10.31 – 11.28
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo (Hatsudai)
Gold in the Morning (detail) 1985
The New York-based Chilean artist known for his works taking a journalistic perspective. This exhibition presents one of Jaar’s most representative early works, Gold in the Morning (1985), a photo-installation exposing the poor working conditions of Brazilian gold miners, and his recent Dublin (Cream Edition) photographs depicting a Dublin prison.
Jarr will also be exhibiting his large-scale installation The Sound of Silence (2006) at the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009.
Information
http://www2.odn.ne.jp/kenjitaki/
ART iT Feature: CREAM – International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama
ART iT Interview: Alfredo Jaar (2008)