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FIVE DECADES: SCULPTURE AND WORKS ON PAPER: Koji Enokura, Noriyuki Haraguchi, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Noboru Takayama │ Simon Lee, London → 25 July 2015

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Koji Enokura, Noriyuki Haraguchi, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Noboru Takayama

“Brññ tgɖr ɖ wrc v for crūśl figrz huz ŕli practisz r afilietd wɖ ɖ pôstwor Jaṗnīz artistc fnoṃnn Môno-ha (Scūl v Ʈñz).”


Ellen Himelfarb WALLPAPER 10 June 2015

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SHINRO OHTAKE │ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London → 12 December 2014

“Wɖ an xtnsv, dvrs n iṇṿtv bodi v wrcs xiktd ovr ɖ past ʈrti yirz, Šinro Otace hz clirli pzišnd hmslf az wn v ɖ most impwtnt crietv fwsz in cntmprri Jaṗnīz āt. Otace’z ŕvra includz drōñ, pêstd wrcs, pêntñ, sculpčr n ftogṛfi, az wel az xperimntl myzic n vidioz, bt ɖ actiṿti v cutñ n pêstñ z clirli hiz most pârfl fwm v xprešn. Mč v hiz wrc utilîzz fând imijz n scraps dscādd fṛm ŕbn culčr n ɖ masmīdia, ofn wɖ refṛns t ɖ undrgrând myzic̦ulčr. In 1977, Otace bgan hiz ongowñ siriz v Scrapbcs, fr ẇč h z rnând n hz t dêt cmplitd mr ɖn sixti. Dy t ɖ ilabṛt prôses v mcñ ɖ Scrapbcs, č wn bcmz bʈ a pêntd n sculpčṛl entti. An xtnsv prezntešn v hiz Scrapbcs wz šôn jrñ ɖ 2013 Venis Bienāle.

Ɖ xibišn at Paṛsol ynit pṛvîdz impwtnt xpožr v Otace’z ŕli, rīsnt n ny wrcs. It fôc̣sz ptklrli on hiz Retina n Tîm̦emri siyriz, bt olso includz wrcs fṛm ɖ Frost n Sél siriz. Svṛl v Otace’z filmz, anɖr intgṛl pāt v hiz practis, wl olso b scrīnd jrñ ɖ xibišn.

Kretd bî Zība Āḍlan, Fândr/Drctr v Paṛsol ynit fândešn fr cntmprri āt, ɖs xibišn z Šinro Otace’z frst mêjr šo in a public Lundn instityšn. It z acumṗnid bî a fl-culr publicešn, includñ esez bî Māco Livñstn n Žŭlien Bizmŭʈ, n a rletd prôgram v edycešnl ivnts, famli wrcšops, a powtri wrcšop n an ātisțwc at ɖ Jpan Fândešn, Lundn.

Born in 1955 in Tôcio, Šinro Otace z wn v Jpan’z līdñ n most iṇṿtv cntmprri ātists. Hiz practis xtndz fṛm ɖ criešn v vižl-āts projcts n ātistbcs t sând n ācitcčṛl projcts. Šinro Otace wz rīsntli awōdd wn v Jpan’z most prestijs āṭwōdz: Ɖ Êjnsi fr Culčṛl Aferz Ministr’z Awōd fr ɖ Fîn Āts 2013–2014.”

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THE MODERN LENS: INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE TATE COLLECTION │ Tate St Ives, Cornwall → 10 May 2015

“Pạnirñ ātists fṛm acrs Yṛp, ɖ Americ̣z n Jpan r biyñ šôn at Têt St Îvz fr ɖ frst tîm in Ɖ Modn Lenz.

Ɖs z ɖ ljst dsple v fôṭgrafic wrcs evr t b xibitd at ɖ gaḷri. Lcñ at dveḷpmnts in inṭnašnl ftogṛfi fṛm ɖ 1920z t ɖ 1960z, ɖ xibišn uncuvrz ɖ sens v krioṣti n xperimntešn az ātists hānist ɖ mīdı̣m in ny wez.

