Hideki Hayashida, the Director of The National Art Center, giving his introductory speech at the opening.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
'Blue bird' in Kate Rohde's chamber.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
Works from Kate Rohde literally mixed and exhibited with pieces from the museum collection.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
In the anatomy room, Kate Rohde's work was inspired by the University of Tokyo's anatomy collection.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
Kate Rohde introducing her work and Miyoko Hoshino, one of the curators.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
Kate Rohde talks with Yoshiaki Nishino, director of The University Museum.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
All the work exhibited were made by the artist specifically for the exhibition and she created each work for the place where it would be exhibited.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
The audience during the official speeches.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaKate Rohde's narwhale hanging over the stairs of the museum.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
Real stone specimens alongside Kate's colorful stones and jewels.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
An overview of Rohde's 'chamber of specimens'.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
A shelf with real and old plants specimens together with Kate Rohde's plants.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaTwo of the curators, Satoko Shibahara and Mai Hashiba, who is wearing a dress designed by the artist.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
Another colorful work in a glass bell.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
In the machinery room.Photo: Maurizio MucciolaAn overview of the exhibition room.Photo: Maurizio Mucciola
Born in Italy in 1977, studied architecture in Milan (and Lisbon for a year). After working in different architecture and landscape design firms he decided to go back to school and spent a year and a half at the architecture school of Columbia University in New York, while at the same time collaborating and shooting photos for "Volume Magazine". Then one year in Rotterdam at the Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture before he finally landed in Tokyo in January 2009 to work at Kengo Kuma & Associates Architects. Architecture really absorbs most of its time, but sometimes he likes to take in the city and go around art galleries and museums, and try to catch Tokyo through a Nikon camera.
