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"My Childhood Friend, Buckie" Exhibition
Art Lab Tokyo
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Rena Masuyama, Thander Sawada
Recent media darling in the newspapers and weeklies, "My Childhood Friend, Buckie" is the revenge of the post-bubble "Lost Generation" in Japan, consistently ignored by the rest of society. Portraits that radiate a chilling sense of trauma and original prints will be on display and for sale.
Buckie was founded on the concept of creating picture books on par with other artforms. This was the same concept that led to them receiving the Taro Okamoto prize, the work for which has now been published and circulated in public - a real triumph for contemporary art, which seldom enjoys such a social life of dissemination. And then their art takes on the status of "social sculpture" (Voice), becoming a sort of social crime of conscience. It's always a thrill to keep an eye out for what Thander Sawada and Renna Masuyama will get up to next. (Director, Taisuke Morishita)
April 14th (Mon) Opening reception from 17:00
April 16th (Wed) Autograph session with the artists
Buckie was founded on the concept of creating picture books on par with other artforms. This was the same concept that led to them receiving the Taro Okamoto prize, the work for which has now been published and circulated in public - a real triumph for contemporary art, which seldom enjoys such a social life of dissemination. And then their art takes on the status of "social sculpture" (Voice), becoming a sort of social crime of conscience. It's always a thrill to keep an eye out for what Thander Sawada and Renna Masuyama will get up to next. (Director, Taisuke Morishita)
April 14th (Mon) Opening reception from 17:00
April 16th (Wed) Autograph session with the artists
Schedule | Apr 14 (Mon) 2008-Apr 20 (Sun) 2008 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Venue | Art Lab Tokyo http://artlab-tokyo.com/  | ||||
| Location | 202, 2-7-26 Kitaaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0061 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 2b at Gaienmae Station on the Ginza line. 11 minute walk from exit 1 at Aoyama-itchome Station on the Ginza and Hanzomon lines or Toei Oedo line. 11 minute walk from exit B4 at Omotesando Station on the Ginza, Hanzomon and Chiyoda lines. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6231-6768 | ||||
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