Ftogṛfi wz yzd t xplor îdiyz v abstraẋn, dveḷpt in tandm wɖ ɖ imrjns v wîdr moḍnist lanĝjz acrs ɖ glôb. It olso demnstretd ɖ significns v a lôcl pspctv, az ātists cmbînd ɖ brwd inflụnsz v abstraẋn, cnstructvizm n sriylizm wɖ ɖer ôn contxts. Ɖr r imijz v rṛl landsceps, ōganic fwmešnz, man-md objcts n industrı̣l mtirı̣lz, az wel az v ŕbn ācitcčr.

Lūsli arenjd bî lcešn, Ɖ Modn Lenz ôpnz wɖ ftogṛfi n abstraẋn in Latin America: ācitcčr, lît n cnstructd fwmz undrpin wrcs bî ātists sč az Žraldo di Barŭs n Tomaz Fāc̣s in Bṛzil.

In subsiqnt gaḷriz, pêntñz n sculpčrz fṛm Britiš ātists in ɖ 1930z, includñ Pwl Naš, Ben Niclsn, Îvn Hičnz, Bābra Hepẉʈ n Henri Mur, xplor a mmnt in Britiš moḍnizm šêpt bî ɖ opozñ fwsz v pyr abstraẋn n sriylizm. Ɖz wrcs r šôn in rlešn t a fôṭgrafic sīqns md bî ācitect n dzînr Šālot Periã, ātist Fernã Ležé n ācitect Pier Žaneré, hu wr c̣laḅretñ in Paris in ɖ sem pirı̣d; ɖer wrc z ɖ rzult v a siriz v pfwmd wōcs in ẇč ɖe stêjd incântrz wɖ jı̣mtric fwmz in nêčr.

Ɖ imbresñ v ny tecnoḷjiz t rle ɖ fwml qoḷtiz v lît, spês n tôn wr sentṛl lesnz v ɖ Bâhâs in Jrṃni fṛm its ôpnñ in 1919.

Includñ rer fôtogramz, prints n filmfŭtij bî rnând tytrz Lasló Moholi-Noj n Valter Peterhanz alñ wɖ ɖer stydnts, ɖ xibišn cnsidrz hâ ɖ scūl inflụnst mîgṛnt moḍnist ftogṛfrs sč az Iweo Yaṃwaci fṛm Jpan n ɖ Hungẹrı̣n Ydit Cāras.

Ɖ Modn Lenz culminets wɖ ɖ wrc v Hari Caḷhn, wn v America’z most influenšl ftogṛfrz. Invîtd t tīč at Moholi-Noj’z Ny Bâhâs (Šicago Instityt v Dzîn), Caḷhn wrct īqli in blac n ẇît az wel az in culr, n wz ci t ɖ dveḷpmnt v fwml abstraẋn in pôstwor Americn ftogṛfi.”

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HOME TRUTHS: PHOTOGRAPHY, MOTHERHOOD AND IDENTITY │ Elina Brotherus, Elinor Carucci, Ana Casas Broda, Ann Fessler, Fred Hüning, Miyako Ishiuchi, Katie Murray and Hanna Putz │ Belfast Exposed → 20 December 2014

Hômtruɖs: Ftogṛfi, Muɖrhd n Îdntti priznts ɖ wrc v êt inṭnašnl ātists hu xplor ɖ complx n dmandñ xpirı̣ns v muɖrhd. Ɖ ātists drw on a wîd renj v inflụnsz, fṛm fašn n lîfstîl maġzīnz t fanṭsi n fiẋn, fṛm pêntñ n îc̣nogṛfi t vnaklr ftogṛfi, fṛm pfwmns n stêjd practisz t prîvt jrnlz n evrīde lîf.

Set agnst a bacdrop v inseṣ̌bl public aṗtît fr picčrz v ṣlbṛti mumz n bêbiz, ɖ ātists dpict fmiłr, n ls viẓbl, aspects v muɖrñ fṛm a dīpli prsnl pspctv. Pregnnsi, brʈ, ɖ ifct v bcmñ a muɖr on wn’z pṛfešnl îdntti; ɖ rlešnšp btwn jeṇrešnz v muɖrz; cmñ t trmz wɖ los, abandnmnt, n ɖ unflfild dzîr t bcm a muɖr r ol erı̣z xplord in ɖ xibišn. Inṭwivñ naṛtvz, čājd wɖ cnflictñ imošnz, pṛvîd an intiṃt, multīfasitd n uncnvnšnl vy v a ynivrsl xpirı̣ns.

