Architecture/Collage/Painting: Jun Aoki + Hiroshi Sugito’s phantom ‘Happa and Harappa’ exhibition There is a famous essay by Colin Rowe and Robert Slutzky entitled “Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal.” Those who have come to understand from listening to others that the formerView More >
Models of Agency By Andrew Maerkle Mama Bush: One of a Kind Two (2009), acrylic, rhinestone and enamel on wood panel, approx 274 x 366 cm. All images: Unless otherwise noted, courtesy Mickalene Thomas Studio. Interview: ART iT:View More >
The Long Way Around Can Also Be the Most Direct: Peter Coffin on Field Tests in Modalities of Consciousness ON RECORD is a series of dialogues with contemporary artists about the ideas and influences that inspire their works. ON RECORDView More >
ALLEGORY OF THE BODY AND THE NAME By Andrew Maerkle Installation view of “Chronochromes, Data, Motifs” at Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, 2011. All images: Courtesy Cheyney Thompson and Rat Hole Gallery. I. The Strangeness of Discipline Cheyney ThompsonView More >
Five Steps Toward an Eight-Year Manifesto By Praneet Soi I Still from Kumartuli Printer, Notes on Labor Part 1 (2010), slide installation of 80 transparencies with rotary slide projector. Courtesy Praneet Soi. Standing at the immigration hall atView More >
Ugo Rondinone Our Magic Hour As reported earlier by ART iT, Japan Edition, the fourth Yokohama Triennale opened on Aug 6. The main venues are the Yokohama Museum of Art and BankART Studio NYK (also known as the NYKView More >
Kuninosuke Matsuo and the Yomiuri Indépendent Exhibitions (Part II) In his previous column, Noi Sawaragi began exploring the links between the intellectual and newspaper correspondent, Kuninosuke Matsuo, and the Yomiuri Indépendent series of exhibitions that provided a key platform forView More >
I wonder if the gentle readers of ART iT are aware of the existence of a very different sort of magazine, devoted to the photographic efforts of those with what one might call “exhibitionist” proclivities? The sort of magazine, thatView More >
Claude Cahun May 24 – September 25, 2011 Jeu de Paume, Paris Left: Autoportrait (1928), 13.9 x 9cm. Jersey Heritage Collection, © Jersey Heritage. Right: Autoportrait (1929), 14 x 9cm. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, © MuséeView More >
Building up to the Tokyo Art Fair: G-tokyo, Tokyo Frontline and Art Fair Tokyo Scene from G-tokyo 2011. Photo Keizo Kioku. In the last few years, February has become the month for graduation exhibitions and art fairs. VisitorView More >
As reported earlier by ART iT, Japan Edition, the German-born curator Roger M Buergel will be the artistic director of the Busan Biennale 2012, the Busan Biennale Organizing Committee announced Jul 15. Buergel has put forward the concept of “GardenView More >
The laureates for the Praemium Imperiale 2011 were announced Jul 11 by the Japan Art Association. One of the world’s most prestigious cultural distinctions, the prize is awarded in by the imperial family of Japan in honor of Prince TakamitsuView More >