Mayumi Hosokura: Walking, Diving - Exhibition review
Hajime Nariai (curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) has written a review for Mayumi Hosokura’s solo exhibition Walking and Diving held at Takuro Someya Contemporary Art from 2 September until 21 October, 2023. For further information, please click here. https://tsca.jp/artist/mayumi-hosokura/#text |
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Rafaël Rozendaal: "MODERN Times in Paris 1925 - Art and Design in the Machine-age" (POLA Museum of Art)
We are pleased to announce that Rafaël Rozendaal will join the exhibition “MODERN Times in Paris 1925 – Art and Design in the Machine-age” at the POLA Museum of Art. The biggest lenticular works ever made by Rafaël Rozendaal will be shown at the finale of the exhibition. We hope you will enjoy this opportunity to view Rozendaal’s works!
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In the 1920s, Paris underwent rapid industrialization in an effort to reconstruct the French capital in the wake of the First World War, ushering in a flourishing and dynamic era known as the Machine Age. This exhibition examines various aspects of the relationship between machines and people in the 1920s and ’30s with a focus on Paris as well as other parts of Europe, the U.S., and Japan. The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (the Art Deco Exhibition), a world’s fair held in Paris in 1925, was an important turning point in changing attitudes, as it heralded Art Deco, a geometric style inspired by machines. After the Great Kanto Earthquake, which occurred in 1923, Japan underwent rapid modernization. In the brief period of prosperity between the two world wars, ideas about machines and rationality changed drastically.
With great technological advances such as computers, the Internet, and AI, which promises to transform our lives even further, this is perhaps a good time to revisit the art and design of 100 years ago and reconsider the connection between machines and humans.
Dates: Sat. December 16, 2023 − Sun. May 19, 2024 Venue: POLA Museum of Art, Gallery 1 and 2 (Map) |
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Enrico Isamu Ōyama: TRANSIT Magazine Photo Essay "Across the System"
Enrico Isamu Ōyama’s photo essay titled “Across the System” was featured in TRANSIT magazine’s No. 41 Autumn 2018 edition. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The 15-page spread written and directed by Ōyama covers multiple topics ranging from what prompted the visual artist to delve into aerosol writing to current street artist’s who are have crossed over in the contemporary art scene. The consistent connection between these striking stories is the connection to New York City: the epicenter of street art and this subversive art culture. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ While the Brooklyn-based Japanese-Italian artist does not personally identify as a street writer, per say, Ōyama profoundly understands its culture, unique vocabulary, and signature set of aesthetics. Within the context of contemporary art, the article notes Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring as street art pioneers during the 1970s-80s when such works—spreading across subways and building walls—were considered random vandalism. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Alongside himself, Ōyama also introduces four current New York artists who have also revolutionized street art: COCO144, John Ahearn, James Clar and SWOON. As conveyed in the photo essay’s title, these artists have traversed across the creative confines of what defines street art and what is acceptable in public spaces, galleries, and museums. ——————————— TRANSIT41-New York Issue-Available in stores September 14, 2018 |
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Rafaël Rozendaal: Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965-2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art)
From September 28, 2018-April 14, 2019, Rafaël Rozendaal is participating in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s exhibition titled Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965-2018.
The group exhibition, as described in the press release, “establishes connections between works of art based on instructions, spanning over fifty years of conceptual, video, and computational art.” There, Rozendaal’s “Abstract Browsing 17 04 05 (Google)” is featured in the exhibition’s section titled “Rule, Instruction, Algorithm: Ideas as Form.” This woven work has also been acquired by the Whitney collection.
