published: Jan 18,2010

05/DEC/2009-25/DEC/2009
Gallery 360°
Glass plates are displayed not only on the wall but on the table at the center of the exhibition room. It is not difficult for us to imagine cracks found on all the plates were made using a gun because of the existence of a little ""hole"" in the center of each plate.

published: Jan 14,2010

09/DEC/2009-24/DEC/2009
TURNER GALLERY
Usually
contents of exhibition - exhibits - are not changed significantly after the opening of the exhibition. In other words
artworks displayed at the beginning of exhibition period are basically shown until its closing day.

published: Jan 11,2010

01/DEC/2009-05/MAY/2010
ARK HILLS ARK KARAJAN PLACE
Indeed
the title of the works
""Bridge of Plants"" (2009)
created by Makoto Azuma
and their concept of ""working as bridges between cities and nature"" would make you imagine in a relatively-easy way the figure of bridges created by using plants...

published: Jan 4,2010

23/OCT/2009-28/NOV/2009
TOKIO OUT of PLACE
People
places
words
food
rooms
schools
jobs
etc… We are always trying to find out something. Our life may consist of an accumulation of time to search for something
whether it is concrete or abstract
or large or small.

published: Dec 24,2009

03/OCT/2009-23/NOV/2009
Kobe Meriken Park and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Various kinds of “biennale” are held in a year at many places
such as in mountains
along rivers and in cities. Nonetheless
I have never heard of a biennale which is held at ""sea"" like that of this time at the Port of Kobe.

published: Dec 21,2009

20/NOV/2009-05/DEC/2009
YOKOI FINE ART
At first glance
a refreshing landscape of sea seems to be depicted in the painting. Over the horizon
something like morning glow or sunset can be seen. Nonetheless
looking at the picture closely
I notice a black hole is drawn at the center of it.

published: Dec 18,2009

24/Oct/2009 - 07/Mar/2010
Borderless Art Museum NO-MA
young woman and two girls are in a house. Probably
they may be mother and her children. The children walk upstairs led by the woman. Reaching a room
they firstly come to be interested in an antique-styled chair.

published: Dec 16,2009

17/OCT/2009-24/NOV/2009
GALLERY at lammfromm
The exhibition entitled ""Otoko-no-Nori-kata"" was held at GALLERY at lammfromm. This was the solo exhibition of the photographer
Ryudai Takano
who has been taking pictures of men’s nudity.

published: Dec 14,2009

02/NOV/2009-07/NOV/2009
GALERIE OMOTESANDO
1. Taking a picture
2. Outputting it to film using an ink-jet printer (Ink does not get dry since it is not absorbed by film)
3. Decaling the film to a support
such as a panel and paper
with a small amount of water
4. The air is generated between...

published: Dec 11,2009

08/SEP/2009-08/NOV/2009
The Museum of Modern Art
Wakayama
Recently
I visited the art event entitled ""KOMAZAWA MUSEUM × ART"" in which modern art works were displayed at a housing exhibition hall. This exhibition named ""From Home to the Museum: Tanaka Tsuneko Collection""...

published: Dec 9,2009

03/NOV/2009-21/NOV/2009
Galerie Ando
A preverbal child
a small animal which we can hold it in hands
or other kinds of things
including toys and craft works - more or less
we would have minds to ""love"" such living matters and other things in a small size. Indeed
the expression of size...

published: Dec 7,2009

06/OCT/2009-07/NOV/2009
Mujin-to Production
There are a number of sketches which cover almost all the spaces in the gallery - this would not be an uncommon scene which we find in art exhibitions. Nevertheless
the film work which shows the images of ""Über performative skizzen""...

published: Dec 4,2009

01/AUG/2009-03/NOV/2009
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
Kanazawa
Reaching the final part of the exhibition
I stepped into a small room with my shoes off. At that moment
I could not help having somewhat bad feeling that I was standing in a space where there was a light source where there was a light source...

published: Dec 3,2009

27/NOV/2009-06/DEC/2009
Shibakawa Casting
Exhibits are displayed using the accumulated molds and old balustrades. Looking at the back of the room through the spaces found in each creation
we notice there are various kinds of things piled up randomly.

published: Dec 2,2009

16/OCT/2009-02/NOV/2009
FOIL GALLERY
A smiling face
an angry face
a triumphant face and a jocular face - a human face plays an important role as means of expression. We often convey certain meanings or feelings to others by deforming or daringly not changing the shape...

published: Nov 30,2009

30/OCT/2009-19/NOV/2009
TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS
When I hear the word ""landscape"" in talking about painting
I am at a loss about how to interpret the meaning of the word because of its profundity
but in fact
artists seem to have been creating works inspired by ""landscape"" ...

published: Nov 26,2009

24/OCT/2009-22/NOV/2009
Kosho Ichiro
When we close a book before reading it through
we put a bookmark attached to the top of the book between pages. If there is no attached bookmarker
we tuck a reed-shaped paper or a piece of paper or something around us between pages.

published: Nov 23,2009

30/OCT/2009-03/NOV/2009
CLEAR GALLERY
There is one anecdote. Hideyoshi Toyotomi heard that morning glories were blooming beautifully in Sen no Rikyu’s garden and he wished to visit there. However
as soon as reaching Rikyu’s garden...

published: Nov 20,2009

10/OCT/2009-07/NOV/2009
taguchi fine art
ltd.
Entering the gallery
we find there are gold-colored small paintings lined on the wall. Looking at them more closely
we notice that the names of people were written on the picture planes in characteristic fonts which seem to have been embossed.

published: Nov 18,2009

29/SEP/2009-18/OCT/2009
Gallery Meihodo blanc
Writing something and erasing it - I have been repeating this cycle again and again. It has been taking a long time to decide what to write here. Usually
I can write this kind of article while thinking about contents to be written.

published: Nov 16,2009

19/SEP/2009-17/OCT/2009
Gallery Nomart
There is a ""cell"" emitting light to the darkness in the gallery space. Actually
the ""cell"" is a “sculpture” of liquid crystal display monitor which is covered with transparent spheres of variable size. Thus
the light is being leaked from images...