By Andrew Maerkle Partner in the firm SANAA, which he established with Kazuyo Sejima in 1995, Ryue Nishizawa also maintains his own individual practice, Office of Ryue Nishizawa. His built projects include the Moriyama House (Tokyo), a complex of boxyView More >
By Andrew Maerkle Junya Ishigami is widely regarded as one of Japan’s most promising young architects, a status that was reinforced by the conferral upon him of the Golden Lion for Best Project at this year’s 12th Venice Architecture Biennale,View More >
Since establishing his own practice in 2004, Sou Fujimoto has become known for innovative projects like Final Wooden House, a small bungalow made of stacked beams of lumber arranged so that the building’s architecture also functions as its furniture. OtherView More >
Lift to the Scaffold By Judy Annear Lift (2005), C-Print/Diasec, 190 x 150 cm. © Thomas Demand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / APG-JAA, Tokyo. All images: Courtesy Sprueth Magers Berlin London. In 1958 Louis Malle directed his first feature film, AscenseurView More >
THE PRODUCTION OF CLOUD A letter from Hans Ulrich Obrist to Hou Hanru Koo Jeong-A – Petit déj’ & quick notes (2007), felt pen on paper, 45 x 64 cm. Courtesy the artist and Yvon Lambert Paris, New York. DearView More >
Issue 4: ARCHITECTURE Established in 1980, the Venice Architecture Biennale is at once among the most prestigious architecture exhibitions in the world and yet something of an afterthought compared to its more pedigreed sibling, the Venice Art Biennale. This isView More >
Asia-Pacific area Opening this week Roni Horn 8.31 – 9.26 Kukje Gallery (Space 2) “Trickster Makes this World” 8.31 – 11.21 Nam June Paik Art Center (Gyeonggi-do) Kang Hong-goo: “The House” 9.1 – 10.1 One and J. Gallery (Seoul) SubodhView More >
junya.ishigami+associates – Architecture as air: study for château la coste (2010), installation view in the Arsenale, 12th Venice Architecture Biennale. All images: Photo Yasuhiro Takagi for ART iT. Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has been awarded the Golden Lion for BestView More >
Yayoi Kusama – Inochi no ashiato (2010), installation view at the Aichi Triennale 2010, Nagoya. On August 21, the inaugural Aichi Triennale officially opened to the public in Nagoya. Taking the theme “Arts and Cities” and directed by Akira Tatehata,View More >
Asia-Pacific area Opening this week “Art Forum Hungary” 8.24 – 9.5 Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai “Powerhouse” 8.24 – 9.19 Gallery Hyundai Gangnam Space (Seoul) Choy Ka Fai: “The Lang Fang Chronicles” 8.26 – 9.26 Singapore Art Museum “SeeView More >
Considered one of Japan’s premier international contemporary art events, the Yokohama Triennale will be returning for a fourth edition in 2011, it has been confirmed. In an August 18 press conference, the City of Yokohama unveiled initial plans for theView More >
Chaos, Destruction, Recurring Chaosmos – Beyond the ‘Hametsu*Lounge’ Installation view of “Hametsu*Lounge” (2010) at Nanzuka Agenda Shibuya. Courtesy Nanzuka Underground. Following on from my review of the recent “Chaos*Lounge” exhibition at Takahashi Collection Hibiya in Part 6 of this series,View More >