Drawing on their collection, Programmed looks back at predecessors of computational art and shows how the ideas addressed in those earlier works have evolved in contemporary artistic practices. ——————————— Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965-2018 Venue: Whitney Museum of American Art Period: September 28, 2018-April 14, 2019 Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu + Sun 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m./ Fri + Sat 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Closed on Tuesdays) Exhibition Website: https://whitney.org/exhibitions/programmed |
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Motomasa Suzuki: "Dynamic Garden in Full Motion" (Aomori Contemporary Art Centre)
From July 28 to September 9, Motomasa Suzuki will be participating in Aomori Contemporary Art Centre’s (ACAC) Artist in Residence exhibition titled Dynamic Garden in Full Motion. ——————————— Dynamic Garden in Full Motion Venue: Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC) Period: July 28 (Sat)-September 9 (Sun) Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Participating Artists: Sunao Horikawa, Motomasa Suzuki, Gabriella & Silvana Mangano, and Sahil Nak Admission is free of charge and the art gallery will not be closed during the exhibition period. Exhibition Website: http://www.acac-aomori.jp/air/2018-2/?lang=en ——————————— 【Events】 Motomasa Suzuki, the Tokyo-based sculptor, has invited visitors to participate in the finishing touches of his clay sculpture. Date and Time: July 9 to July 15 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Venue: Exhibition Building Gallery B |
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Masaru Iwai：New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 Unfixed Perspectives（Yokohama Civic Art Gallery）
From September 21 to October 8, Masaru Iwai will be participating in Yokohama Civic Art Gallery’s New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 titled Unfixed Perspectives. During the exhibition period, a talk event will be held with Mr. Akinori Kubo (Associate Professor at Hitotsubashi University’s Graduate School of Sociology). ——————————— New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 Unfixed Perspectives Venue: Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Room 1, B1 Period: September 21 (Fri)-October 8 (Mon/National Holiday) Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Admission until 5:30 p.m.) Participating Artists: Masaru Iwai, Masumi Kawamura, and Kiyoko Sakata Admission is free of charge and the art gallery will not be closed during the exhibition period. Exhibition Website: http://ycag.yafjp.org/our_exhibition/new-artists-today-2018/ ——————————— 【Event Summary】 Dialogue “Story of Ghost”: Masaru Iwai x Akinori Kubo Date and Time: September 29 (Sat) from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Venue: Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, 4th-floor atelier The talk event is open to the public and no application is required. |
Mayumi Hosokura: Walking, Diving - Exhibition review
Hajime Nariai (curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) has written a review for Mayumi Hosokura’s solo exhibition Walking and Diving held at Takuro Someya Contemporary Art from 2 September until 21 October, 2023. For further information, please click here.
https://tsca.jp/artist/mayumi-hosokura/#text
Rafaël Rozendaal: "MODERN Times in Paris 1925 - Art and Design in the Machine-age" (POLA Museum of Art)
We are pleased to announce that Rafaël Rozendaal will join the exhibition “MODERN Times in Paris 1925 – Art and Design in the Machine-age” at the POLA Museum of Art. The biggest lenticular works ever made by Rafaël Rozendaal will be shown at the finale of the exhibition.
We hope you will enjoy this opportunity to view Rozendaal’s works!
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“MODERN Times in Paris 1925 – Art and Design in the Machine-age”
In the 1920s, Paris underwent rapid industrialization in an effort to reconstruct the French capital in the wake of the First World War, ushering in a flourishing and dynamic era known as the Machine Age. This exhibition examines various aspects of the relationship between machines and people in the 1920s and ’30s with a focus on Paris as well as other parts of Europe, the U.S., and Japan. The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (the Art Deco Exhibition), a world’s fair held in Paris in 1925, was an important turning point in changing attitudes, as it heralded Art Deco, a geometric style inspired by machines. After the Great Kanto Earthquake, which occurred in 1923, Japan underwent rapid modernization. In the brief period of prosperity between the two world wars, ideas about machines and rationality changed drastically.
With great technological advances such as computers, the Internet, and AI, which promises to transform our lives even further, this is perhaps a good time to revisit the art and design of 100 years ago and reconsider the connection between machines and humans.
Dates: Sat. December 16, 2023 − Sun. May 19, 2024
Venue: POLA Museum of Art, Gallery 1 and 2 (Map)
Enrico Isamu Ōyama: TRANSIT Magazine Photo Essay "Across the System"
Enrico Isamu Ōyama’s photo essay titled “Across the System” was featured in TRANSIT magazine’s No. 41 Autumn 2018 edition.
