6.22 – 7.19 MISAKO & ROSEN (Tokyo) A cross-discipline group show by a party of 26 artists. Deriving from the German word gewalt (power), the expression geba geba came into use during the ’60s Japanese student movement to express anView More >
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L_B_S by Kohei Nawa
6.19 – 9.23 Maison Hermès 8F Le Forum (Tokyo) Scum – Complusion, 2008 Large-scale exhibition of new works by the 1975-born artist from his PixCell series of objects transformed by encasing them in a skin of glass beads or polyurethaneView More >
Yang Pei-Ming: Landscape of Childhood
6.19 – 10.11 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing) Iconic portrait painter Yan Pei-Ming’s first show off the canvas yearns to be framed as ‘installation’, with its giant landscapes painted on the walls of UCCA and ‘painted flags’ serving asView More >
Sawa Hiraki
I tend to be in limbo to start with, and insert lies in each piece as I go along. Artist Sawa Hiraki is best known for films suffused with subtle smatterings of lyrical fabrication, commonly set in his own flat.View More >
Indonesian Contemporary Self Portraits
6.18 – 30 Sigiarts (Jakarta) An exhibition of leading Indonesian artists who make themselves the subjects of their works. Participating artists include Agus Suwage, who uses himself as a motif peppered with humor to satirize political and religious views; BudiView More >
Ambroise Tezenas: Theatre of the People
6.17 – 8.30 9.23 Catherine Schubert Fine Art (Bangkok) Haunting photographs of traditional aspects of contemporary Beijing by a French-born artist. (Brian Curtin) http://www.catherineschubertfineart.com/news
Natalie Darbellay: The Geography of Oneself
6.6 – 7.26 Kathmandu Photo Gallery (Bangkok) Kathmandu continues its notable program with a solo exhibition of works that explore notions of self in terms of disorienting reflections. (Brian Curtain) http://www.kathmandu-bkk.com/exhibition_future01.html
Kusama Yayoi
A message of love for all eternity Text: Yanashita Tomoko Portrait: Nagare Satoshi Myriad lines extend unhesitatingly from the pen, forming repeating, multiplying, intricate patterns. The documentary film NEAR EQUAL KUSAMA YAYOI – I Adore Myself captures the artist inView More >
Dinh Y Nhi: Security
6.6 – 28 Thavibu Gallery (Bangkok) One of Vietnam’s major female artists. Nhi’s expressive figurative works have a visceral yet psychological appeal. (Brian Curtain) http://www.thavibu.com/vietnam/dinh_y_nhi/VIE3100.htm
Larrissa Hjorth: CU
6.5 – 8.2 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne) Larissa Hjorth collected SMS messages from users worldwide along with associated feelings. She made images to correspond with these emotional states and the result is a moving image of fleeting moments ofView More >
Friends of the arts: Rolex
Markers of time create shared time for arts scene veterans and new talents Research/Text: ART iT 2008-2009 Protégés (from left to right): Handa Masanori, Tara June Winch, Jason Akira Somma, Nahuel Emiliano Perez Biscayart, Celina Murga, Aurelio Martínez London 2008View More >
Mise Natsunosuke
Things we have no choice but to call art Text: Yamagishi Kaoru (ART iT), Photo: Nagare Satoshi J 2009 (detail) Sumi, whitewash, metallic powder, and acrylic on washi 250 x 400 cm This year, an artist whose work is oftenView More >