Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan will present 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. For the last several years, China has been the focus of attention for contemporary Asian art, while the remarkable and distinctive younger generation of Japanese artists who are working today has been largely ignored. This ICP exhibition will be the first major U.S. presentation of contemporary photo-based artwork from Japan in over ten years. Heavy Light will present the work of thirteen artists and will fill most of the ICP gallery space. The exhibition will include both photographs and video, many of which are large and dramatic pieces. Curated by ICP curator Christopher Phillips and Noriko Fuku of the University of Art and Design in Kyoto, Heavy Light will be accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue and a range of public programs.
Visit the Joy of Giving Something's Forward Thinking Museum for more Heavy Light images and a video interview with Christopher Phillips, "A Curator at Work," in the JGS Theater section.
Featured Artist
Makoto Aida, Naoya Hatakeyama, Naoki Kajitani, Hiroh Kikah, Midori Komatsubara, Yukio Nakagawa, Asako Narahashi, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Tomoko Sawada, Risaku Suzuki, Miwa Yanagi, Kenji Yanobe, and Masayuki Yoshinaga
Blue Cinema in the Woods, 2006
© Kenji Yanobe
Courtesy the artist
Ai-chan Bonsai (Pine), 2005
© Makoto Aida
Courtesy of Mizuma Art Gallery
JPEG / Starlight, Nagasaki, 2006
© Naoki Kajitani
Courtesy of Third Gallery Aya
A man who tells me that he has always wanted to attract attention, ever since he was a kid, and has always been knocked around for it, 2002
© Hiroh Kikai
Courtesy the artist
Tatsuya and Yu 1, from the series "Sanctuary: Arrange," 2004
© Midori Komatsubara
Courtesy of Third Gallery Aya
Eyelashes, 1976
© Yukio Nakagawa
Courtesy of Yukio Nakagawa Office and the Miyagi Museum of Art
Half Awake and Half Asleep in the Water (Makuhari), 2001
© Asako Narahashi
Courtesy the artist
Hiroshima, from the "Vegetable Weapon" series, 2005
© Tsuyoshi Ozawa
Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts
From the series "School Days," 2004
© Tomoko Sawada
Courtesy of MEM Inc. and Zabriskie Gallery
Kumano, 1997
© Risaku Suzuki
Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi and Yoshii Gallery NY
Fairy Tales Series: Gretel, 2004
© Miwa Yanagi
Courtesy the artist
Goth-Loli: Ageha 24 Aoko 23, 2006
© Masayuki Yoshinaga
Courtesy the artist
