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Waiting for Video: Works from the 1960s to Today |
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| Jeffrey Ian Rosen |
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| A primary premise behind "Waiting for Video," co-curated by Kenjin Miwa and Mika Kuraya (both of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), is the crucial role that video and later film and digital media have played in the development of a postmodern or contemporary aesthetic. more...
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Klein Dytham architecture: It was 20 years ago today... |
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| Thomas Daniell |
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| Twenty years ago, Astrid Klein (Italian) and Mark Dytham (British), both graduates of London's Royal College of Art, arrived in Tokyo to begin work for a young avant-garde architect named Toyo Ito. Precocious, ambitious, and prodigiously talented, within a couple of years they had gained the courage to strike out on their own as Klein Dytham architecture (KDa). more... |
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Demons and Demigods: Ashura at the Tokyo National Museum |
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| Alan Gleason |
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| Since its construction in 710, the Main Hall, or Chukondo, of Nara's Kohfukuji Temple has burned down and been rebuilt seven times. Miraculously, a number of priceless Buddhist sculptures were rescued each time and survive today. more...
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