Press release: A key artist of his generation, Philippe Parreno has radically redefined the exhibition experience by taking it as a medium, placing its construction at the heart of his process. Working in a diverse range of media including film, sculpture, drawing, and text, Parreno conceives his exhibitions as a scripted space where a series
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J. Parker Valentine at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
Press release: MISAKO & ROSEN is pleased to announce our second exhibition with J. Parker Valentine. J. Parker Valentine was born in Austin Texas in 1980, and is based in Los Angeles. Valentine’s recent solo and group exhibitions include : Special Interests, KRIEG, Hasselt, Belgium (catalogue), Skin of Paradise, Paul Soto/Park View, Los Angeles (both
Yuki Kimura at Taka Ishii, Tokyo
Press release: Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to present “Reception,” an exhibition of works by Yuki Kimura. Marking the artist’s eighth solo presentation with the gallery since her first showing in 1995, the exhibition features a new installation comprised of five three-dimensional works. The Taka Ishii Gallery Roppongi space with its built-in counter table made
Mario García Torres at Taka Ishii, Tokyo
Press release: Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to present Mexico City-based artist Mario García Torres’ “Falling Together In Time”, an exhibition about coincidences, memories, endings, repetitions and liminal moments. In his fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, the show will be comprised of a sound installation, paintings, a video and some found documents. Los Angeles,
Chim↑Pom at ANOMALY, Tokyo
Press release: ANOMALY is delighted to present a solo exhibition “Grand Open” – Marvelous Liberation –, featuring artworks by the artist collective Chim↑Pom from November 22, 2018 to January 26, 2019. As the title suggests, “Grand Open” is an inaugural exhibition to celebrate ANOMALY’s grand opening. Chim↑Pom was formed in Tokyo in 2005 by the
Ittah Yoda at Sprout Curation, Tokyo
Press release: There is apparently a neologism known as “Yesternow” that is used as an intermediate between “Yesterday” and “Now.” The music magazine ele-king vol.22 through which I became acquainted with this term, while referencing Jacques Derrida’s Specters of Marx, had stated, “Presence is not merely made by the present, but instead indicates how the
Lee Kit at Hara Museum, Tokyo
Press release: This autumn, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art will present Lee Kit ‘We used to be more sensitive.,’ the first exhibition to be held at a Japanese museum by the Hong Kong-born and Taipei-based artist. Born in 1978, Lee Kit creates works that constantly explore the expressive potential of painting. These include a
Yasumasa Morimura at ShugoArts, Tokyo
Press release: What kind of art does Morimura Yasumasa make? Morimura is a Japanese artist who deals subjectively with his origins in the Showa era and the 20th century. After the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Japan fell under the influence of Western civilization and culture, and after the Pacific War, the country was strongly affected
Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda at statements, Tokyo
Press release: Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda live and work in Berlin and have collaborated for over ten years, having met at the Frankfurt Städelschule in 2002. In Japan, they are known for their first artists book “Hans Ulrich Obrist Interviews Volume 1,” (Walther König / 2010), a Japanese translation of the interviews, and
Keiichi Tanaami at Nanzuka, Tokyo
Press release: NANZUKA is pleased to announce “Passage in the Air (1975-1993),” a retrospective exhibition with Keiichi Tanaami that focuses on a collection of the artist’s works produced between the late 1970s and the early 1990s. Keiichi Tanaami was born in Tokyo in 1936 and graduated from Musashino Art University. He has been active in
Yuki Okumura at Misako & Rosen, Tokyo
Press release: Roman Ondák plays a vital role in the creation of Measuring Roman Ondák(2015), by Japanese artist Yuki Okumura (b. 1978). During the exhibition, should he choose to accept an invitation to present himself, an attendant will mark Roman Ondák’s height, first name, and date of the measurement on the gallery wall. Beginning as