Artist Miwako Iga constructs a humorous and satirical story with miniature dolls as the protagonists in her photographic works. The expressionless dolls and vibrant motifs seem to add an extra sharp edge to the distressing situations and scenes taken from everyday life which they find themselves in. The gap created entices laughter while giving a…
“When it comes to my artwork, I have always been a man of few words. My paintbrush seems to be more eloquent than my tongue. But I paint everything that I want to say onto my canvases, and I have complete faith in the fact that my works speak for themselves. This is one reason…
This volume provides full documentation of this unprecedented exhibition of the same name, running from October 14th – December 25th 2006 and occupying 100% of the exhibition space of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Documentation of the over 2000 artworks featured in the exhibition is included, along with photographs of the works as installed…
This volume showcases 154 works selected by the artist himself from his days as a student to his solo exhibition at Base Gallery in 2007, offering a comprehensive overview of Takahashi’s work to date. The artist’s work is sometimes labeled ‘Japanese’ in nature. Still, Takahashi says that he has no lofty goal of “taking a…
Artist Shigeno Ichimura creates subtle, cool canvases composed of tight patterns of raised dots and silver industrial paint. The volume ‘Time Drops’ features a selection of 82 artworks from the artist’s ‘silver-monochrome’ series created between 1996 and 2008. Ichimura’s works when viewed individually can sometimes seem quite subdued, but this artist book provides a rare…
Mayumi Terada starts with configuring precise miniature model. By ingenerating the eventual form as gelatin silver print,she has been expressing the boundary between truth and falsehood,and her works appear to fully take advantage of the characteristic traits which photograph as media provides us with. This catalogue collectively covers the total of 137 works dating from…
The work of Keisuke Shirota is made up of color print and monochrome paint. The partly colored viewing surface seems as if it metaphors the optical mechanism at the occasion of our viewing objects and mechanism when something visible remains in ourself as memories. This catalogue covers the total number of 154 works, dating back…
The official catalogue of “A Retrospective – Postwar/ Painting” at Fukuoka Art Museumu (July 9-August 28. 2011) and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum (July 16-August 31. 2011). Along with the colored images of 323 works, 23 pages of detailed chronology, 14 pages of the list of literature and 71 pages of long interview, this catalogue is…
The painter Kinzo, known as Ekin, played an important role in Tosa (presently Kochi prefecture)from the end of Edo period and established the genre of “shibai-e” screens.The year 2012 marks the bicentennial of his birth,“EKIN: The Variegated Darkness” was proudly presented at The Museum of Art, Kochi on view from October 28 to December 16.This…
東京オペラシティ アートギャラリー における「五線譜に描いた夢 日本近代音楽の150年」（2013年10月11日～12月23日）の公式図録。幕末以来、 わが国において西洋音楽がどのように受容されてきたかを垣間見ることができる類例のない規模の展覧会。 出品資料約300点を収録するほか関連年表や音楽雑誌創廃刊チャートなど資料性も高い。 音楽に関心のある者のみならず、日本の近代化に興味がある人にとって価値のある一冊。美術や文学をはじめ他の表現分野を相対化して考えるヒントに満ちている。
