The current exhibition, Yang Fudong: The General’s Smile will be over this Sunday, May 23.
Those who have not seen the show, it’s a must-see exhibition! His work is now on view at the ongoing 17th Biennale of Sydney (until August 1, 2010), and will be introduced in the Aichi Triennale 2010 (starting from August 21) in Japan.
http://www.biennaleofsydney.com.au/
http://aichitriennale.jp/
Yang Fudong, Blue Kylin Part 1, 2008
Installation view at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
photo: Keizo Kioku
From Saturday, June 5, William Eggleston: Paris-Kyoto will be held at the Hara Museum in Tokyo. As a related event, Curators Talk will be held on Sunday, June 6.
Curators Talk
Speakers: Grazia Quaroni [Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris]
Atsuo Yasuda [Hara Museum of Contemporary Art]
Date: June 6 (Sun.) 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Place: The Hall at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art（English/Japanese）
Fee: General 2,000 yen Members and up to 2 guests 1,000 yen (per person) Museum admission is included. Please contact us for reservations and details.
Tel： 03-3445-0669 E-mail： info@haramuseum.or.jp
*Name, daytime phone number and number of participants are required.
**Reservation is accepted from Tuesday, May 25.
William Eggleston: Paris – Kyoto
Dates: June 5 (Sat.) – August 22 (Sun.), 2010
Place: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art (Shinagawa, Tokyo)
This is the first solo exhibition in a Japanese museum of works by William Eggleston, who has received critical acclaims for bringing color photography into the realm of art. Though the present exhibition includes several of the early works which made him famous, the main focus of the show are recent images taken in Paris and Kyoto, as indicated by the exhibition title. http://www.haramuseum.or.jp
Few days ago, there was a screening of Stranded in Canton, the only film work by William Eggleston at the Image Forum Festival 2010 in Tokyo. Taken with a newly purchased portable video camera from 1973 to 1974, the work shows the photographer’s viewpoint of his hometown and people around him.
The festival will travel to Fukuoka, Nagoya and Yokohama. Please visit the following website for further details: http://www.imageforum.co.jp/festival/