– With special reference to Murakami Takashi’s GEISAI, Mori Yoshitaka’s ideology of the street, and Akasegawa Genpei and Yamashita Yuji’s Nihon Bijutsu Oendan cheerleaders for Japanese art by Sawaragi Noi The brief was to take a retrospective look at 2009,View More >
by Shimizu Minoru Influenced by the Lehman shock of September 2008, 2009 was in many respects an inward-looking, backward-looking year for the art world, which became more conservative to match the period of recession in which money was hardly movingView More >
22 January – 20 February 2010 SCAI THE BATHHOUSE (Yanaka) Nena 2009 Lime wood, acrylic paint 53.2 x 16.5 x 14.3 cm Small wooden figures around 60 cm high, each impeccably carved and colored, stand on the floorView More >
Maeda Keisuke the patchery Azuma Yoshitaka DILEMMA Ishimori Goro Possibility of Translation 1.16～2.13 hiromiyoshii （Kiyosumi) http://www.hiromiyoshii.com Maeda Keisuke the patchery Azuma Yoshitaka DILEMMA Ishimori Goro Possibility of Translation ART iT ArtPartmer: hiromiyoshii
Exhibition An exhibition by two artists known for their unique expressive approaches involving sound opens today in Yokohama. Suzuki Akio sends visitors out into the streets of Azamino, map in hand, to find Oto-date (sound spots) he hasView More >
5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010 Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane) Gonkar Gyatso Angel 2007 152 x 121.5 cm Stickers and pencil on treated paper Collection of the Queensland Art Gallery DecemberView More >
Art fair Yamaguchi Akira Independent Research (The Art of Electric Pole Arrangement) 2008 Pen, watercolor, sumi (Japanese ink) on paper Detail (one of 18 panels) Photo Ota Takumi © Yamaguchi Akira Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery This weekend will see the debutView More >
Exhibition Exhibitions featuring works by graduating students of Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) and Musashino Art University (Musabi) open this Friday in Tokyo. See below for schedules. Tokyo University of the Arts: The 58th Graduation Works Exhibition 29 JanuaryView More >
16 January – 13 February Tomio Koyama Gallery (Kiyosumi) Eyes in Silence 2009 Acrylic on canvas 227.3 x 181.8 cm A solo show by an artist who, reflecting on occurrences in her own life and stories heard fromView More >
16 -31 January 2010 Asahi Art Square http://arts-npo.org/aas/ Artist-in-residence work in progress
Exhibition For the final production at their space in Koenji, Mujin-to presents a group show featuring works by their entire cast of idiosyncratic artists. The show takes ‘moving’ as its theme. Following the close of this show theView More >
23- 30 January Yokohama Creativecity Center Solo show by the young Chinese artist who impressed Japanese audiences last autumn with his offerings at the CREAM: International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama and solo outing at ZAIM Gallery.View More >