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Koganezawa Takehito
Graffiti of Velocity
2008
Video Installation
Installation view: “Between This and That,” Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery
Photo: Sato Misaki
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Takamine Tadasu
Baby Insa-dong
2004
C-Print, Acrylic Panel, DVD, LCD Monitor
Courtesy: ARATANIURANO, Tokyo
The Creative Potential of a New Japan
“Roppongi Crossing” is a series of exhibitions that introduce
the work of diverse artists and creators with an eye to present a
vision of the future Japanese art scene. Starting from a fundamental
question – “Can there be art”* - the third in the series highlights the
ambitions and dynamic talents who are today actively turning the pages
of Japanese art history. The exhibition represents a “crossing” of
diverse output – photography, sculpture, installation, video, graffiti,
performance and so on – by 20 artists and units ranging from
up-and-coming stars to art world veterans.
While the artworks chosen by the team of three curators are all new or
topical, they are diverse in their approaches. Some refer directly to
various social issues, while others take the form of projects,
presenting new possibilities by their collaborative or trans-genres
natures. The exhibition also introduces creative activities generated
from the streets which is a stage of our daily life, as well as the
work of a new generation that suggest the emergence of a new aesthetic.
Now more than ever, with society and the economy going through a period
of immense change, we are provided with a rare opportunity to think
about the very nature of art. It will be a new Japan that emerges from
this period of upheaval, and the discoveries, surprises and insights
offered in this exhibition provide a clue as to what the art of that
new Japan will be like.
*In the 1990s, in the aftermath of the
collapse of the bubble economy, the late Furuhashi Teiji, of the artist
group Dumb Type, is known to have asked, “Can there be art” which
seemed to inquire whether art can exist outside of the art world’s
confines, in a direct discourse with society in general.
Curators
Kinoshita Chieko (Lecturer, Osaka University Center for the
Study of
Communication-Design)
Kubota Kenji (Independent Curator)
Kondo Kenichi (Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum)
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Teruya Yuken
Notice-Forest
2005
Paper Bag, Glue
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HITOZUKI (Kami + Sasu)
P.I.B.
2007
Latex Paint, Spray Paint on Wall
Yokohama, Japan