Ātists’ Bîogfiz

Elina Brotes (b. 1972, Finḷnd)

Rīsnt xibišnz includ Luīziana Myziym v Modn Āt, Humlībîc, Denmāc; Bozar Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruslz; Sāči Gaḷri, Lundn n Lianžu Ftogṛfīfestivl, Lianžu, Čîna. Awōdz includ ɖ Finiš Stêtprîz fr Ftogṛfi (2008) n ɖ Prix Niépce v Gens d’image, Frans (2005) amñ uɖrz. Š hz publišt for moṇgrafs.

Elinor C̣ruči (b. 1971, Izrel)

Xibišnz includ Ric̦o Maresca, Ny Ywc; Ggozı̣n Lundn; Edwin Hūc Gaḷri, Ny Ywc, n Jêmz Hîmn Gaḷri, Lundn. Awōdz includ ɖ Inṭnašnl Sentr v Ftogṛfi’z Infiṇtịwōd fr Yuñ Ftogṛfr (2001); ɖ Ggnhîm Felošp (2002) n Ny Ywc Fândešn fr ɖ Āts Felošp (2010).

Ana Casas Brôda (b. 1965, Spên)

Sns 2007 Casas Brôda hz dzînd public prôgramz at Centro de la Imagen, Mexico Siti. Š hz xibitd hr wrc in Spên, Ostria, Jrṃni n Mexico. La Fabrica publišt hr wrc Kinderwunsch in 2013 n it wl b xibitd in PHoto Espana in 2014.

Án Feslr (b. 1950, YSA)

Feslr hz pṛdyst ʈri filmz n ritn a nonfiẋn bc on adopšn, Ɖ Grlz Hu Went Awe. Awōdz includ ɖ prestijs Radclif Felošp at ɖ Radclif Instityt fr Advanst Studi, Hāṿd Ynivrsti.

Fred Hrnñ (b. 1966, Jrṃni)

Hrnñ’z wrc hz bn šôn at ftogṛfīfestivlz in Lîpzig, Wj, Câṇs n Āl. Xibišnz includ Gallery Brotfabrik, Brlin (2011); Museum Dieselkraftwerk, Cotḅs (2011) n Ātmyziym Wūhan, Čîna (2009). Awōdz includ ɖ Ātprîz fr Ftogṛfi fṛm ɖ Loto-Fândešn Brlin-Brandnbrg (2007).

Miaco Išiuči (b. 1947, Jpan)

Išiuči hz hd nymṛs sôlo xibišnz sns 1977, includñ at ɖ Našnl Myziym v Modn Āt in Tôcio. In 1979 š wun Jpan’z hîist awōd fr ftogṛfi, ɖ Cīmŭra Ihe. Hr wrc hz bn publišt in mr ɖn twenti moṇgrafs. Miaco Išiuči z ɖ winr v ɖ prestijs 2014 Haslblad Fândešn Inṭnašnl Awōd in Ftogṛfi.

Cêti Muri (b. 1974, YSA)

Xibišnz includ Čašama Gaḷri, Ny Ywc (2013); Hômfrunt Gaḷri, Ny Ywc (2011) n ɖ Inṭnašnl Sentr fr Ftogṛfi, Ny Ywc (2008). Awōdz includ Ny Ywc Stêt Rezidntsgrant fr Xḷns in Ftogṛfi (1996); ɖ Robin Fwbz Mmwrı̣l Ftogṛfịwōd (1997); ɖ Bari Cown Awōd fr Xḷns in Āt (2000) n a Ny Ywc Fândešn fr ɖ Āts grant in 2012. A moṇgraf v hr wrc z publišt bî Dêlît Bcs.

Hana Pts (b. 1987, Ostria)

Xibišnz includ Pavlovz Dog Gaḷri, Brlin; Vêcnt Gaḷriz, Ostria n Kunsthalle Wien, Ostria. In 2012, š wz šwtlistd fr Hyéres Cntmprri Ftogṛfīprîz n 1000 Wrdz Ftogṛfịwōd, n nominetd az wn t woč bî Britiš Jrnl v Ftogṛfi.

