Gregory Colbert "Animal Totems: A Prelude to Ashes and Snow"

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At Mori Arts Center Gallery
Media: Photography

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This exhibition features numerous works that depict extraordinary encounters between humans and animals. There are clearly no boundaries between the two creatures in any of these works. The works are part of an ongoing art project by Gregory Colbert. Since opening in 2002 in Venice, the exhibition has been seen by over 1 million viewers. Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi Hills will hold Colbert's "Animal Totems" exhibition ahead of its opening in the Nomadic Museum in Odaiba. Animal Totems will feature a selection of 15 large photographs taken from "Ashes and Snow", as well as 2 short films, "Haiku".

Schedule

From 2007-01-25 To 2007-04-01

Artist(s)

Gregory Colbert

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donald_japantimes: (2007-03-16 at 12:03)

Japan Times Art Brief
By Samantha Sinnayah

... It's all the stuff cynics can be rightfully cynical about, but if you find yourself irritated by the show's contrived manner, perhaps its doing its job. Just like an evil movie character who continues to bug you after the film, to annoy is to actually affect ...

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20070315b1.html

jimmy: (2007-03-27 at 18:03)

pandalab: (2007-03-30 at 11:03)

写真を目にした段階と、映像を目にした段階で、印象が変わってしまいました...僕は。
「人間と動物の驚異的な交流」を、どう捉えるかによるのでしょうが。
http://pandalab.blog50.fc2.com/blog-entry-89.html

お台場のノマディック美術館にも足を運びました。
http://pandalab.blog50.fc2.com/blog-entry-79.html

I felt something accidental and even awesome when I saw his photos there. But after I watched his films, I felt all his works seemed so contrived.

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