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17 April 2019

JIZAI by Haruo Mitsuta

Haruo Mitsuta is the only living artist who makes contemporary Jizai Okimono (“articulated animals”) – flexible animal figures made from metal pieces, which can replicate the movements of the original animals. Jizai Okimono have gained some recognition within Japan in recent years, but still belong to a very minor area of traditional Japanese metallic handicrafts. Its presence may have been long lost in the Japanese art scene, but these objects have been collected and cherished by many people outside Japan. In his exhibition ‘JIZAI’, Mitsuta will be showcasing some of his most impressive pieces.

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19 March 2019

Artist talk

Artist Talk: Shuhei Yamada in conversation with Jeremy Millar

Shuhei Yamada will be discussing his work which is on display at the Foundation. In his early works, Yamada focuses on eliminating from images the key objects that enable the viewer to easily understand them. Yamada suggests that viewers should read various meanings into his art. After the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, he became interested in exploring the absurdities of the society that surrounds us. In recent years, his work has included not only photography and videos, but also 3D art and installations.

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5 March 2019

Private view

Private View: 'untitled yet' by Shuhei Yamada

The Private View was an opportunity to have a first look at Shuhei Yamada’s exhibition “untitled yet”. In his early works, Yamada focuses on eliminating from images the key objects that enable the viewer to easily understand them. Yamada suggests that viewers should read various meanings into his art. After the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, he became interested in exploring the absurdities of the society that surrounds us. In recent years, his work has included not only photography and videos, but also 3D art and installations.

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6 March 2019

Exhibition

'untitled yet' by Shuhei Yamada

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to introduce the work of the renowned Japanese artist Shuhei Yamada. In his early works, which include photography and video footage, Yamada focuses on eliminating from images the key objects that enable the viewer to easily understand them. Yamada suggests that viewers should read various meanings into his art. After the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, he became interested in exploring the absurdities of the society that surrounds us. In recent years, his work has included not only photography and videos, but also 3D art and installations.

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29 January 2019

Artist talk Private view

Private View and Artist Talk: Susumu Matsuura in conversation with Dr Lee Campbell

This event provided the opportunity to have a first look at the work of Susumu Matsuura and hear him discuss the ideas and inspiration behind his work with Dr Lee Campbell. Susumu’s work has “humans” as its main theme, and most of his work expresses human emotions. He is interested in exploring the two-sided nature of human beings, who harbour both positive feelings and greed. Works on display at the Foundation include: symmetrical portraits inspired by the Rorschach test; works inspired by the feelings of depression that the artist himself has experienced; and the series Caress a Cat.

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30 January 2019

Exhibition

The inkblot looked like me – by Susumu Matsuura

The work of the artist Susumu Matsuura has “humans” as its main theme, and most of his work expresses human emotions. Susumu is interested in exploring the two-sided nature of human beings, who harbour both positive feelings and greed. Works on display at the Foundation include: symmetrical portraits inspired by the Rorschach test; works inspired by the feelings of depression that the artist himself has experienced; and the series Caress a Cat.

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15 November 2018

Artist talk

Artist talk: Tsuyoshi Anzai in conversation with Dr Dean Kenning

Tsuyoshi Anzai discussed his ‘Jailhouse Locke’ exhibition with Dr Dean Kenning, Lecturer in the MRes Art: Theory and Philosophy at the Central Saint Martins and Research Fellow at the Kingston School of Art. Anzai’s works pose questions about the “thereness” of everyday items. Breaking free of what the artist defines as the “modern disease of the subject/object distinction created by Descartes”, Anzai’s works challenge the visitors to look beyond simplifications and into the intertwined complexities of our modern world.

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6 November 2018

Private view

Private View: Jailhouse Locke by Tsuyoshi Anzai

The kinetic works and paintings presented in Tsuyoshi Anzai’s first solo exhibition in the UK pose questions about the ‘thereness’ of everyday items. Taking inspiration from the Platonic philosophical assumption of a world of ideas which is hidden from human senses, Anzai’s works attempt to disrupt the way we unconsciously and passively perceive “representation”, and challenge visitors to look beyond simplifications and into the intertwined complexities of our modern world.

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7 November 2018

Exhibition

Jailhouse Locke by Tsuyoshi Anzai

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5 October 2018

Artist talk

Artist Talk: Akira Yamaguchi in conversation with Tim Clark

Akira Yamaguchi and Tim Clark, head of the Japanese section in the Asia Department, British Museum, and a specialist in ukiyo-e, discussed the artist’s influences, as shown in his exhibition Resonating Surfaces, and his attempt to resolve the contradiction of being a painter inheriting the legacy of classical Japanese art, but also trained at art school to follow Western (oil-based) painting techniques.

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