Tokyo Visualist Launched at New York’s Japan Society

Curated by the international curators like David Elliott, the Museum of Modern Art’s curator Sarah Suzuki, to the publishers themselves, Tokyo Visualist presents a whole cross section of contemporary art practice in Japan.

poster for

"Tokyo Visualist: Three Views" Panel Discussion

at Japan Society Gallery
in the Midtown area
This event has ended - (2010-03-02)

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On Tuesday March 2, 2010, the launch of the bilingual English/Japanese art publication Tokyo Visualist took place at Japan Society. Kohei Nawa and Taisuke Koyama, two of the 32 Japanese artists featured in this illustrated catalog along with the two publishers Masako Shinn and Satoru Yamashita introduced the book and selected artists. Tokyo Visualist is filled with interviews conducted by various specialists of Japanese contemporary art, from the international curator David Elliott, through the Museum of Modern Art’s curator Sarah Suzuki, to the publishers themselves, presenting a whole cross section of contemporary art practice in Japan, aptly labeled from Tokyo, but not exclusive to this city.
I had the chance to moderate the talk.

Photography by misaki matsui.

Tokyo Visualist's publisher and curator, Masako Shinn.
Tokyo Visualist's publisher and curator, Satoru Yamashita.
Artist, Kohei Nawa.
Kohei Nawa presentation about his works.
Artist, Taisuke Koyama.
Taisuke Koyama presentation about his photography.
Panel discussion.
Taisuke Koyama and Kohei Nawa signing the books.

Aneta Glinkowska

Aneta Glinkowska. Aneta, aka perke, was born and raised in the part of Poland where bagels and bialys allegedly come from. She did not taste either until she first arrived in NYC in her late teens. She fancies herself a photographer, moving image-maker, swimmer, writer and reader. She is hoping to be immortalized as perke in a Ryu Murakami novel, and then perhaps make a movie loosely based on it. In addition to helping run NYAB, Aneta shoots video interviews for TAB and NYAB. She is also on the lookout for gigs with NYC-based filmmakers. » See other writings

Comments

  1. Sakura
    2010-03-08

    Hello Aneta,

    I really enjoyed working with you and Kosuke on this Tokyo Visualist event. It was nice you had the chance to make it to the DC event prior to the New York one. It was a nice opportunity getting to know the artists and the editor a little more than just a meeting.

    Hope to talk to you again soon!

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