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Ashley Rawlings
For Ashley Rawlings's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2008
Indecisive moments
Henri Cartier-Bresson's legacy of the "decisive moment" had a profound impact on photography. As a cofounder of the photographic cooperative Magnum Photos in 1947, his philosophy influenced a whole generation of photojournalists, and, for decades, Magnum photographers were instrumental in constructing the popular impression of reality. They crafted a collective memory of history as a set of succinct narratives told through images captured in the briefest of instants.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 24, 2008
Julian Opie: Great rooms, blank faces
Julian Opie's work is about signals. In his portraits, a pair of dots signals the eyes, a single line signals the mouth — his imagery is a distillation of reality that presents you only with the essential elements needed for your brain to fill in the rest.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 7, 2008
The individuals come together
As is befitting of an exhibition of a corporate art collection at Tokyo's premier corporate gallery space, the Mori Art Museum has decked itself out in office chic: cool, understated spaces that feature the height of contemporary art to tickle the tired mind. Like the most privileged of office workers from the moneyed realms of the banking world, visitors to "Art is for the Spirit: Works from the UBS Art Collection Exhibition" are treated to some of the best works that cash can buy.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 31, 2008
New Shirokane art complex
New Shirokane art complex 3-1-15 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 12, 2007
Graffiti artist comes in from the cold with a varied show that keeps its street cred
Thirty years ago, graffiti stepped off the street to became the darling of the modern art world. With its visual diversity, and despite its defiance of those who viewed it as vandalism, New York galleries came to embrace it during the 1980s in the name of the avant garde. But as Japan's still small-scale graffiti culture only began in the '90s, it has only relatively recently attracted much attention in Tokyo's art world.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 31, 2007
Photography now
The borderline between photojournalism and travel photography is hard to define.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 17, 2007
"From Alps Architecture to Katsura Detached Palace"
Watari Museum of Contemporary Art Closes in 11 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 14, 2006
Artists go global in Sendai
The 2006 Australia-Japan Year of Exchange has featured more than 800 events in the two countries.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 16, 2006
Leon Golub
Wako Works of Art Closes in 36 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 20, 2006
"Smile/Cry * Now/Later"
Nakaochiai Gallery Closes in 9 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 29, 2006
Japanese artists meet Duchamp's 'bride'
Given Marcel Duchamp's pivotal role in the history of modern art, you could say that connections could be drawn between his work and that of any other artist. In Japan, his controversial ideas have definitely had a strong influence on modern art, both before and since World War II.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 15, 2006
"Ivo Sans: How could I say 'Set'?"
Kitai Kikaku, NingyachoCloses in 8 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 1, 2006
"Naoki Honjo -- The Metropolis in Miniature"
Aoyama Book Center Gallery Closes in 12 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 18, 2006
"Rosslynd Piggott in collaboration with Roberto Giostra and Edison -- Yamazakura"
Shinsei Bank, Omotesando Hills Closes in 89 days
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
May 4, 2006
"Chihiro Ito -- A Landscape Wall Painting"
Ai Gallery and SPC Gallery Closes in 16 days
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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