"Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art" Exhibition

Japan Society Gallery

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"Bye Bye Kitty!!!" is a radical departure from recent Japanese exhibitions. Moving far beyond the stereotypes of kawaii and otaku culture, Japan Society’s show features sixteen emerging and mid-career artists whose paintings, objects, photographs, videos, and installations meld traditional styles with challenging visions of Japan’s troubled present and uncertain future. Each of the three sections, Critical Memory, Threatened Nature, and Unquiet Dream, not only offers a feast for the senses but also demolishes our preconceptions about contemporary Japan and its art.

[Image: Makoto Aida (1965– ) Harakiri School Girls (detail), 2002. Print on transparency film, holographic film, acrylic, 46 3/4 x 33 3/8 in. (119 x 84.7 cm). Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery. Watai Collection. Copyright © AIDA Makoto.]

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Schedule

from March 18, 2011 to June 12, 2011

Artist(s)

Makoto Aida, Rinko Kawauchi et al.

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    Brian Fee tablog review

    "Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art"

    Any opportunity to experience the scope of Japanese contemporary art beyond plasticky kawaii imagery is a welcome one.

    Saori Kashio tablog review

    Ash Color Mountains: An Interview with Makoto Aida

    Once called a “bad boy” of the Japanese art world, his newly completed Ash Color Mountains gives another impression of the artist.

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