Tonight: Live Event at Taka Ishii
Tonight: Kodama Gallery in Kyoto Kohei Kajihara Opening
If you still have time to make it to Kyoto (or you are there already), here is a poster for the new show opening tonight at Kodama Gallery Kyoto.
Tomorrow Night: Maiko Haruki Solo Exhibition “photographs, whatever they are” 1223
Maiko Haruki, neither portrait nor landscape 2, 2010
The exhibition will be held at 1223 GENDAIKAIGA, Tokyo 26 February – 8 May.
Opening Reception: Friday, 25 February 6-8PM.
Tonight: AIT Artist Talk #51
Rear Window, Erik van der Weijde, First edition , 2010, 20 pages, 15×21 cm
AIT ARTIST TALK #51: “Publishing as an Art Practice”
by Dutch Artist, Erik Van Der Weijde
2/23(Wed）19:00-21:00
Erik van der Weijde is on a three month residency with AIT supported by the Fonds BKVB, Holland, an artist who works in the mediums of photography and self-publishing. In Japan recently we have seen the emergence of a lively alternative art ‘zine’ scene. Erik’s books and pamphlets have been included in many such independent book fairs in Europe and in Japan. His works take the form of books of photographs which he takes himself or collects through extensive research, and are collated together under a shared theme or research direction. Subjects have included personal documentation of his family to archival typographies of modernist architecture and historical sites of accidents and events.
He is represented by Gallery Chert in Berlin and his books can be viewed online from these links (1) (2).
Erik will introduce his book projects within the context of artists books and ‘zine’ culture. Examples of his books will be available for browsing at the talk. The talk will be in English with consecutive translation into Japanese by AIT staff.
[Biography]
Born in Dordrecht, NL, 1977. Lives and works in Amsterdam, NL and Natal, BR. Erik van der Weijde works mainly with photography as his tool. He graduated from the Rietveld Academy in 2003 and completed a two year residency at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in 2008. Van der Weijde has published his photographic series with both renowned publishers such as ROMA Publications, Rollo-Press and Kaugummi Books as through his own publishing house 4478ZINE. His work has been shown in galleries and institutions throughout Europe and oversees. Van der Weijde is represented by Chert Gallery, Berlin.
Date and Time: Wed. Feb 23, 2011, 19:00 – 21:00
Organized by: Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT] / Supported by: FONDS BKVB
Venue: AIT Room Daikanyama
Admission: JPY1,000. Students and AIT Base Members JPY800/AIT House Members and Support Members Free (1 free drink)
*Talk will be in English with consecutive Japanese translation
Contact: Send an email with its subject as “AIT ARTIST TALK #51” to office@a-i-t.net, including your name, membership type, and contact.
This Friday: Cerith Wyn Evans at Taka Ishii Gallery with Live Performance by Keiji Haino
“Un Coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard”, 2009
1 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 Haino, do not miss it!! Click here for more information.
Tomorrow Night: Satomi Shirai Gallery Discussion at Motus Fort
Motus Fort gallery says:
Please join Satomi Shirai for a gallery discussion at Motus Fort on Thursday, February 24, starting at 6:00pm. Hope to see you all there.
２月２４日（木）、１８時よりMotus Fortにてギャラリー・ディスカッションを開きます。皆様のご参加を楽しみにしております。
Let’s enjoy discussion and drink.
Nagoya: Gallery IDF
Rie Wakiyachi, Here and There 116.7×116.7cm (S50) パネルにミクスドメディア 2011. Image courtesy of the gallery.
Located in the outskirts of Nagoya is Gallery IDF, one of the leading figures in the Nagoya contemporary art scene. Their current “New! Artists Preview” features four artists with sparkling talent, two of which have been part of ULTRA 003 last year. A variety of works line their walls: The man-faced crows by Rie Wakiyachi done simply with strong, flat colors exudes a silence that at once draws in and repels the viewer. Contrastingly, colorful scenes from the circus by Kashiwabara depict light-hearted playfulness. Stain-like silhouettes of girls in blue and green peek out from Aiko Konomi’s canvases while Ooishi provide two-toned abstractions. These earmarked artists we will probably see more of in Tokyo too.
by Chisako Izuhara
