DANDAN: Solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tabaimo on view at James Cohan Gallery

NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery presents DANDAN, a solo exhibition by Japanese artist Tabaimo, running through October 29th, 2011. This is the third solo exhibition at the gallery by the 35-year old Tabaimo, recognized as one of Japan’s leading artists and well-known for her hand-drawn animations whose coloration bring to mind traditional ukiyo-e prints. Currently, Tabaimo is representing Japan at the 54th Biennale di Venezia with the work teleco-soup, an immersive multi-media environment that transforms the Japanese Pavilion into the interior [...]

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen Shows the Art of Experimental Artist Norbert Moslang

ST. GALLEN.- Norbert Möslang (*1952) is internationally known as one of the most prominent and most experiment-happy performers in the field of contemporary electronic music. His film music to Peter Liechtis (*1951) multiple prize-winning film Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy, 2009 set a benchmark and was awarded the Swiss Film Prize in the category of “Best Film Music” and in January 2011 the “Cinema Eye Award for Outstanding Achievement in Composing” within the framework of the “Cinema Eye [...]

Tabaimo to Represent Japan at the Biennale di Venezia 2011

NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery announced that Japanese video artist Tabaimo has been selected to represent Japan at next year’s 54th Biennale di Venezia. Known for her hand-drawn animations inspired by the aesthetics of ukiyo-e wood-block prints, manga and anime, Tabaimo’s works uncover a darker world that exists below the surface of contemporary Japan’s well-ordered society. Acting as a witness to her country’s current cultural state, Tabaimo explains “I am not consciously critiquing anything in my work. I am [...]

New Works by Mike Bouchet at Schirn Kunsthalle

FRANKFURT.- Since the early 1990s, US artist Mike Bouchet, a resident of Frankfurt since 2004, has been questioning social processes and structures in his work in a variety of forms including paintings, sculptures, installations, actions, performances, and videos. His artistic practice focuses on social and political issues such as ownership, consumerism, capitalism, and sex, yet also explores his own role as an artist. After Mike Bouchet’s participation in the 53rd Biennale di Venezia (2009), the Schirn is the first institution [...]

Photographers Explore Notions of Sovereignty and the Native Likeness

SANTA FE, NM.- Native people have often been incorrectly portrayed or entirely misrepresented by non-Natives throughout the ages. In The Sovereign Image, a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts’ Lloyd Kiva New Gallery and Museum Store, contemporary Native photographers will push the Native likeness forward, articulating the future of Native people using the power of their own image.. The exhibit opens February 27 and will remain on display until April 11, 2010. The Museum Store is located [...]