Columns

In a continuation of the column 2010 Cinema, this is the third in a series of fictional portraits by Hu Fang, each taking the form of loose screen plays. 3.1 As gusts of wind tore at the car’s black waterproofing,View More >

How to abandon Japan: ‘Yasuo Kuniyoshi from the Fukutake Collection’ at the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art This exhibition of works by Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art is extensive, ranging from anti-Japanese campaign posters created duringView More >

A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 1) The Runit Dome, Fukushima, and the Lucky Dragon In the summer of 2004, around the same time as now when the singing of the cicadas was intense, a certain exhibition openedView More >

The hidden depths of cosplay Today, the term “cosplay” has attained global currency. Referring to the practice of engaging with a comic or cartoon by turning oneself into one’s favorite character, this phenomenon barely existed when Disney and Marvel dominatedView More >

Kuninosuke Matsuo and the Yomiuri Indépendent Exhibitions (Part III) In his previous two columns, Part I and Part II, Noi Sawaragi has been exploring the links between the intellectual and newspaper correspondent, Kuninosuke Matsuo, and the Yomiuri Indépendent series ofView More >

Architecture/Collage/Painting: Jun Aoki + Hiroshi Sugito’s phantom ‘Happa and Harappa’ exhibition There is a famous essay by Colin Rowe and Robert Slutzky entitled “Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal.” Those who have come to understand from listening to others that the formerView More >

Kuninosuke Matsuo and the Yomiuri Indépendent Exhibitions (Part II) In his previous column, Noi Sawaragi began exploring the links between the intellectual and newspaper correspondent, Kuninosuke Matsuo, and the Yomiuri Indépendent series of exhibitions that provided a key platform forView More >

I wonder if the gentle readers of ART iT are aware of the existence of a very different sort of magazine, devoted to the photographic efforts of those with what one might call “exhibitionist” proclivities? The sort of magazine, thatView More >

Building up to the Tokyo Art Fair: G-tokyo, Tokyo Frontline and Art Fair Tokyo Scene from G-tokyo 2011. Photo Keizo Kioku. In the last few years, February has become the month for graduation exhibitions and art fairs. Visitor numbers haveView More >