2009.6.20-9.23 The National Museum of Art, Osaka http://www.nmao.go.jp/ Windswept Woman II 2009 ©Miwa Yanagi by Ozaki Tetsuya This is a large-scale solo exhibition by Yanagi, who is representing Japan at the Venice Biennale. Including as it does all the pieces fromView More >
2009.6.17-30 PLSMIS（Minami-aoyama） http://www.plsmis.com by Uchida Shinichi (ART iT) Photo: Kioku Keizo Anyone coming across these works with no prior knowledge could be forgiven for being unsure of exactly how they are ‘painted’. Ichikawa’s works are made by scorching paper usingView 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 >
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 Century MuseumView 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 awards artistsView More >
2009.1.2-4.18 Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Beijing) by Maya Kóvskaya I’m not going, 1990 Courtesy the artist and Three Shadows Photography Art Centre In Ai Weiwei’s black-and-white photograph, Bleeding Protestor. Tompkins Square Park Riots, the rivulets of blood streaking downView More >
2008.11.29 – 12.24 sendai mediatheque, gallery 4200 by Yamagishi Kaoru (ART iT) Big Stop, 2008 Installation view and scene from tour In a vast space pierced by massive tubular columns, an unfamiliar world titled Big Stop manifests itself. The onlyView More >
2009.1.31 – 3.6 Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo by Uchida Shinichi (ART iT) silts, 2009, Installation at Ota Fine Arts Courtesy the gallery [Text in Japanese only] Sawa Hiraki http://www.softkipper.com/ Ota Fine Arts http://www.otafinearts.com/
2008.11.11 – 2009.2.22 Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane) by Michael Fitzgerald Vernon Ah Kee, Who let the dogs out (detail), 2008 Applied vinyl, Site-specific work for Contemporary Australia: Optimism Courtesy the artist On 13 February 2008, Australia’s newly elected PrimeView More >
2009.3.7 – 4.29 ARTSPACE (Auckland) by Charlotte Huddleston Shimabuku, Then, I decided to give a tour of Tokyo to the Octopus from Akashi, 2000 Photos Sam Hartnett, Courtesy the artists and ARTSPACE As an exhibition, the chaotic and/or free-ranging cross-culturalView More >