TAB Event - Africa Remix | Lecture series

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At Mori Art Museum
Media: Art Talk

“What is African about African Art?”
*Japanese-English and sign language simultaneous interpretation

A presentation of their work and teaching by Jane Alexander and El Anatsui, followed by discussion on the carrent state of African art.
Date: May 28 (Sun.), 13:00-17:00
Venue: Roppongi Academy Hills 49, Auditorium
Speakers: Simon Njami (Chief Curator, “Africa Remix”), Kawaguchi Yukiya (Associate Professor, Research Center for Cultural Resources, The National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka), Inaga Shigemi (Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies), Jane Alexander (Artist), El Anatsui (Artist), David Elliott (Director, Mori Art Museum; Co-curator, "Africa Remix"), and others
Capacity: 150

Lecture Series
*Japanese-English and sign language simultaneous interpretation

No.1 “9.11 and African Art - Between Art and Terrorism”
One of Japan’s leading authorities on African art discusses the links between terrorism and art.
Lecturer: Kawaguchi Yukiya (Associate Professor, Research Center for Cultural Resources, The National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka)
Date: June 25 (Sun.), 14:00-16:00
Venue: Roppongi Academy Hills 49, Conference Room 5
Capacity: 60

No.2 “Find the Way Out! - African Art in the Past and the Present”
Associate Professor Majima discusses the art of west Africa, based on his long experience of life there.
Lecturer: Majima Ichiro (Associate Professor, ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Venue: Roppongi Academy Hills 49, Conference Room 5
Date: July 28 (Fri.), 19:00-21:00

Artists' Talk
* spoken in English

Artists: Lara Baladi, Bili Bidjocka, Wim Botha, Ingrid Mwangi, Allan deSouza, Barthélémy Toguo (to be confirmed)
Date: May 27,(Sat) 13:00 - 14:30
Venue: 53F Gallery, Mori Art Museum

Director's Talk

Speaker: David Elliott (Director, Mori Art Museum)
Date: 19:00-20:00, June 23 (Fri.)
Venue: 53F Gallery, Mori Art Museum
Capacity: 50

Booking

Please make a reservation via museum website, by e-mail or fax. Be sure to state clearly the program title, your name, age and your fax number and / or e-mail address.

Website: www.mori.art.museum
E-mail: ppevent@mori.art.museum
Fax: 03-6406-9351

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