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The 15-page spread written and directed by Ōyama covers multiple topics ranging from what prompted the visual artist to delve into aerosol writing to current street artist’s who are have crossed over in the contemporary art scene. The consistent connection between these striking stories is the connection to New York City: the epicenter of street art and this subversive art culture.
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While the Brooklyn-based Japanese-Italian artist does not personally identify as a street writer, per say, Ōyama profoundly understands its culture, unique vocabulary, and signature set of aesthetics. Within the context of contemporary art, the article notes Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring as street art pioneers during the 1970s-80s when such works—spreading across subways and building walls—were considered random vandalism.
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Alongside himself, Ōyama also introduces four current New York artists who have also revolutionized street art: COCO144, John Ahearn, James Clar and SWOON. As conveyed in the photo essay’s title, these artists have traversed across the creative confines of what defines street art and what is acceptable in public spaces, galleries, and museums.
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TRANSIT41-New York Issue-Available in stores September 14, 2018
Rafaël Rozendaal: Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965-2018 (Whitney Museum of American Art)
From September 28, 2018-April 14, 2019, Rafaël Rozendaal is participating in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s exhibition titled Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965-2018.
The group exhibition, as described in the press release, “establishes connections between works of art based on instructions, spanning over fifty years of conceptual, video, and computational art.” There, Rozendaal’s “Abstract Browsing 17 04 05 (Google)” is featured in the exhibition’s section titled “Rule, Instruction, Algorithm: Ideas as Form.” This woven work has also been acquired by the Whitney collection.
Drawing on their collection, Programmed looks back at predecessors of computational art and shows how the ideas addressed in those earlier works have evolved in contemporary artistic practices.
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Programmed: Rules, Codes, and Choreographies in Art, 1965-2018
Venue: Whitney Museum of American Art
Period: September 28, 2018-April 14, 2019
Hours: Mon, Wed, Thu + Sun 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m./ Fri + Sat 10:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Closed on Tuesdays)
Exhibition Website: https://whitney.org/exhibitions/programmed
Motomasa Suzuki: "Dynamic Garden in Full Motion" (Aomori Contemporary Art Centre)
From July 28 to September 9, Motomasa Suzuki will be participating in Aomori Contemporary Art Centre’s (ACAC) Artist in Residence exhibition titled Dynamic Garden in Full Motion.
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Dynamic Garden in Full Motion
Venue: Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC)
Period: July 28 (Sat)-September 9 (Sun)
Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Participating Artists: Sunao Horikawa, Motomasa Suzuki, Gabriella & Silvana Mangano, and Sahil Nak
Admission is free of charge and the art gallery will not be closed during the exhibition period.
Exhibition Website: http://www.acac-aomori.jp/air/2018-2/?lang=en
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【Events】
Motomasa Suzuki, the Tokyo-based sculptor, has invited visitors to participate in the finishing touches of his clay sculpture.
Date and Time: July 9 to July 15 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Venue: Exhibition Building Gallery B
Masaru Iwai：New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 Unfixed Perspectives（Yokohama Civic Art Gallery）
From September 21 to October 8, Masaru Iwai will be participating in Yokohama Civic Art Gallery’s New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 titled Unfixed Perspectives.
During the exhibition period, a talk event will be held with Mr. Akinori Kubo (Associate Professor at Hitotsubashi University’s Graduate School of Sociology).
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New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 Unfixed Perspectives
Venue: Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Room 1, B1
Period: September 21 (Fri)-October 8 (Mon/National Holiday)
Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Admission until 5:30 p.m.)
Participating Artists: Masaru Iwai, Masumi Kawamura, and Kiyoko Sakata
Admission is free of charge and the art gallery will not be closed during the exhibition period.
Exhibition Website: http://ycag.yafjp.org/our_exhibition/new-artists-today-2018/
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【Event Summary】
Dialogue “Story of Ghost”: Masaru Iwai x Akinori Kubo
Date and Time: September 29 (Sat) from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, 4th-floor atelier
The talk event is open to the public and no application is required.