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Transposition onto the Future World: Miwa Yanagi's My Grandmothers |
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| Kenneth Masaki Shima |
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| Part of the modern condition is a constant reassessment of positions. How do we locate our place within the world, society, and the family? Globally, how do we think about the environment or the development of technology into the future? more...
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In Praise of Bamboo: Sculptures by Norio Hosaka |
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| Nicolai Kruger |
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| Coexist Gallery recently moved to an Akihabara side street from its former location in Roppongi. Now occupying an old factory building, Coexist refers to itself as an eco-art gallery; its motto is "Think the Earth through Art." more... |
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Taro Okamoto: A Man and His Mural, Both Larger than Life |
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| Alan Gleason |
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| Some artists cast such a long shadow that they demand to be reckoned with, whether or not you like their work. Taro Okamoto is one such presence. His impact on the postwar art scene in Japan is multifaceted and impossible to avoid -- all the more so now that his huge, semi-abstract mural of an atomic blast, "Myth of Tomorrow," adorns a major commuter corridor in one of Tokyo's busiest train terminals. more...
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