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Tabaimo "Danmen"

Yokohama Museum of Art
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Artists

Tabaimo
In "Japanese Kitchen", "Japanese Commuter Train", "public conVENience" and other works, the contemporary artist Tabaimo drew animated videos of the fragmentary landscape of contemporary Japanese culture, and with them composed three dimensional installations. The results of her work gained Tabaimo international acclaim. Right after her debut, in 2001, Tabaimo entered the first Yokohama Trienniale as the youngest participating artist. Ten years later, Tabaimo returns to Yokohama with five new video installations to open her largest solo exhibition yet.

As she enters her mid thirties, Tabaimo’s upcoming exhibition exhibits a theme informed by a personal sense of generations, a personal world view. Tabaimo’s early work juxtaposed common images of contemporary life. In more recent years, her work has become more introverted, as she adopted a motif that included fingers, hair, and internal organs. In the upcoming exhibition, this world around Tabaimo is symbolized in the shape of a housing complex. In rooms of the exact-same floor-plan, different lives unfold. Like inserting a kitchen knife, Tabaimo cuts open a "danmen" (cross-section) of the housing complex, and various lives are carved out in a harmonious union of past and present. Step foot into the flow of raw images of people and nature, connected in Tabaimo’s profound creative world.

Many events during the exhibition will diversely present Tabaimo’s world. In addition to talk events, other creators of Tabaimo’s generation, including a dancer, a musician, and a theater group will collaborate in live dance and theatrical performances.

See website for details on related events.

[Image: Tabaimo, "Dandan" (image), 2009, video installation. Courtesy the Artist and Gallery Koyanagi]

Schedule

Dec 11 (Fri) 2009-Mar 3 (Wed) 2010 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
10:00-18:00
Closed
Thursday
Closed during the New Year holidays.
FeeAdults ¥1100, High School and University Students ¥700, Middle School Students ¥400
Websitehttp://www.yaf.or.jp/yma/jiu/2009/exhibition/tabaimo/english/outline.html
VenueYokohama Museum of Art
https://yokohama.art.museum/eng/
Location3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-0012
Access3 minute walk from exit 3 at Minatomirai Station on the Minatomirai line, 10 minute walk from Sakuragicho Station on the JR Negishi or Blue line.
Phone045-221-0300
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