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Peter McDonald: New Paintings |
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| Roger McDonald |
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| Fresh from having won the First Prize of the prestigious John Moores 25 Contemporary Painting Prize (awarded in Liverpool last September; previous first prizewinners include David Hockney and Peter Doig), Peter McDonald presented new works on canvas, a new suite of three lithographs made in Tokyo, and smaller drawings in his exhibition at Tokyo's Gallery Side 2.
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From Vienna to Kyoto / From Architecture to Crafts |
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| Thomas Daniell |
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| In 1933 Isaburo Ueno (1892-1972), a founding member of the International Architecture Association of Japan, took German modernist architect Bruno Taut to see the 17th-century Katsura Imperial Villa. Taut's brief visit resulted in his famous proclamations that Katsura was a superb example of architectural "functionalism," a paradigm of modernism avant la lettre. more... |
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Everything You Wanted to Know About This Town: The Edo-Tokyo Museum |
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| Alan Gleason |
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| It is an intimidating edifice, hovering ominously over the Sumo Arena next door like a cross between a medieval Japanese castle and an alien star cruiser. In fact, it is built to resemble an old kurazukuri-style elevated storehouse. But as you are transported upward into its vast belly on the space-age red escalator, it feels like you are about to blast off for a distant planet.
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