Miwa YANAGI: Po-po Nyangnyang |
Editor's Note
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Written by Satoshi KOGANEZAWA
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Published: July 14 2009 |
Solo exhibition of Miwa Yanagi, who was a representative artist at the Japanese pavilion of this year's La Biennale di Venezia. The previous exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, exhibited only the “My Grandmothers” series. In comparison, her new work, the “Windswept Women” (4000×3000mm) series, which was announced in Venice, is exhibited in addition to the “Fairy Tale” series of the old work in this exhibition. It is suggested by the music of “The Old Girl’s Troupe” (10min.) that the old woman posing and showing off huge breasts in the large photograph is actually dancing. Though it seems rather dramatic, we do not find it shows an admiration for aging, but rather Yanagi’s sarcastic eye on rejoicing and sorrow. It is also interesting to view the exhibition “Artists from KEIO” which is being simultaneously held on the B2 floor, and to see the clear delimitation between the exhibitions.
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