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.
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 ...
12/DEC/2009-14/FEB/2010 AOMORI MUSEUM OF ART Since the 2000s we have often seen words such as ""heterogeneity"" ""hybrid"" and ""cross discipline"" included in titles of exhibitions and presently it is not unusual for us to enjoy looking at artworks of varying fields including art design high culture or subculture...