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<<The Turner Prize Candidates>> Period: October 29, 1996 - January 12, 1997 Location: Tate Gallery Information: Tate Gallery Milbank, SW1 Tel. 0171-887-8000 <<Inside The Visible>> Period: October 11 - December 8, 1996 Location: Whitechapel Gallery Information: Whitechapel Gallery Whitechapel High St., E1 Tel. 0171-522-7888 The Tate Gallery http://www.illumin.co.uk/ turner/tate.html The Turner Prize at the Tate http://www.illumin.co.uk/ turner/ Channel 4 / The 1996 Turner Prize http://www.channel4.co.uk/ culture/turnerprize/ Douglas Gordon Biography http://www.illumin.co.uk/ britishart/artists/ dg/dg_biog.html Gary Hume Biography http://www.illumin.co.uk/ britishart/artists/ gh/gh_biog.html Rachel Whiteread - Reference Page http://www.artincontext.com/ listings/pages/artist/ e/4zzurgqe/menu.htm Damien Hirst http://www.illumin.co.uk/ turner/hurst.html Damien Hirst Biography http://www.illumin.co.uk/ britishart/artists/ dh/dh_biog.html Hot Wired: POP | Gallery | Work by Damien Hirst http://www.hotwired.net/ gallery/96/27/ index3a.html Charlotte Salomon: "Life? or Theater?" http://www.remember.org/ educate/sal.html Mona Hatoum http://illumin.co.uk/ turner/mona.html Mona Hatoum - Reference Page http://www.artincontext.com/ listings/pages/artist/ 3/6ge420n3/menu.htm

[London Art Information] The Tate Gallery <<The Turner Prize Candidates>> Yoshitaka MOURI The yearend is the season of the Turner Prize. This event, which is a prize given to the most active artist of the year, started in 1984, and is welcomed with a big fanfare, just like the "Kayo Taisho" (Japanese version of the Grammy Awards) in Japan. The reason for this is due to the airing of this event as a special one-hour program during the peak TV viewing time by Channel 4 every year. According to the director of the Tate Gallery, Nicholas Serota, the "objective of this is to show contemporary art to the general public who do not usually have a chance to see it", and it seems his viewpoint is fully successful. There are four candidates this year; Douglas Gordon, Craigie Horsefield, Gary Hume, and Simon Patterson. Gordon's work is a video piece. Horsefield's is photography of the city. Hume's is a painting. Patterson, characteristic of an artist from the Lisson Gallery, presents a pop object and a humorous simulation work of the subway (underground) line map. Thus, works from each type of media are equally selected. This prize has been won by artists representing England in the '90's, such as Anish Kapoor, Rachel Whiteread, Antony Gormley, and Damien Hirst, who received the prize last year. However, this year, the list of the artists may seem a little subdued. The announcement will be on November 28th. It can also be seen on the Internet. Whitechapel Gallery <<Inside The Visible>> At the Whitechapel Gallery, an exhibition featuring 37 female artists is being held. This is a good exhibition not only showing famous female artists, but also having a very clear concept. That concept is namely, a ciriticism towards the male-centered and Eurocentric way of thinking, embraced by Modern Art. However, every work is not an aggressive one in which a masculine woman is juxtaposed against a male principle, but rather, it is an attempt to present a different principle, indicating something fragile, yet strong. Rare works as that of Charlotte Salomon, a Jewish German artist who died in Auschwitz, are also included. The Turner Prize candidate for last year who had higher appraisal than Hirst among the inner circle, Mona Hatoum, exhibits a delicate installation using her own hair, which is quite marvelous. [Yoshitaka MOURI/Cultural Studies] mouri@dircon.co.uk

<<Morphe '96>> Period: November 22 - December 7, 1996 Location: The area along the Aoyama Street Information: Mizuma Art Gallery Tel. 03-3499-0226 e-mail: mag@ba2.so-net.or.jp MORPHE96 http://ux01.so-net.or.jp/ ~mag/morphe.htm MIZUMA ART GALLERY http://ux01.so-net.or.jp/ ~mag/index.html Hiroyuki Matsukage Profile (in Japanese) http://fishmans.eccosys.co.jp /~psyvogue/hirop.htm

<<Morphe '96>> To Be Held Again This Year in Aoyama Makoto MURATA The art exhibition, <<Morphe>>, held along the Aoyama Street last year, will be shown again this year, from November 22 to December 7. The whole town of Aoyama will be used like a gigantic gallery, and more than 60 artists' works will be exhibited in about 50 locations, from showrooms of companies, cafes, to open lots. This year's theme is "Asian Wing". There will be many Asian artists participating, such as Navin Rawanchaikul from Thailand who is planning the "Chiangmai Social Installation". [Makoto MURATA/Art Journalist] Morphe '96 Related Events Opening Party Date: November 22 20:30-22:30 Location: Spiral Cafe Live Performance: Masanori KONISHI Exhibition: Masahiko KOTANI Gallery Guide Tour Tour of Aoyama Date: November 23 14:00(departure)-18:00(end) Tour of Harajuku Date: November 30 14:00(departure)-18:00(end) Participation fee: ¥1500 (Tea and sweets offered during break time) Multimedia Live Event of Sound and Art <<Asian Creators' Meeting>> Participants: SORMA, Keiichirou SHIBUSAWA, Mizuyo KOMIYA, UDBAL Location: Club Asia Date: November 23 16:30 (Door opened) 17:00 (Performance starts) Information: Tel.03-3206-3012 Biwa Performance by Kakushin Nishihara Location: Lapin et Halot Date: November 23, 13:00/19:00 (2 performances) Pre-Art Animation Festival Location: Lapin et Halot Date: November 24 First show 13:00-15:00 Second show 16:00-17:30 Third show 18:30-20:00 Talk Show by Participating Artists Location: Lapin et Halot Date: November 25 18:30 (Door opened) 19:00 (Show starts) Moderator: Min NISHIHARA Artists: Hiroyuki Matsukage, Chelin, Takahiro FUJIWARA Exhibition: Chelin "The Blue Cake" Exhibition by the International Designers' Network (idn) Location: Aoyama Belle Commons Period: November 26 - December 1 11:00-20:00 Filming of "The Blue Fish" Location: Harajuku Quest Hall Date: November 26 18:00 (Door opened) 19:00 (Filming starts)

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