2009.6.24 – 9.7 The Museum of Modern Art, New York http://www.moma.org by Olivia Hampton Installation view of Projects 90: Song Dong at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009 Photo Jason Mandella “Dad, don’t worry, mum and we areView More >
Reviews
Yanagi Miwa: Po-po Nyangnyang !
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 >
Ichikawa Kosuke: Vintage Brown
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 >
An ultra-brief review of the 53rd Venice Biennale
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 >
Hundred Stories about Love
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 >
Vision of Contemporary Art 2009
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 >
Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983-1993
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 >
Takamine Tadasu: BIG REST Gardening for the Future 1095?
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 >
Sawa Hiraki
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/
Contemporary Australia: Optimism
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 >