A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 18) “Yasashii Bijutsu” and Takashi Tosu I Yasashii Bijutsu Project – Café Shiyoru. Photo Kimito Takahashi. All photos courtesy Art Setouchi Executive Committee. “I want to be critiqued and questioned exhaustively.” ThisView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 17) Kota Takeuchi and Fukushima II: The Correlation/Reciprocation between Paintings and Twitter Kota Takeuchi – “Ego Search” series (2013), oil on canvas, 162 x 130.3 cm each. Installation view at “Sight ConsumingView More >
A love parade under the guise of a demo – Ellie (Chim↑Pom)’s “LOVE IS OVER” Invitaion to LOVE IS OVER (2014), postcard, stamp, horse blood, seal. Design: Hidenori Yoshioka. Photo: Kenji Morita. News that Ellie, the sole female member ofView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 16) Kota Takeuchi and Fukushima I: The demolition and rebirth of Mihako Theater Kota Takeuchi – Demolition of Mihako Theater (2013), two-channel video projection, movie screen, camera, benches. Late last year IView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 15) The decontamination of land and art II Shuji Akagi – 20130106 Fukushima City Concert Hall (2013) Shuji Akagi is a former painter. Actually, he is still an artist, although he noView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 14) The decontamination of land and art I Shuji Akagi – 20120220 Fukushima Prefectural Library 2 (2012), lightjet print, 31.5 x 42cm. Courtesy Arataniurano and Yamamoto Gendai. Previously in this series, IView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 13) Nukes and Niigata – Addendum III The five children of Hidenaga, fourth generation of the Yoshihara Photographic Studio (1936), from “SPIRAL LIFE – 140 Years of the Yoshihara Family” (2011). PhotoView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 12) Nukes and Niigata – Addendum II The Kanbara region of Niigata in earlier days. “Transformed into a lake following collapse of the Hisoyama drainage canal. From Hakusan looking toward Tagoshima,” fromView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 11) Nukes and Niigata – Addendum I Installation at Yukihiro Yoshihara’s solo exhibition “Pleasure Dome” (1989) at Spiral Garden, Tokyo, 100 television monitors, five video projectors, 600 x 600 x 700 cm.View More >
Painter and ‘counterfeiter’ – On ‘Makoto Aida: Monument for Nothing’ (Part 3) Aida Makoto + 21st Century Cardboard Guild – Monument for Nothing II (2000-). Installation view: Mori Art Museum, 2013. All images: Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery. Caught betweenView More >