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, that
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
A unique urban ecology prompts a new look at globalization. By Naohiko Hino Photo Naohiko Hino. Extending from the interior of the mainland to the southern regions west of Hong Kong, the Pearl River Delta is home to
URGENT IS TO TAKE A DISTANCE A letter from Hou Hanru to Hans Ulrich Obrist Notes on the dramatic events of the past three months Dear HUO, Thank you for your last correspondence. I’m so sorry for the long silence
In a continuation of the column 2010 Cinema, this is the second in a series of fictional portraits by Hu Fang, each taking the form of loose screen plays. 2.1 Sod had been planted at the campus gate just passed,
Learning a lesson from ‘trick art’ Taking my first day off for a while – and deciding a soak in a hot spring would be just the ticket – I jumped in the car and headed for the
Dan Cameron previews Allora & Calzadilla’s US Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale. Installation view of Track and Field (2011) outside the US Pavilion at the Giardini, Venice, 2011. All images: Photo ART iT. The choice of Allora
PHOTOGRAPHY AS THINKING By Judy Annear The electric comma (A language of exposures) (2011), 28 type-C photographs, 345.4 x 718.8 cm overall. All images: Courtesy Shannon Ebner and Wallspace Gallery, New York. The Los Angeles-based artist Shannon Ebner
Naked Photography II: Takuma Nakahira’s ‘Kirikae’ In my previous column, based on the fact that in his recent solo exhibitions at BLD Gallery and ShugoArts Takuma Nakahira had abandoned the presentation method of showing photographs in pairs, I wrote the
In a continuation of the column 2010 Cinema, this is the first in a series of fictional portraits by Hu Fang, each taking the form of loose screen plays. 1.1 (a) He tries to depict his own image, with the
Naked Photography: Takuma Nakahira’s ‘Documentary’ Left to right: Images of “tactile surface layers” (2007), (2009), (2007). In photography, every common noun becomes a proper noun, every being becomes “this,” and in this thisness, or haecceity, everything becomes equivalent.
Allow me first to offer my heartfelt condolences to all those suffering as a result of the recent massive earthquake and tsunami. I hope life can return to some kind of normality in a safe environment as soon as possible.