A mountain-like inquiry into “restoration”: Yamagata Biennale 2018 (Part 1) Hiroaki Ido – Haibutsu kishaku (engaging in restoration) (2018), installation view at “Contemporary Yamagata Thought,” (a special exhibit at Yamagata Biennale 2018: “100 Stories Like a Mountain.” All photos:View More >
Crossroads of the Lives of Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Toshi Shimizu (Part 2) Yasuo Kuniyoshi – Festivities (1947), oil on canvas, 100.5 x 176.5 cm, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art. The most enigmatic-looking of Kuniyoshi’s works are those heView More >
Crossroads of the Lives of Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Toshi Shimizu (Part 1) Installation view (entrance) of “Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Toshi Shimizu: Crossroads of their Lives” at Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts. Photo Shinji Saito. A number ofView More >
The interior of Taro Okamoto’s Tower of the Sun was reopened to the public on March 19 this year. Sawaragi entered inside the tower to complete my own inspection together with other persons concerned on April 7.
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 37) The transformation of the difficult-to-return zone and “Don’t Follow the Wind”
Madhat Kakei’s paintings, wanderings/circles, and coincidence Installation view of untitled paintings by Madhat Kakei at Akutsu Gallery, Maebashi (2017). All photos: Noi Sawaragi, courtesy Madhat Kakei. A young architect friend told me there was a Kurdish painterView More >
Looking back on 2017 – Beyond the “judging” of art festivals Every Holiday Squad – Rode Work (2017). Installation view at the group show “Rode Work” curated by Side Core for Reborn-Art. Festival (Sakanamachi, Ishinomaki). Photo Shuji Goto, courtesy SideView More >
Looking back on 2017 – Beyond the “judging” of art festivals Every Holiday Squad – Rode Work (2017). Installation view at the group show “Rode Work” curated by Side Core for Reborn-Art. Festival (Sakanamachi, Ishinomaki). Photo Shuji Goto, courtesy SideView More >
Tatsumi Orimoto’s turning point: ‘Lunch’ and ‘Punishment’ after the death of Art Mama Scene from Punishment of 26 Bread Men (2017) at the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art.︎ This year (2017), a large number of international art exhibitions and internationalView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 36) ‘Tower of the Sun’ and ‘Great Peace Prayer Tower’ Okamoto Taro – Sun of the Underworld (1970). Photo courtesy Expo ’70 Commemorative Park Office.︎ At the Expo ’70 Commemorative Park inView More >