For ‘Shomei Tomatsu: Hues and Textures of Nagasaki’ Part 3: Darkness and Colors Between the “ethic of presenting things as they are” and the artificial space-time of “occupation,” the black and white photographs that serve as an expression of the
A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Sumitomo Fumihiko (part 1) Text in Japanese only.
A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Sumitomo Fumihiko (part 2) Text in Japanese only.
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From art history concepts to independents – On viewing the Expressionist Movements in Japan exhibition Installation view of Expressionist Movements in Japan 2009, Matsudo Museum I finally got to see the much talked about Expressionist Movements in Japan exhibition.
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We canvassed the ART iT writer/official-blogger contingent asking them to name their five favorite shows – in any part of the world – in 2009. Here we present the lists of the 24 who responded, with comments where these were
– With special reference to Murakami Takashi’s GEISAI, Mori Yoshitaka’s ideology of the street, and Akasegawa Genpei and Yamashita Yuji’s Nihon Bijutsu Oendan cheerleaders for Japanese art by Sawaragi Noi The brief was to take a retrospective look at 2009,
by Shimizu Minoru Influenced by the Lehman shock of September 2008, 2009 was in many respects an inward-looking, backward-looking year for the art world, which became more conservative to match the period of recession in which money was hardly moving
Listings based on information available as of January 2010. See the ART iT exhibition calender for updates. February Sawa Hiraki O 2009 Still from multi-channel video installation Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo Reflection – alternative views through video camera
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A conversation between Ozaki Tetsuya and Tsumura Kosuke (part 2) Text in Japanese only.