of the art history program in the faculty of letters at Tokyo University, Taki wrote on aView More >
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Barry Johnston in ‘Happy Mind – My Pleasure’ at Misako & Rosen
Installation view of video by Barry Johnston in the group show “Happy Mind – My Pleasure” at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Apr 17 – May 29, 2011. Photo ART iT. More info: Misako & Rosen
Trevor Shimizu in ‘Happy Mind – My Pleasure’ @ Misako & Rosen
Installation view of paintings by Trevor Shimizu in the group show “Happy Mind – My Pleasure” at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Apr 17 – May 29, 2011. Photo ART iT. More info: Misako & Rosen
Jim Shaw in ‘Happy Mind – My Pleasure’ @ Misako & Rosen
Installation view of works by Jim Shaw in the group show “Happy Mind – My Pleasure” at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Apr 17 – May 29, 2011. Photo ART iT. More info: Misako & Rosen
Maya Hewitt in ‘Happy Mind – My Pleasure’ @ Misako & Rosen
Installation view of painting by Maya Hewitt in the group show “Happy Mind – My Pleasure” at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Apr 17 – May 29, 2011. Photo ART iT. More info: Misako & Rosen
‘Happy Mind – My Pleasure’ @ Misako & Rosen
Installation view of the group exhibition “Happy Mind – My Pleasure” at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Apr 17 – May 29, 2011. Clockwise from bottom left: sculpture by Ken Kagami, wall piece by Stephen G Rhodes, drawings by Kaoru Arima,View More >
Wong Hoy Cheong: Part III
III. Theatre of Transformation Wong Hoy Cheong discusses propaganda, politics and transparency in art. Still from Doghole (2009), HD Video, 22 min. All images: Unless otherwise noted courtesy Wong Hoy Cheong. ART iT: Earlier you mentioned that you often referenceView More >
Kaza Ana / Air Hole
‘Kaza Ana/Air Hole: Another Form of Conceptualism from Asia’ March 8 – June 5, 2011 National Museum of Art, Osaka Shimabuku – Installation view of My Teacher Tortoise (2011). All images: Photo ART iT. Despite the ambitious-sounding title “Kaza Ana/AirView More >
Critical Fieldwork 14
Naked Photography: Takuma Nakahira’s ‘Documentary’ Left to right: Images of “tactile surface layers” (2007), (2009), (2007). In photography, every common noun becomes a proper noun, every being becomes “this,” and in this thisness, or haecceity, everything becomes equivalent. If “thisView More >
Ways to contribute to earthquake relief
This article was originally published Mar 15. Last updated Apr 13. We appreciate the expressions of concern and sympathy from our friends and colleagues overseas following the Tohoku Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami that struck on Mar 11 and the ongoingView More >
No. 7: Earthquake Paintings
Allow me first to offer my heartfelt condolences to all those suffering as a result of the recent massive earthquake and tsunami. I hope life can return to some kind of normality in a safe environment as soon as possible.View More >
Wong Hoy Cheong: Part II
II. Theatre of Consumption Wong Hoy Cheong on commodifying exploitation and the aesthetics of critique. Chronicles of Crime: Rooftop (2006), digital print on Kodak professional paper, 84 cm x 120 cm. All images: Unless otherwise noted courtesy Wong Hoy Cheong.View More >