Archive for the ‘Taka Ishii’ Category

Silent Art Auction in Kiyosumi

Opening announcement for a silent charity auction in aid of the areas affected in the North Eastern Japan earthquake. We offer our deepest prayers to all those who lost their lives in the unprecedented crisis of the North Eastern Japan earthquake and its ensuing aftermath, as well as our sympathy to the survivors and their […]

Tonight: Live Event at Taka Ishii

This Friday: Cerith Wyn Evans at Taka Ishii Gallery with Live Performance by Keiji Haino

“Un Coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard”, 20091 of 22 perforated book pages, framed each 32.5 x 24.7 cm This Friday, February 26th from six to eight Taka Ishii Gallery will be holding opening reception for their new exhibition of Cerith Wyn Evans’ work. Starting at 7:30 there will be a live performance by Keiji […]

Peter Yeoh vs. Julia Friedman

Peter Yeoh, the editor of London-based Glass magazine chose a black Rei Kawakubo pant skirt for a Taka Ishii gallery (Tokyo) event. The Contemporary Art Tokyo blogger, Julia Friedman, wore the Russian version by the designer Liudmila Mezentseva. Who Wore It Best? Click here to cast your vote!

Leo Rubinfein at Taka Ishii

Taka Ishii (left) with Leo Runinfien The last opening of 2010 was for Leo Rubinfien’s show at the Taka Ishii gallery. Rubinfien, who was raised in Tokyo but now lives in New York, came to prominence in the 1980s as a proponent of color photography. The photographs (ink jet prints) on view in the current […]

Kyoto Openings: Taka Ishii and TKG Editions

Jeffrey Rosen and Julia Friedman with Lisa Lapinski’s Tobacco Camel, 2010. Plastic foam, adhesive, Tops and Bali Shag Tobacco, 134.6(L) x 33(W) x 106.7(H) cm Taka Ishii Kyoto branch is now showing the new work of a Los Angeles artist Lisa Lapinski. The exhibition, entitled “Th th th th th Snow White”  is more complicated than one […]

Nobuyoshi Araki

Nobuyoshi Araki, “Koki No Shashin : Photographs of A Seventy Year Old” 2010, RP Direct print, Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery With the big anniversary exhibition “Koki No Shashin : Photographs of A Seventy Year Old” at the Taka Ishii gallery having just closed, “the ultimate photographer” is featuring more of his latest work in […]