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Gutai: The Kansai Avant-Garde Group Finally Arrives |
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| Christopher Stephens |
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| Like butoh dance and Japanoise music, the avant-garde approach of the Gutai Art Association has proved to be more popular abroad than it has at home. Over the last 20 years in particular, the Kansai-based group has been showcased in a variety of exhibitions in Europe, and a large-scale retrospective is to be held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York next February. more... |
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Shapes, Colors, Textures, and Wisdom from Tohoku |
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| Susan Rogers Chikuba |
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| August is the last opportunity to catch Tema Hima: The Art of Living in Tohoku, an exhibition representative of the "back to basics" mood that's been spreading in Japan since the disasters of 3-11. In art spaces and other provocative venues throughout the country, more and more we encounter the question, "What are we chasing after, anyway -- might it be time to pull back, slow down, and reassess?" more... |
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Hell Can Be Fun -- for Kids: Takayuki Yamamoto in San Francisco and Takamatsu |
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| Alan Gleason |
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| On a recent trip to the U.S. I stopped off in San Francisco and took a look at the Asian Art Museum's current show, Phantoms of Asia. Bringing together some 150 works by contemporary artists from all over the continent, it's an ambitious undertaking with a theme to match: "exploring spirituality and the afterlife." more... |
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