“A Colossal World: Japanese Artists and New York, 1950s - Present” Exhibition

“A Colossal World: Japanese Artists and New York, 1950s - Present” Exhibition

WHITE BOX

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WhiteBox presents “A Colossal World: Japanese Artists and New York, 1950s - Present,” a group exhibition curated by Kyoko Sato. Spanning the entirety of WhiteBox’s two-leveled exhibition space, the show features video, sculpture, murals, installation, and two-dimensional media works by 55 Japanese artists who emigrated to New York during the formative stages of their careers.

“A Colossal World” investigates the reciprocal channels of influence established between multiple generations of Japanese artists and the city of New York. While these artists absorbed elements of New York’s culture into new artworks, they also impacted and enriched New York’s culture itself. This exhibition, though not claiming to be a historical or academic in-depth study, aims to help trace the evolution of this vibrant exchange from Japan’s post-World-War-II economic boom to the present, from mid-century avant-gardes to emerging contemporary artists pushing new boundaries.

Throughout the exhibition, visitors will see the particular ways in which Japanese artists have contributed to the betterment of New York City’s artistic and cultural landscape within the past half-century. The exhibition will not be chronological, but will juxtapose works from different periods to show various themes and threads of influence. The intent is to consider artworks as living documents alongside extensive documentation, always being reinterpreted through the present moment.

“A Colossal World” features works by AIKO, Noriko Ambe, Ei Arakawa, Shusaku Arakawa, Ay-O, Eiko & Koma, Makoto Fujimura, Tom Haar, Toru Hayashi, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Ken Hiratsuka, Yasuo Ihara,Takahiko Iimura, Gen’ichiro Inokuma, KAORUKO, Emiko Kasahara, On Kawara, Takeshi Kawashima,Kenji Kojima, Miwa Komatsu, Tatsuo Kondo, Shigeko Kubota, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Yayoi Kusama, Sebastian Masuda, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Takashi Murakami, Nobuho Nagasawa, Rakuko Naito, Naoto Nakagawa, Toshiko Nishikawa, Masaaki Noda, Oscar Oiwa, Kenzo Okada, Yoko Ono, Takako Saito, Masaaki Sato, Hiroshi Senju, Noriko Shinohara, Ushio Shinohara, Mieko Shiomi, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Kunié Sugiura, Mayumi Terada, Yuken Teruya, thousand pictures, Yasunao Tone, Momoyo Torimitsu, Toyo Tsuchiya, Motoko Wada, Yoshimasa Wada, Yukinori Yanagi, Yoichiro Yoda, Minoru Yoshida.

Curatorial Advisors Reiko Tomii, Midori Yoshimoto, and Juan Puntes.

Media

• Sculpture
• Installation
• Video installation

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