Urgent Talk 031:
Things Fall Apart - Alfredo Jaar
Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
New York-based Chilean artist, architect and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar is internationally recognized for his multimedia installations exploring sociopolitical issues such as segregation, discrimination, and the relationship between the economically advantaged and disadvantaged. Talks are also an important part of Jaar's creative practice, and he holds workshops and discussions around the globe touching upon problems that are often overlooked in society.
With Donald Trump’s rise to power in the US, Britain’s exit from the EU, and moves to expel immigrants from a number of nations, the sociopolitical milieu of our world today is giving stark expression to the very social issues Jaar has been spotlighting. Join Jaar in pondering just how we should confront these situations, and whether art can make a difference.
- Date & Time
- 19:00-20:30, April 18 [Tue], 2017 (Doors Open: 18:30)
* Mori Art Museum will close at 17:00 and reopen at 18:30 only for those with bookings. - Speaker
- Alfred Jaar (Artist)
- Organizer
- Mori Art Museum
- Cooperation
- Global Art Practice, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
- Alfredo Jaar
- Artist, architect, filmmaker. Born 1956 in Santiago de Chile; lives and works in New York. His work has been shown extensively in international exhibitions including the Venice Biennale (1986, 2007, 2009, 2013), São Paulo Biennial (1987, 1989, 2010) and Documenta in Kassel (1987, 2002), as well as in solo exhibitions at museums and galleries around the world. Japanese audiences will remember his participation in the Aichi Triennale (2013) and the Mori Art Museum’s 10th anniversary exhibition “All You Need Is LOVE: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku” (2013).
