“OUTERSIDE,” which had an exhibition December before last, came back to the CALM & PUNK GALLERY by Gas As Interface last December with a new member. Since there’s a relationship of mutual trust between Kenichiro Mizun...

SYLVANIAN FAMILIES BIENNALE 2017

2017.3.6　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

An American country style doll house “Sylvanian Families” being as a gallery, 12 artists and collectives exhibit there, featuring artists’ subjects to form a miniatures imaginary exhibition. “Sylvanian Families Bienna...

TETSUYA NOGUCHI “ANTIQUE HUMAN”

2017.1.21　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

Tetsuya Noguchi is an artist who establishes a fascinating world of which is neither fake nor reality, through Japanese armed warriors created by the modern technical use of resin and plastic. He had an exhibition ent...

MIWONDERFUL “MAKEUP RESTAURANT” IN TOKYO

2017.1.11　 Text: Haru Murayama

The event named “Makeup Restaurant” was held in Hrajuku, Tokyo organized by makeup artist Miwonderful (Miwa Yokoyama). Audience is “served” the full course of makeup know-how with cosmetic plates by chef Miwonderful. ...

MICHEL BLAZY “LIVING ROOM II”

2016.12.19　 Text: Shuhei Ohata

“Passage, a small street or shopping streets with a roof that connecting big streets, has been often seen in Paris. Especially in Paris, passage means meaningful to those artists avant-garde for “Flâneur” who wander a...

TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2016

2016.11.17　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

The 31st international creative festival "TOKYO DESIGN WEEK" started in 1986 and was held at the front of the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery from October 26th, 2016 to November 6th. (It was canceled on November 7th) ...

PIERRE HUYGHE “UNTILLED HOST”

2016.10.28　 Text: Shuhei Ohata

Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo in Omotesando is currently exhibiting Pierre Huyghe’s “Untilled Host”. Huyghe is a leading contemporary artist. Born in 1962, he is currently based in both Paris and New York. Two video piec...

JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL EXHIBITION “POWER TO CHANGE”

2016.10.25　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

Japan Media Arts Festival has the 20th anniversary this year. As the keyword “change” indicates, Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition “POWER TO CHANGE” introduces various expression of media art t...

DOBOKU: CIVIL ENGINEERING

2016.10.21　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

What do you imagine when you hear the word “doboku (civil engineering)”? From transportation networks such as roads and railroads to communication technologies like mobile phones and the Internet, from water and s...

SUTRA

2016.10.7　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has infused a new aesthetic form into Shaolin Kung Fu. 19 athletic warrior monks from the world renowned Shaolin Temple have teamed up with director and choreographer Sidi Larbi ...

ART GIVEN OUT: ARTISTS FIGHTING THEIR WAYS INTO SOCIETY. HOW TO PROCEED ART

2016.5.24　 Text: Yoko Akiyoshi

On January 16th 2016, a talk event titled “Art given Out: Artists fighting their ways into society. How to proceed Art” was held at Aoyama Book Center in Tokyo. The event featured two artists who have been creating wo...

TOKYO ART MEETING Ⅵ “TOKYO”

2016.3.31　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo recently held a show called “Tokyo Art Meeting Ⅵ "TOKYO" －Sensing the Cultural Magma of the Metropolis”, from November 2015 through February 14th 2016. As the title of this show ...