10.14 – 1.23 La Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris Naito Sayuri Pont du 25 avril 2007 © Naito Sayuri Delivery, pilgrimage, pioneering, exploration, sightseeing…. Voyages have long been an inseparable part of human life. In anView More >
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Shiga Lieko
Interview: Sumitomo Fumihiko Leaping to another solid reality pictured in my mind My first introduction to photography was a compact camera with an auto-focus function that I used for my high school sports day. After the event, there was stillView More >
Hachiya Kazuhiko
Interview: Sumitomo Fumihiko – One of the biggest influences that visual images have is that they enable us to see how others view the world. In the fields of science and media theory, this idea of multiple viewpoints is increasinglyView More >
Maureen Paley @ Frieze Art Fair (London)
10.14 – 18 Frieze Art Fair http://www.friezeartfair.com/ Maureen Paley (London) http://www.maureenpaley.com/ Wolfgang Tillmans Wolfgang Tillmans Rebecca Warren Paul P. Back to Index: London photo report
David Zwirner @ Frieze Art Fair (London)
10.14 – 18 Frieze Art Fair http://www.friezeartfair.com/ David Zwirner (New York) http://www.davidzwirner.com/ John McCracken Neo Rauch Sone Yutaka Back to Index: London photo report
Fukui Atsushi and Kawashima Hideaki: convolvulus
10.3 – 11.22 Michael Ku Gallery (Taipei) Installation view Two Japanese artists born in 1960: Kawashima Hideaki, whose fleshless portraits of young girls made up of only facial features and hair appear to float in picture plane, and Fukui Atsushi,View More >
Julian Opie @ SCAI THE BATHHOUSE
10.16 – 11.14 SCAI THE BATHHOUSE (Yanaka) http://www.scaithebathhouse.com/ Left: Ruth walking in sparkly dress. 2008 Right: Tina walking. 4 2009 Clare, oval 2. 2008 Left/right: Waheed in Lord’s robes. 2009 lka in a red dress. 2009 Maria in the garden.View More >
Sawa Takashi: Powerful yet transitory film and new media
‘One viewpoint’ for enjoying the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama Text: Sawa Takashi The International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama examines the present state of film and new media. This article offers some background information on recentView More >
Twist and Shout: Contemporary Art from Japan
11.20 – 1.10 Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre Yanobe Kenji GIANT TORAYAN 2005 Aluminium, steel, brass, FRP and styrofoam © Yanobe Kenji A segment of the Japan Foundation’s Mekong-Japan Exchange Year 2009. The opening of the new Bangkok Arts andView More >
Flickers: new media art from Japan
10.23 – 11.1 Goethe Institut Hanoi Image of new work by Minami Takao Due to its historical background, Vietnamese culture is still highly controlled, but not a young artists working with digital media are on the rise. Another segment ofView More >
Fog-based collaboration in Tokyo
Artist Nakaya Fujiko, who creates outdoor site-specific installations using artificially generated fog, collaborates with doubleNegatives Architecture (dNA) headed by Ichkawa Sota on an installation for the courtyard of L’Institut Franco-Japonais de Tokyo. The piece establishes a dialogue between the dNA-developedView More >
FIAC art fair opens in Paris
César Mini Compression pop, Circa 80 The 36th staging of the French contemporary art fair FIAC (Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain) kicked off in Paris on 22 October with over 200 galleries presenting work at the fair’s three main venues: theView More >