author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Oct 15,2009

28/AUG/2009-23/SEP/2009, Tokorozawa Biennial
In the "Exhibition Summary" of "The 1st Tokorozawa Biennial of Contemporary Art Siding Rail Road 2009", held following the pre-exhibition last year, there was a brief description concerning the aim of this exhibition.

author: Mizuki TANAKA 

published: Oct 12,2009

26/JUL/2009-, Naoshima Bath “I♥湯”
The contemporary artist Shinro Ohtake has established a creative style in which he puts paint on to things found in his daily life, such as pinups, and produces collage books. Despite this, what he has created this time was a "living space" - a bath house.

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Oct 8,2009

07/SEP/2009-10/OCT/2009, Chukyo University Art Gallery "C·Square"
Approximately two years ago, Natsunosuke Mise exhibited the "Ruining Japanese Painting" for the "Ruining Japanese Painting" exhibition, which was held at the C Square, Chukyo University, at the request of the curator, Goro Morimoto.

author: Takeshi HIRATA 

published: Oct 5,2009

12/SEP/2009-27/SEP/2009, KOMAZAWA MUSEUM x ART
Recently, we have seen many art fairs which are held utilizing hotel rooms as their venues. The art event entitled "KOMAZAWA MUSEUM × ART" which was held at one of the biggest housing exhibition halls in Tokyo, Komazawa Park Housing Gallery...

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Oct 1,2009

18/JUL/2009-27/SEP/2009, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
It seems that figurative artworks have been drawing more attention. "THE VISION OF CONTEMPORARY ART" ("VOCA"), which is a group exhibition that presents planar works made by artists who are forty years old or younger on the recommendation...

author: Tomohiro MASUDA 

published: Sep 28,2009

28/AUG/2009-23/SEP/2009, Tokorozawa Biennial
Today, it is not unusual for us to visit exhibitions which are held by remaking or using spaces - so-called alternative spaces - which have been used for industry or as storage areas. Exhibitions held in such spaces include young artist’s group...

author: Mizuki TANAKA 

published: Sep 24,2009

18/JUL/2009-27/SEP/2009, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
The subtitle of this exhibition is "Traces I Made with Needle and Thread" . The "I" is a tricky word. It is often used by women as the first person singular pronoun. In its Japanese subtitle, the "I" is written using hiragana (Japanese syllabary ...

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Sep 21,2009

01/AUG/2009-08/NOV/2009, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya
Shinji Ohmaki’s solo exhibition entitled "Zekkei - Vacuum Fluctuation" makes me feel sad. Why? Ohmaki used slag, which had been made from burnt garbage, for creating the installations presented in this exhibition.

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Sep 16,2009

26/JUL/2009-, Naoshima Bath “I♥湯”
What a greedy man I am to seek added value for Japanese-style public baths and hot springs, though it is pleasant enough just to sit in a large bathtub with my legs stretched out. I never go to bath houses since I have a bath at home....

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Sep 9,2009

25/JUL/2009-13/SEP/2009, Kosugi Hoan Museum of Art, Nikko
Sometimes a hideous picture of a ghost sends a chill down our spine and a cruel painting in which the spattering of blood is depicted makes us avert our eyes from it. Such a feeling of "terror" is especially elicited by the specific figures...

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Sep 7,2009

19/AUG/2009-19/OCT/2009, The National Art Center, Tokyo
It is difficult to judge this kind of exhibition. Indeed, in this exhibition, we can enjoy an extensive range of exhibits - Yoko Matsumoto’s paintings and Rika Noguchi’s photographs - which are displayed in a retrospective way.

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Sep 3,2009

01/AUG/2009-04/OCT/2009, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT)
I am sorry for talking about another museum at the beginning of this article, but I would like to tell you that after I visited the "Kosho Ito: WORK 1974-2009 - Order and Chaos -", I noticed Kosho Ito’s work has also been stored in the Setagaya Art Museum.

author: Tomohiro MASUDA 

published: Aug 31,2009

26/JUN/2009-19/JUL/2009, Zuishoji Art Projects
There are sixteen footballs hanging neatly in midair at almost the same level as the ground. The balls seem to be brand-new ones and have no damage because they are in factory-fresh condition.

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Aug 27,2009

01/AUG/2009-18/OCT/2009, Takahashi Collection Hibiya
Now, to avoid misunderstanding, I would like to emphasize that the above text was not written about the Takahashi Collection itself. As I used the phrase, "the strong desire of the sponsors" in the above writing...

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Aug 24,2009

01/AUG/2009-30/AUG/2009, eN arts
It is often said that the gallery, "eN arts", has an extremely complex design. On the first floor, there is a tea room as well as the ordinary exhibition space. Walking down the stairs while looking at the tall wall surface at the front,...

author: Tomohiro MASUDA 

published: Aug 20,2009

04/JUL/2009-19/JUL/2009, gallery Archipelago
At the moment of entering the exhibition room, I find my own image appears on a TV monitor which is placed in the left-hand corner of the room. In the right-hand corner, a camera is placed facing the entrance of the room.

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Aug 17,2009

27/JUL/2009-08/AUG/2009, Gallery-58
As Yuichiro Sato mentioned in his comments, "I am drawing pictures, focusing on the earth", he has been creating works based on the theme of "underground" .

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Aug 13,2009

11/JUL/2009-16/AUG/2009, Ichinomiya City Memorial Art Museum of Setsuko Migishi
How would you regard the place where you are standing? Would you consider that you are in Tokyo in Japan, or on the earth in the universe? Or, how would you look on time axes, such as the past, present and future?

author: Satoshi KOGANEZAWA 

published: Aug 10,2009

18/APR/2009-10/JUL/2009, Musée d’art Mercian KARUIZAWA
Considering that this exhibition was held with the aim of showing us, the viewers, the "wonder forest", it was a given fact that we had seen and knew about common "forests" before visiting this exhibition.

author: Takeshi HIRATA 

published: Aug 6,2009

13/JUN/2009-18/JUL/2009, gallery αM
..creations which were made by Motohiro Tomii and Nobuhiro Nakanishi showed us a new form of "construction" created through the transformation of materials.