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Hômtruɖz: Ftogṛfi, Muɖrhd n Îdntti z kretd bî Sūzn Brît n z a Ftogṛfrz’ Gaḷri turñexibišn. Ɖ orijinl xibišn hz bn modifîd fr prezntešn at Belfast Xpozd. Ɖ xibišn z ṣpwtd bî Ātscaunsl Nwɖn Îrlnd, Belfast Sitīcaunsl n Dpātmnt v Sošl Dveḷpmnt.”

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YAYOI KUSAMA: BRONZE PUMPKINS │ Victoria Miro, London → 19 December 2014

“Victoria Miro z dlîtd t priznt a ny bodi v sculpčrz bî Jaṗnīz ātist Yayý Csama dedicetd t hr îconic dpiẋn v pumpcinz.

Ɖ xibišn cmprîzz a mêjr ny siriz v bronzsculpčrz on dsple in ɖ gaḷri’z ynīc wōtrgādn. Ɖ bronzpumpcinz hv bn tu yirz in ɖ mcñ n māc ɖ frst tîm ɖ ātist hz wrct wɖ bronz on sč a lj scêl.

Sns hr ŕliist fwṃtv yirz, in a famli hu md ɖer livñ cultivetñ plantsīdz, Csama hz bn fasinetd bî ɖ načṛl wrld. Š hz olwz hd an afiṇti wɖ nêčr, ptklrli vejitl n flwṛl lîf, bt ɖ pumpcin cntinyz t okpî a spešl plês in hr îc̣nogṛfi n z a mtif š hz rtrnd t rpitdli ʈrt hr c̣rir.

Ɖ plant apirz in sm v hr pêntñz n wrcs on pêpr az ŕli az 1948. Aftr hr rtrn fṛm Ny Ywc t Jpan in ɖ 1970z š rīdiscuvrd ɖ ʈīm, n bgan mcñ sirı̣l wrcs dpictñ ɖ pumpcin in verı̣s mīdia: pêntñz, prints, sculpčr, insṭlešn n invîrnmntl wrcs. Š hz md tîni pumpcinz no bgr ɖn a cīrñ, n monymntl pumpcinz ɖt dwōf ɖ vywr wɖ ɖer scêl. Š hz plêst pumpcinz in boxstrucčrz n in mirŗūmz, n yzd ɖ dstnctv nobli paṭnñ v ɖer scinz az inspirešn fr hr ynīc dotpatnd pêntñz n txtîlz. In 1993 pumpcinz fwmd pāt v hr prezntešn in ɖ Jaṗnīz Pviłn at ɖ Venis Bienāle. In 1994 hr îconic xtirı̣r sculpčr v a lj yelo n blac pumpcin wz saitd at ɖ Benese Ātsait Naošīma, an îḷnd in Jpan’z inḷnd sì dedicetd t dspleyñ āt wɖn nêčr.

Ɖ ātist hz a stroñ prsnl îdntificešn wɖ ɖ pumpcin, n hz dscrîbd hr imijz v ɖm az a fwm v slfpwtričr. Š admîrz pumpcinz fr ɖer hādiṇs n evrīde qoḷti, az wel az fr ɖer ynīc n plizñ fizicl qoḷtiz. Š hz ritn:

Pumpcinhed wz an epiʈet yzd t dsparij ugli, igṇṛnt men, n ɖ frêz Pt îz n a nôz on a pumpcin ivoct a puji n uṇtractv wmn. It sīmz ɖt pumpcinz d nt inspîr mč rspct. Bt I wz inčantd bî ɖer čāmñ n winsm fwm. Ẇt apild t m most wz ɖ pumpcin’z jenṛs unpritnšsṇs. Ɖt n its solid spiričl bês. (Yayý Csama, Infiṇtīnet: Ɖ Ōṭbîogṛfi v Yayý Csama, trnz. Ralf MCāʈi, Lundn 2011, p.76).

Ɖ xibišn z acumṗnid bî a fŭli iḷstretd caṭlog wɖ txt bî Gilda Wiłmz.

Csama’z wrc z cuṛntli ɖ subjct v ʈri mêjr inṭnašnl myziymexibišnz. Yayý Csama: A Drīm I Dremt z a sôlo xibišn v ovr 100 rīsnt wrcs travlñ ʈru Eža, frst dspled at ɖ Dêgu Ātmyziym in C̣rīa, folod bî ɖ Myziym v Cntmprri Āt, Šañhî, ɖen Sôl Ātșentr. It wl tur ʈru 2015 t venyz includñ ɖ Gâšŭñ Myziym v Fîn Āt; ɖ Našnl Tîwan Myziym v Fîn Āts, Tîčŭñ, n ɖ Našnl Gaḷri v Modn Āt, Ny Deli.

