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Ken Lum at Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo

A solo show by Ken LUM, “2000s to Present”, opened yesterday at Misa Shin Gallery and will run until 3 March 2012.

Lum, born in 1956, is an internationally active artist based in Vancouver. His work approaches everyday social strictures with a critical eye and an ironic sense of humor, traversing a wide variety of media that includes photography, sculpture, painting and installation.

Lum’s art is concerned with the ways in which identity formation intersects with society’s transformation. This focus is deeply connected to his birth to Chinese immigrant parents in Vancouver, a city of numerous ethnic groups.

In his works which use the visual language of public signage, billboards, logos and the mass media, he aims to demystify the tensions and contradictions of living in an increasingly globalizing world. His chosen approach continues to question the very nature of culture in contemporary society, by dismantling pleasant phrasings and blurring the boundaries between high art and popular culture.

Well worth a visit if you're in Tokyo: http://www.misashin.com/

デザインタイド トーキョー 2011 開催 / DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2011 is coming

今年で7年目を迎えるデザインタイド トーキョー。目指すのは、形を生み出す源泉である思考そのものを発表し、対流させて、あたらしい思考と形が生まれること。今年は新たなコンテンツも加わります。ご期待ください。 [DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2011 概要] 会期：2011年10月29日（土）-11月3日（木・祝） メイン会場：東京ミッドタウン・ホール 時間：10月29日（土）-11月2日（水）11:00-20:00／11月3日（木・祝）11:00-17:00 入場料：[1日]￥1,500（学生 ￥1,000）[会期中3日]￥3,000（学生 ￥2,000）＊学生割引は学生証提示の場合のみ レセプション：10月28日（金）19:00-21:00 ＊invitationをお持ちの方：無料／ invitationをお持ちでない方：￥1,500（学生 ￥1,000）メイン会場にて エクステンション会場：東京都内各所 https://designtide.jp/

[DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2011 Outline] Date : 2011.10.29（sat）-11.3（thu, national holiday） Main Site : TOKYO MIDTOWN HALL Open Time　：10.29-11.2/11:00-20:00　11.3/11:00-17:00 Entrance fee：[1day]1,500yen（student 1,000yen）[3days]3,000 yen (student: 2,000 yen) ＊Student discount is applied only with valid student ID. Opening party：2011.10.28（fri）19:00-21:00 *with invitation:free / without invitation:1,500yen（student 1,000yen） Extension : Various locations throughout Tokyo   https://designtide.jp/

WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL AWARDS SHORTLIST TO BE PREVIEWED IN TOKYO

Architects and designers will be able to see an exclusive preview of shortlisted projects from this year’s World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards at the International Union of Architects (UIA) Convention in Tokyo later this month.		Exemplary design projects from across Southeast Asia, the Far East and Australasia, which represent a selection of the international shortlist, will be exhibited at the three day event taking place in the Japanese capital, from the 26 – 28 September.	Projects on display will include the Musashino Art University Museum & Library in Tokyo, a research precinct for 1,000 scientists in Brisbane, Australia, and Fusionopolis 4, a regional headquarters in Singapore for an entertainment company. The preview exhibition is being held at the Uchida Yoko showroom in the Chuo-Ku district of Tokyo and will be open from 12 noon to 8pm each day. The WAF Awards 2011 attracted the highest ever number of entries in its history and to celebrate, WAF will be hosting daily drinks each evening between 6pm – 8pm.  Paul Finch, WAF Programme Director, said: “The response and calibre of projects from across the region has been truly fantastic and this exhibition provides an opportunity to take a first look at some of the shortlisted projects.”

ISOZAKI Arata "PROCESS" at Misa Shin Gallery

MISA SHIN GALLERY will present a solo show of Isozaki Arata’s “PROCESS” from Friday, September 9 through Saturday, October 29 2011.

Isozaki is world-renowned, not only as an architect, but for his diligent work as a critic and for a wide range of cultural and artistic endeavors.

The present exhibition is conceived around work Isozaki did during the very first stage of his half-century career, 1960-64.

By focusing on the concept of “process”, which would form the foundation of his successive work, the exhibition explores Isozaki’s origins; through the generation of ideas and interactions with visual art, processes which continue even now.

More details on the Misa Shin Gallery website.

Misa Shin Gallery Tokyo: Summer Show

Currently running at Misa Shin Gallery Tokyo is Summer Show, a group exhibition from June 24 until August 13 featuring an international group of artists. (Full details below)

６月２４日（金）から８月１３日（土）まで、ギャラリーアーティストの作品およびギャラリーコレクションからグループ展「Summer Show」を開催いたします。http://www.misashin.com/