‘The maison must be constantly filled with art’ Hermes, a company dedicated to the manufacture of high-quality goods by outstanding craftsmen, has grown to become one of the world’s leading luxury brands. In this issue we explore the company’s artView More >
Stitches in time Text: Uchida Shinichi Portrait: Nagare Satoshi Aoyama Satoru’s astonishing embroideries made using an old sewing machine are frequently described as indistinguishable from paintings. In the intricate detail of his works, invariably one glimpses a more conceptual sideView More >
Navigating the future Text: Onishi Wakato Photo Ikeda Masanori “The question is how best to navigate the imminent future, in terms of both plans and the qualities of materials.” When Nishizawa Ryue uttered these words, I felt as though IView More >
No.1: The staff https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_columns_e/ro9baVtZumc61zBIfEYJ/ No.2: Contemporary ‘hot spring’ art museum https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_columns_e/g9HEQDCGvTedNVR4l3oZ/ No.3: Announcing the results of our ‘unsolicited proposal’ selection! (Round 1) https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_columns_e/RgBblqtL2My70znPcC5i/ No.4: Announcing the results of our ‘unsolicited proposal’ selection! (Round 2) https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/admin_columns_e/BMSOYrQoRsAZ9ud06Dgq/ No.5: Announcing the results ofView More >
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa Shimabuku Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Pulse Room, 2006 Funakoshi Katsura Suzuki Hiraku GENGA (001-900), 2008 Yamamoto Motoi 100 Labyrinths, 2009
A correspondence between Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hou Hanru Two star curators who’ve worked together on exhibitions such as Cities on the Move, and have each presented a stream of epoch-making shows on cities, culture and life; two minds ceaselesslyView More >
2009.6.7-11.22 Giardini (Gardens) and Arsenale (national shipyards of the Venetian Republic era), Venice by Ozaki Tetsuya (ART iT) The theme for this Biennale is ‘Making Worlds’. Artistic director Daniel Birnbaum has said this was inspired by Nelson Goodman’s Ways ofView More >
Crossing genres with ease Text: Kunisaki Susumu Carsten Nicolai came to Japan in December on a live tour for his label raster-noton. 2008 also saw his installation invertone put on display at ICC, and Nicolai himself readily acknowledges his affectionView More >
A fugue of flowers and horses Text: Yamauchi Hiroyasu Off the coast of the US state of Georgia lies Cumberland Island, home to hundreds of once domesticated horses that over time turned wild. Roe Ethridge’s focus on this equine communityView More >
The pleasure of 1 + 1 > 2 Text: Uchida Shinichi Portrait: Nagare Satoshi From comical yet somehow subversive works boldly combining familiar manufactured goods such as PET bottles and action figures, to a magical series wildly joining wood inView More >
2009.4.29 – 8.30 (Zone 1) / 4.29 – 7.20 (Zone 2) 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa by Uchida Shinichi (ART iT) Tanikawa Shuntaro+Yamamoto Motoi in the gallery space with Yamamoto’s100 Labyrinths Photo Ikeda Hiraku, Courtesy the 21st CenturyView More >
2009.3.15-30 The Ueno Royal Museum http://www.ueno-mori.org/ by Donald Eubank Nawa Kohei Catalyst #11, 2009 Vinyl acetate and polystyrene on acrylic panel One work in particular stood out at the annual Vision of Contemporary Art exhibition that displays and awardsView More >