Exhibition/event has ended.
Thomas Hirschhorn + Santiago Sierra “Radical Democracy”
0PostsArtists
Thomas Hirschhorn, Santiago Sierra
Asakusa is delighted to announce the exhibition “Radical Democracy” with artists Thomas Hirschhorn and Santiago Sierra, whose artistic practices engage with selected social groups, often facing ethical questions. The exhibited works articulate divisive fissures of political and economic disparities exsisting beyond sanctioned consensus, and provoke the agonistic practice of valuing and sustaining the dissent – democratic dialectics advocated by art critic Claire Bishop. The differing context of their challenges suggests art’s expansive potential as well as its limitations, and forms a critical position to comment on Tokyo’s political landscape imbued by media campaigns and internalisation of power structures. The exhibition includes distribution materials by Sanya Labor Welfare Hall Action Committee, a local support group for the largest day-labourers’ district in Tokyo.
Schedule | Jul 21 (Thu) 2016-Aug 21 (Sun) 2016 Opening Hours Information
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | Free | ||||||
| Venue | Asakusa https://www.asakusa-o.com/en/  | ||||||
| Address | 1-6-16 Nishi Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0035 | ||||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 3 at Tawaramachi Station on the Ginza line, 5 minute walk from exit B at Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express line, 8 minute walk from exit 2 at Asakusa Station on the Toei Asakusa or Tobu Isesaki line. | ||||||
| Phone | 090-8346-3232 |
No comments yet