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<<I Need Art Like I Need God>> Location: South London Gallery Period: Apr. 16 - May 18, 1997 Information: South London Gallery 65 Peckham Road London SE5 TEL.0171-703-6120

[London Information 1] Tracy Emin <<I Need Art Like I Need God>> Exhibition Yoshitaka MOURI The most talked about exhibition in London currently is probably Tracy Emin's first large-scale exhibition. For those who are not familiar with her works, Emin became famous with her work entitled, "Everyone I Ever Slept With, From 1963 To 1995". This work was a blue camping tent with the numbers, "1963-1995", made from cute, pink appliques, affixed on the exterior. The important point was the interior, where, as indicated in the title, the names of more than 100 men that she went to bed with were appliqued. This exhibitionistic work became a sensation, making Emin's name instantly famous, neglecting the bewildered people concerned who had not expected this to happen (among the names, the name of the curator of the exhibition was also mentioned!). This exhibition was titled, "I Need Art Like I Need God" and is an extension of her "tent" work. At the exhibition site, her life - pieces of notes, photographs, video, sex life, and a recreation of her installation - was exhibited as works. Her "tent work" was not exhibited this time, but the comment made by Emin posted next to the newspaper review about the exhibition placed at the side of the site was especially funny. There, she accused, in very detailed description, the critic who stood her up many times after promising to come to see her work when she was still a student. This was a scene in which Tracy Emin (who is like Hachiro TAKU of the British art world) recovered her dignity. The exhibition was certainly worth the visit. [Yoshitaka Mouri/Cultural Studies] mouri@dircon.co.uk

<<David Hockney>> Location: Annely Juda Fine Art Period: May 1 - Jul. 19, 1997 Information: Annely Juda Fine Art 23 Dering Street London W1 TEL.0171-629-7578 David Hockney - Reference Page http://www.artincontext. com/listings/pages/artist/ 8/2i3qorj8/menu.htm GAGA LIBRARY: A BIGGER SPLASH (in Japanese) http://www.gaga.co.jp/ movies/library/bigger.html Cezanne http://whyy.org/ cezanne/index.html Vincent van Gogh http://www.ugrad.cs.jhu.edu/ ~baker/van_gogh.html Vincent van Gogh http://www.seanet.com/ HTML/Users/mfost/ van/van00.html [London Information 2] <<The Peter Blake Exhibition>> - Yoshitaka MOURI Art Information - Dec. 10, 1996

[London Information 2] <<David Hockney>> Exhibition Yoshitaka MOURI This exhibition is a big show in London after a long time by David Hockney from England. It is held almost after 10 years since the one at Tate Gallery in 1988. This exhibition is in celebration of his 60th birthday. It consists of 18 new works including still paintings of flowers and vases and portraits. The usage of color is the same pop and brilliant Hockney-style, but the works form a strange group of paintings with traditional yet well thought out compositions, with classical subjects using brushstrokes which are like a combination of Cezanne and Van Gogh. The writer has not necessarily evaluated Hockney positively before, but that view towards him has totally changed with this exhibition. Even in comparison with the previous pathetic exhibition by Peter Blake, who is also one of the masters of the British Pop Art scene, this "new" attempt by this aritist who has become too famous is worthy of attention. [Yoshitaka Mouri/Cultural Studies] mouri@dircon.co.uk

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