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Kyoko Ishikawa "from my tickets" |
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| Jeffrey Ian Rosen |
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| Kyoko Ishikawa examines language through sculpture and sculpture through language in a practice that is decidedly post-conceptual. While her grammar and vocabulary are mannered, the work is contemporary to a degree rare amongst artists practicing in Japan today. Ishikawa delights in form and consequently insists upon taking a direct and honest approach to its examination. This results in an exhibition in perpetual process, yet one which never feels unfinished.
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The Next What? 1 - Design for the Next and Critical Juncture
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| Nicolai Kruger |
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| 1 - Design for the Next is an intriguing title for an exhibition of works by thirty contemporary Japanese creators working in various genres at the Tokyo Midtown Design Hub. Concurrently, the first group of students from the Faculty of Design at Kyushu University (who graduated last March) is holding a First Anniversary show at the school's Tokyo promotional hub next door. In keeping with the "one" theme, their show is entitled 1st Challenge: Kyushu University Faculty of Design "Critical Juncture." more... |
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