JAPAN. BODY_PERFORM_LIVE

A cura di Shihoko Iida e Diego Sileo, la mostra JAPAN. BODY_PERFORM_LIVE prosegue in linea con l'esplorazione delle culture internazionali sulle tracce della contemporaneità voluta dal PAC di Milano. L'esposizione si propone di introdurre lo spettatore alle diverse espressioni dell’arte contemporanea giapponese degli anni duemila, concentrandosi in particolare sulle tendenze che coinvolgono i corpi degli artisti, sugli elementi della performance, e sulle dinamiche e i movimenti ad essa pertinenti.

Artisti
Makoto Aida, Dumb Type, Finger Pointing Worker/Kota Takeuchi, Mari Katayama, Meiro Koizumi, Yuko Mohri, Saburo Muraoka, Yoko Ono, Lieko Shiga, Chiharu Shiota, Kishio Suga, Yui Usui, Ami Yamasaki, Chikako Yamashiro, Fuyuki Yamakawa.

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After China, Cuba, Africa, Brazil and Australia, the volume continues the in-depth study and investigation of non-European cultures carried out in recent years by the PAC of Milan, starting from the reading of the works of contemporary artists.

The volume offers an in-depth overview of contemporary art in Japan. The reading that is given starts from the analysis of various works from the 2000s, with particular attention to the expressive forms that involve bodies and performances - and how they are connected to society, environment, materiality and technology.
The artworks exhibited - different both in style and media - are closely linked to the reflection on identity, a theme of great importance in contemporary Japanese artistic research, and are analyzed in the broader context of the post-war Japanese avant-gardes - such as the Gutai Art Association - in order to explore the contours of the relationship between the legacy of 20th century wars and the contemporary world.
A multifaceted but functional picture emerges to describe the artistic ferment of Japan: a contemporary laboratory characterized by an interesting intellectual vivacity.

Artists: Makoto Aida, Dumb Type, Finger Pointing Worker/Kota Takeuchi, Mari Katayama, Meiro Koizumi, Yuko Mohri, Saburo Muraoka, Yoko Ono, Lieko Shiga, Chiharu Shiota, Kishio Suga, Yui Usui, Ami Yamasaki, Chikako Yamashiro, Fuyuki Yamakawa, Atsuko Tanaka, Kazuo Shiraga.

Sommario

ESSAYS

Japan. Body_Perform_Live
Resistance and Resilience in Japanese Contemporary Art
Shihoko Iida

Japan. Thoughts of the Body
Diego Sileo

WORKS

Makoto Aida
Dumb Type
Finger Pointing Worker / Kota Takeuchi
Mari Katayama
Meiro Koizumi
Yuko Mohri
Saburo Muraoka
Yoko Ono
Lieko Shiga
Chiharu Shiota
Kazuo Shiraga
Kishio Suga
Atsuko Tanaka
Yui Usui
Fuyuki Yamakawa
Ami Yamasaki
Chikako Yamashiro

APPENDIX

Biographies of the Artists

Exhibited Works