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<<Jasper Johns Retrospective Exhibition>> Tour Exhibitions / New York Period: October 20, 1996 - January 21, 1997 Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) Tour Exhibitions / Cologne Period: March 7 - June 1, 1997 Location: Museum Ludwig, Cologne Tour Exhibitions / Tokyo Period: June 28 - August 17, 1997 Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo MoMa | The Museum of Modern Art http://www.moma.org/ MoMA | Jasper Johns: a retrospective http://www.moma.org/ johns/index.html The Poster Gallery: Modern Masters http://www.postergallery. com/modern.html#johns Welcome to MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO http://www.via.or.jp/ ~imnet/mot/index-e.html

<<Jasper Johns Retrospective Exhibition>> Starting from New York, traveling to Cologne and Tokyo Makoto MURATA The <<Jasper Johns Retrospective Exhibition>> has started at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) (held until January 21st, 1997). When you hear the name "J.J.", the young generation aged under 30 years old may consider him as a figure of the past, or as an artist positioned as a master in art history. However, for those who have studied art in the 60's to the '70's, he was definitely a star of Contemporary Art. In this exhibition, there are the series from the '50's such as the "Flag" and the "Target" series, the masterpiece from 1964, "According to What", the series based on the motif of crosshatching and flagstone from the '70's, "The Seasons" which won a prize at the '88 Venice Biennale, and the "tableau", which was like a riddle of the '90's where versatile images were intricately woven with each other. The works totaled to 225 items. Although the impact we received at the first showings cannot be obtained in this exhibition, the anguish which seeps through from behind the recent works, reflecting the artist's growing state of confusion, touches our hearts, even bringing tears to my eyes. After exhibiting at the MoMA, it will travel to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, then to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, in June next year. [Makoto MURATA/Art Journalist]

<<ARCUS '96>> Location: the ARCUS Studio (Moriya-machi, Soma-gun, Ibaraki prefecture) Period: October 1, 1996 - February, 1997 Information: the ARCUS Studio Tel.0297-48-0757 e-mail: arcus@plum. pref.ibaraki.jp Program Schedule September 29 - December 22, 1996 Communication Program 1 - 3 January 25 - February 23, 1997 Project exhibition Program "AA School Workshop" Location: Periphery of the ARCUS Studio (Moriya-machi, Soma-gun, Ibaraki prefecture) Period: December 9 - 22, 1996 Program content: Workshop inviting Shin Egashira from the AA School, an architectural institute in Great Britain. arcus grand open http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/ prog/arcus/indexe.htm Sharon Lockhart http://www.tractor.com/ petzel/lockhart/lockhart.html Sharon Lockhart - Reference Page http://www.artincontext.com/ listings/pages/artist/ m/1ejxjqam/menu.htm Tawatchai Puntusawasdi OSAKA TRIENNALE 1996 http://www.kpn.nishi.osaka.jp/ osaka-triennale/e.html "AA School" The Architectural Association http://www.ellipsis.com/ evolutionary/aa.html

The <<ARCUS '96>> Starts in Ibaraki Prefecture Makoto MURATA The "ARCUS Project" is a program by the Ibaraki prefecture centered around an artist-in-residence project. The pilot program has entered its second year, and they have started this year by inviting six artists from both Japan and overseas. From October to February next year, the artists will stay in Moriya-machi in southern Ibaraki, and they will use a studio which was formerly a school building for the Ooisawa Elementary School. The 6 artists involved are Elmer Borlongan (the Philippines), Bernard Joisten (France), Sharon Lockhart (United States), Tawatchai Puntusawasdi (Thailand), Shin Ji Young (R.O.K.), and Jun'ya YAMAIDE from Ooita prefecture. Their average age is 28 years old, which is quite young. They will be creating works inspired by the area, for example, filming female students enjoying basketball, and creating works resulting from communication with the residents. [Makoto MURATA/Art Journalist]

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