published: Nov 13,2009

10/OCT/2009-11/JAN/2010
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
Kawasaki
As shown in the public offering of ""TARO Award""
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (Kawasaki City)
which is called using the name of Taro Okamoto
has been expanding the range of activities beyond the realm of private museum...

published: Nov 11,2009

18/SEP/2009-24/OCT/2009
YUKA CONTEMPORARY
The statement which Kiichiro Adachi contributed for this exhibition was written under the theme of doubt about an illusion of coexisting with nature. In this statement
he questions about deception
such as considering protection of nature ...

published: Nov 9,2009

14/Oct/2009 - 13/Dec/2009
The National Museum of Modern Art
Tokyo
There are a number of boxes displayed orderly. Each of the boxes contains the darkness. Certain darkness has been kept in a box since 1975. Therefore
probably it can also be said that 1975 years are in the box. Nevertheless ...

published: Nov 6,2009

26/SEP/2009-24/OCT/2009
YAMAMOTO GENDAI
Picking up trash
cutting grass
riding a bicycle and rolling vinyl tape in some place like a new residential area - all of these behaviors or acts are common in our daily lives. Nonetheless
these kinds of acts which Kobayashi shows straightforwardly in his film works...

published: Nov 4,2009

28/AUG/2009-25/OCT/2009
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
The exhibition entitled ""In the Little Playground: Hitsuda Nobuya and his surrounding students"" is held jointly with the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Nagoya and the Nagoya City Art Museum as a preliminary event of “Aichi Triennale 2010”...

published: Nov 2,2009

19/SEP/2009-03/NOV/2009
Fuchu Art Museum
Recently
there are a number of open-air art festivals which show artworks at venues which are located in mountains and cities utilizing regional characteristics of the venues
such as ""Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial"" (Tokamachi
Niigata Prefecture
and others) ...

published: Oct 29,2009

10/OCT/2009-11/OCT/2009
adidas Plants House
The plastic greenhouse about which I would like to write here is located in a corner of Sakuragaoka
Setagaya Ward. We often see that vegetables and fruits are cultivated for foods in greenhouses which are owned by farmers. Nevertheless
this greenhouse is different to that of general in that there are some kinds of trees...

published: Oct 26,2009

19/SEP/2009-17/OCT/2009
YUKARI ART CONTEMPORARY
In Enpei Ito’s portraits
in which thin bodies of men and women are extremely deformed
there were vast numbers of wrinkles on their clothes as well as their bodies. The solo exhibition of Ito which was held at Muramatsu Gallery in 2007 left me an indelible impression.

published: Oct 22,2009

22/AUG/2009-12/OCT/2009
Nakanoshima Park and several places in Osaka-City
The ""Aqua Metropolis Osaka 2009"" was held using the theme of ""Osaka
living with rivers""
with Furamu Kitagawa (chief director
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial) and Shinya Hashizume (professor
Osaka Prefecture University) as producers...

published: Oct 19,2009

18/SEP/2009-27/SEP/2009
21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
This show was held in Tokyo as part of the exhibition tour of the ""TOKYO FIBER ’09""
which was held first at Triennale Design Museum
Milano around the same term as La Triennale Di Milano in April
2009
under the direction of the designer
Kenya Hara.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

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....

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...

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.