Reviews

Another Future

Cheri Pitchapa Supavatanakul 2010-11-30

Kenji Yanobe’s “Levitation” exhibition at YAMAMOTO GENDAI.

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Tokyo Transformers

William Andrews 2010-11-25

A new show explores transformation in a wealth of international art works.

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Unresolved Parts in Photobook Layers

Erika Raberg 2010-11-21

“Hundred Steps And Thousand Stories” at National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

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This Festival Goes to Eleven

M. Downing Roberts 2010-11-15

For 2010, the 11th edition of Tokyo FILMeX once again showcases a unique blend of contemporary Asian and world cinema, as well as substantial retrospectives drawing on film history.

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Love’s Body

Randy Swank 2010-10-21

Art in the Age of AIDS.

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Identify Yourself

Paul Heaton 2010-10-14

Masahiko Sato and co. put identity into perspective.

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The forests where time stops

Cheri Pitchapa Supavatanakul 2010-10-09

Jae-Eun Choi “Forests of Asoka” exhibition at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

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Reading Dickinson in Aoyama

Erika Raberg 2010-10-05

Roni Horn’s exhibition draws on literary sources for its material.

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All Five Senses

Mio Coxon 2010-09-17

Three artists reshape Japan’s four seasons.

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ANPO: Art X War

M. Downing Roberts 2010-09-14

A remarkable exploration of postwar art and politics that illuminates the contemporary geopolitical impasse facing Japan.

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Clutching at straws, and making music

Amelia Groom 2010-08-28

Mamoru’s sound performances make people aware of what they hear all the time but never listen to.

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In search of a sanctuary

Cheri Pitchapa Supavatanakul 2010-08-25

Isao Sugiyama “Santuario” exhibition at Tokyo Gallery.

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Behold the Man

Marcus Bird 2010-08-05

An exhibition by Robert Waters examines pain, Saint Sebastian and alienation.

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Caving In

Amelia Groom 2010-07-30

Berlin-based artist Yukihiro Taguchi’s installation plays with light and shadows.

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Return to innocence

Paul Heaton 2010-07-29

‘Pearl Child’ Shinjuko’s biggest exhibition to date at Parabolica-bis.

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Effigies of Porn, Almost Dead

Marcus Bird 2010-07-24

Yuuki Matsumura’s sculpture exhibition at Take Ninagawa Gallery.

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Darknesses For Light

Mio Coxon 2010-07-23

Contemporary Czech photography enters the Japanese consciousness.

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Meaningful Stain

Alicia Tan 2010-07-17

An exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, reflects on the theme of stains in art works.

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Hip Hop Portraiture by Che Kothari

Sayako Mizuta 2010-07-16

The Canadian photographer-activist who directs Manifesto, a community art event in Toronto.

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Mysteries happily unsolved

Erika Raberg 2010-07-15

Tam Ochiai’s “spies are only revealed when they get caught” at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art.

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If fantasies were to have forms

Cheri Pitchapa Supavatanakul 2010-07-14

Osamu Mori’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” first solo exhibition at YAMAMOTO GENDAI.

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The Sound of Silence

Amy Fox 2010-07-13

Koichiro Kutsuna’s “Wind Speed 0″ at Radium.

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Eggleston in Japan

Sol Jung 2010-07-01

“Paris – Kyoto” is the photographer William Eggleston’s first solo exhibition in Japan at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Open Space 2010: Opening doors towards technology and art

Mio Coxon 2010-06-25

The NTT ICC’s annual multi-media exhibition showcases art works with technological themes.

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Voice of Childhood and Evolution

Marcus Bird 2010-06-23

Genichiro Inokuma’s “Inokuma-san” retrospective at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery.

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Devils in the Details

Paul Heaton 2010-06-22

An introduction to Monoqueen Ritsuko Yamashita

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Tangible Memories

Cheri Pitchapa Supavatanakul 2010-06-12

Seiichi Furuya “Mémoires.” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

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In the Kinky City

Sophie Knight 2010-06-11

Pawel Jaszcuk’s seedy photographs of Tokyo in an exhibition at Zen Foto Gallery.

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Architectural Funhouses

Randy Swank 2010-06-04

“Where Is Architecture? Seven Installations by Japanese Architects” at the National Museum of Modern Art.

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Revolution Found in Blocks of Colour

Amy Fox 2010-05-31

“Aleksandr Rodchenko & Varvara Stepanova: Visions of Constructivism” at the Teien Art Museum.

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