Fiona Amundsen, Arsenal of Democracy Tokyo Wonder Site, Hongo, Tokyo; 14 January to 12 February It’s hard not to hear the echo of the adage, ‘if we do not learn from history we are condemned to repeat it’, when viewing the memorable and memorialising work of Fiona Amundsen. Featuring two poignant video works of a … Continue reading
Taisuke Koyama, Generated X G/P Gallery, Ebisu, Tokyo; 6 January – 16 February In a small room a series of monolithic paper structures stand like sentinels throughout the space. In opposing corners, vertical flatscreen monitors peer across the longest route as if in coded conversation between a crowd of strangers. Navigating your way through the space is like … Continue reading
Matthew Mahdavi, Oops, Something Went Wrong AIR3331, B108, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo; January 6 – 18, 2017 Organic forms blend into the technological, as planar fields conspire to throw weight through oscillations of time in Matt Mahdavi’s exhibition at 3331. His work is wrought upon itself in an imploding overlay of gravity and competing process. It’s like standing … Continue reading
Thomas Demand, National Gallery of Victoria, 30 November 2012 to 17 March 2013 Representations of representations. Photos of sculptures. Thomas Demand produces incredible images, beautifully presented as prints on perspex. Famously, he makes models of objects, of entire scenes in fact, out of cardboard and paper and then photographs them. The skill in the making, … Continue reading
Jeff Wall National Gallery of Victoria, 30 November 2012 to 17 March 2013 Exposure. The very nature of photography is defined by it – the opening of apertures to regulate the amount of exposure to light. Jeff Wall’s photographs are testaments to exposure. It’s a pleasing partnership between medium and meaning. Running like a thread … Continue reading
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