Here and There
A list of Japan-related events and exhibitions beyond Japan Society.
EVENTS
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June 11 – July 2
HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave.
(between Spring & Broome, enter on Dominick)
We know what we are, but know not what we may be...
Three disparate stories of displacement, inspired by Shakespeare's character, are interwoven in this haunting and playful exploration of identity in a globalized world.
Written & directed by Aya Ogawa.
more information and tickets: http://www.here.org/see/now/
4 Master Classes in Kabuki Dance with master choreographer Sachiyo Ito
Mondays, June 9, 16, 23 & 30
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre
520 Eighth Avenue, 3rd Floor in Studio A, New York, NY
The workshop will focus on the basic movements, walks and gestures of Kabuki dance in both female and male dance; use of props such as sensu (fan) tenugui (towel/scarf) and two short dances in both female and male dance from Kabuki repertory. Yukata (cotton robe), tabi (or socks) and a fan are required.
More information: Pan Asian Office (212)-868-4030 E-mail: panasian@aol.com
Digital Media Creation: Two-week Residential Camp
Saturday, July 26, 2008 - Saturday, August, 9, 2008
Keio Academy of New York, Purchase NY
“Japanese-English Bilingual Summer Camp 2008” is a video production workshop for junior high school students from Japan and the United States. This workshop provides students a perfect environment, where through hands on experience, they learn the techniques of video production as a method of self expression while in a diverse environment with other students from different cultural backgrounds.
More information: www.keio.edu/summercamp
EXHIBITIONS
The Shape of Things: Chinese and Japanese Art from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
Sake Bottle. Japan, Gifu Prefecture. Momoyama period (1573–1600), late 16th century. Stoneware painted with iron brown on slip with an overlay of copper-green glaze under glaze. H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm). Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.227.
Asia Society
725 Park Ave., New York, NY
This exhibition of ceramics, metalworks, sculpture, and painting demonstrates that a depth of information can be revealed through the careful observation and study of the form of an object. The first of the show’s three sections includes objects made for ritual and religious functions, featuring elegantly formed Chinese bronzes and porcelains, stately Chinese and Japanese sculptures of tomb guardians, and Japanese Buddhist paintings and sculptures. Objects of daily use, particularly ceramic vessels produced for drinking and eating, make up the second group. The final section consists of decorative objects ranging from a jade sculpture of the mythical Chinese beast known as a bixie to paintings mounted as hanging scrolls, albums, and screens. Approximately 90 works from the permanent collection, a number of which have rarely been displayed, have been selected for this exhibition.
More info at Asia Society's web site.
© Murakami
Takashi Murakami. Tan Tan Bo. 2001, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, 141 3/4 x 212 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. Collection of John A. Smith and Victoria Hughes, courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo. ©2001 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
April 5 - July 13, 2008
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY
The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed artist Takashi Murakami includes ninety artworks. As one of the most influential artists to emerge from postwar Japan, Murakami creates a pictorial language that links popular culture to the formal qualities of traditional Japanese art such as flatness, pattern, and ornamentation. Murakami effortlessly navigates between the worlds of fine art and popular-culture. Featuring the artist best known for his cartoon-like, “superflat” style, the exhibition includes key selections that span the artist’s career from the early 1990s to the present.
More info at Brooklyn Museum's web site.
Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan
Yukio Nakagawa. Eyelashes, 1976. © Yukio Nakagawa. Courtesy of Yukio Nakagawa Office and the Miyagi Museum of Art.
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americans at 43rd St., New York, NY
Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan presents the exciting and highly individualistic work of a new generation of Japanese artists who have come of age following the Asian economic crash of 1990. With many first-time U.S. showings, Heavy Light presents approximately 80 works by thirteen artists including Makoto Aida, Naoya Hatakeyama, Naoki Kajitani, Hiroh Kikai, Midori Yanagi, Kenji Yanobe, and Masayuki Yoshinaga among others.
More info at International Center of Photography's web site.
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