A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 2) ji me n (ground) In his previous column, Noi Sawaragi introduced a reexamination of his concept of “the art of ground zero” by discussing the cultural resonance of the Daigo FukuryuView More >
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No. 11: Mom Art
The ticking time bomb of okan-art If outsider art inhabits one end of the spectrum away from mainstream fine art, there is another art form being lovingly nurtured at the opposite end: okan or “mom” art, as the name suggests,View More >
Scene 3 (Gusts of wind tore at the car’s black waterproofing)
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 >
Critical Fieldwork 18
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 >
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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 >
No. 10: Cosplay
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 >
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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 >
Critical Fieldwork 17
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 >
Praneet Soi
Five Steps Toward an Eight-Year Manifesto By Praneet Soi I Still from Kumartuli Printer, Notes on Labor Part 1 (2010), slide installation of 80 transparencies with rotary slide projector. Courtesy Praneet Soi. Standing at the immigration hall at JFK, fatigueView More >
Noi Sawaragi: Notes on Art and Current Events 18
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 >