Yayý Csama: Infiṇt Obsešn turz Sentṛl n Sâʈ America ʈrt 2015. Cnsistñ v ovr 100 wrcs crietd btwn 1950 n 2013, ɖ xibišn ôpnd in June 2013 at Malba – Fndaʈion Costntīni, Bweṇs Ẹriz – setñ a ny rec̣ḍtndns fr ɖ myziym – n ɖen travld t ɖ Sentru Clṭral Bancu du Bṛzil, Hiu di Žneru; ɖ Sentru Clṭral Bancu du Bṛzil, Bṛzilia, n ɖ Institutu Tomi Otace, Sâ Pâlu, n rīsntli ôpnd at ɖ Mzeo Tmîo Āte Cntmṗranio, Mexico Siti.

Travlñ t verı̣s venyz in Jpan, ɖ tur v Yayý Csama: Itrṇti v Itrnl Itrṇti bgan in Jaňri 2012. In 2014 ɖ xibišn travld t ɖ Cntmprri Ātmyziym, Cŭmmoto n ɖ Acŭta Senšu Myziym v Āt n ôpnz ɖs munʈ at ɖ Matsūẓcaia Myziym, Îči.”

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Ɖ folowñ wrcs wr in ɖ intirı̣r xibišn, ẇč hz olrdi finišt:

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THE SENSORY WAR 1914-2014 │ Manchester Art Gallery → 22 February 2015

“Ɖs mêjr grūpexibišn mācñ ɖ Sentīṇri v ɖ Frst Wrldwor xplorz hâ ātists hv cmynicetd ɖ impact v militri conflict on ɖ bodi, mînd, invîrnmnt n hymn sensz btwn 1914 n 2014.

Ɖ šo xaminz hâ ātists fṛm 1914 onwdz dpictd ɖ devstetñ impact v ny militri tecnoḷjiz yṭlîzd in a senčri v conflict bginñ wɖ ɖ Frst Wrldwor. It brñz tgɖr wrc fṛm a renj v līdñ ātists includñ Henri Lam, CRW Nevinsn, Pwl Naš, Oto Dix, Nansi Spero, Ričd Mos, Omer Fast n fīčrz wrcs bî ɖ hībacūša, svîvrz v ɖ atomic bom dropt on Hirošima, ẇč wr crietd in ɖ 1970z n r biyñ šôn in ɖ YC fr ɖ frst tîm.

(Ṣmanʈa Pein, Đ INṬNAŠNL BIZNISTÎMZ, 24 Septembr 2014)

Ɖ Frst Wrldwor involvd a pṛfând rīcnfiğrešn v senṣri xpirı̣ns n pspšn ʈru ɖ invnšn v devstetñ militri tecnoḷjiz, ẇč dstrŷd hymn lîvz n oltrd ɖ invîrnmnt bynd recgnišn. Its leġsi hz cntinyd n ivolvd ʈru īvn mr radicl fwmz v dstruẋn ovr ɖ last hundṛd yirz. Ʈrt ɖ senčri, ātists hv strugld t undrstand ɖ tru ifct v modn tecṇlojicl warfér. Ẇl militri n pres ftogṛfi hv brwt a ny c̣paṣti t coldli dokyment sč līʈl dsplez, ātists fând a dfṛnt we v siyñ.

Mančestr Ātgaḷri hz a našnli impwtnt c̣lẋn v āt v ɖ Frst Wrldwor, ẇč wz asmbld bî its frst drctr, Loṛns Hêẉd. Têcñ ɖs rič c̣lẋn az ɖ stātñpŷnt, ɖs šo includz historic n cntmprri āt fṛm ɖ YC, Jrṃni, Frans, Iṭli, ɖ Neɖrḷndz, ɖ Ynîtd Stêts, Caṇda, Jpan, Vietnam, Ny Zīḷnd, Aljiria, Îrḷnd, Iran, Izrel n Paḷstîn.

Continue reading THE SENSORY WAR 1914-2014 │ Manchester Art Gallery → 22 February 2015