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7/8/2008

Two exhibitions

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

"Annette Messager: The Messengers" is the first major solo exhibition for leading French artist Annette Messager to be held in Japan.
Painting, photography, articles, objects assembled from found objects, words, stuffed animals, plush toys, fabrics, embroidery, thread and knitting: these and many other objects from everyday life have found their way into the art of Annette Messager since she began working in the 1970s. Keeping her work based firmly in everyday life, Messager explores the various dichotomies and contradictions inherent in the human condition: religion and secularity, humor and fear, love and pain, woman and man, animal and human, childhood and adulthood, life and death, surface and substance.

Springing perhaps from meditations on impulsive collecting or the body, from games with plush toys, or from clever wordplay, Messager's art possesses both a childlike innocence and a brutality that afford multiple readings. With a flair for incorporating wry humor into even the most direct confrontations with negative aspects of human endeavor, Messager is able to move and delight people of all generations. Charming and fantastical, and at times taking strange and mysterious forms, Messager's art works are "messengers" that talk directly to our souls.

This exhibition was originally shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and has toured to Finland and Korea. The roughly 30 works on show include Casino, for which the artist won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2005, and other important works such as articulated-disarticulated.
Profile

Born 1943, France. After winning an award for a photography contest while a student at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Message toured Southern Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Israel, and the United States etc. She was deeply inspired seeing Jean Dubuffet’s Art Breut Collection at the Musée des arts décoratifs in 1967. She stayed in New York from 1980 to 1981.

Since then, Message has held solo exhibitions at Musée d’art moderne de la Villa de Paris, Musée de Grenoble, The Museum of Modern Art, New York and other major museums in Europe and the USA. She presented at the France Pavillion at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, where she was awarded the Golden Lion Award.

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Araki Tamana (born 1970) uses a number of techniques, including printmaking, sculpture, installation, and animation to create her unique art, which never fails to give the impression of being novel, despite its inherent simplicity. With solid technical skills and an ability to create exquisite combinations of shapes and colors, Araki explores themes related to everyday activities, such as habitat, travel, relationships, and growth. These themes serve to link her works with viewers, inspiring them to form their own interpretations.

Araki's installations often consist of multiple parts. However, rather than those parts coming together to form a whole, their combination seems to emphasize their individual identities. Myriad phenomena are caught inside these groupings, which at first glance appear similar; but each is different, almost like individuals, each burning with the flame of life. The sight of them at times isolated and at times side by side - like people progressing along their own paths - reminds one of what it means "to live."

Araki has spent time in Mexico on a number of occasions, and the influence of that culture can be seen in her choices of colors and forms. While sometimes appearing gaudy, her shapes and colors are expressed with a primal energy and toughness that makes them far more complex than their assertive appearance suggests.
For this exhibition Araki applies her unique sense of materials, originality of concept and superb technique to new installations made especially for Mori Art Museum’s exhibition space. No doubt they will bring with them opportunities for more new insights into her richly imaginative world.

Mori Art Museum
Roppongi Hills - Mori Tower 53F - Tokyo
Admission: Adult: ¥1,500
University/Highschool student: ¥1,000
Child (4 years to Junior Highschool student): ¥500
Ticket also valid for “Annette Messager” and Tokyo City View observation deck
Hours: 10:00 - 22:00 (Tuesdays: 10-00-17:00, 9/23 open until 22:00. )
Admission until 30 minutes before closing. Open everyday.
Enquiries: Tel: 03-5777-8600 (Hello Dial)

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