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Emily Wakeling
For Emily Wakeling's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 13, 2012
Home is always where the heart is
Contemporary artists are a product of a globally minded world. While artists of past ages have had clear goals of making it in London, Paris or New York, artists of the 21st century seek stimulation from any number of locations across the planet. All they need is a passport, a place to stay, and ideally some funding. "Home Again: 10 Artists Who Have Experienced Japan", curated by Atsuo Yasuda, is the current exhibition at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, and it features works by 10 such artists who made their way to Tokyo.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jun 14, 2012
In the light of Rinko Kawauchi
It's quite surprising to find out that "Kawauchi Rinko: Illuminance, Ametsuchi, Seeing Shadow" is Rinko Kawauchi's first solo exhibition in Tokyo. For a winner of prestigious photography prizes, who has published multiple books — not to mention held major exhibitions overseas — this mid-career show is well and truly due.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Apr 5, 2012
Lee Bul: Inspired by the past imperfect
She may be Asia's leading female artist, but Lee Bul has grown very tired of that title.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 5, 2012
Lee Bul: Inspired by the past imperfect
She may be Asia's leading female artist, but Lee Bul has grown very tired of that title.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 12, 2012
Fuyuko Matsui finds vitality in decay
"Japanese culture has become too clean. Our five senses are too blunt," says artist Fuyuko Matsui in a recent interview at the Yokohama Museum of Art. "I think Japan needs some fear to stimulate the sense of pain."
CULTURE / Art
Jan 12, 2012
Fuyuko Matsui finds vitality in decay
"Japanese culture has become too clean. Our five senses are too blunt," says artist Fuyuko Matsui in a recent interview at the Yokohama Museum of Art. "I think Japan needs some fear to stimulate the sense of pain."
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Dec 1, 2011
'Ryoko Suzuki: "I am ..."'
Zeit Foto Salone Closes Dec. 17
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Nov 3, 2011
"Beatriz Inglessis, The Primal Scen"
TANA Gallery Bookshelf Closes Nov. 18
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Oct 27, 2011
Playful imagery born out of Berlin's ruins
Berlin is a place that artists want to be. It attracts them from all over the globe — Poland, Korea, Albania and Singapore, to name but a few of the countries represented in this exhibition. They go there to seek connections, collaborations, networks, education, mentoring — and cheap rent.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 1, 2011
Kusama: Quite dotty, but very avant-garde
Yayoi Kusama's art fully emerged in a big way when she moved from Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, to New York in 1959. Despite the obstacles — she suffered from mental problems and was an unknown Japanese female artist in a milieu dominated by white male artists and critics — by the second half of the 1960s, Kusama had made her way to the forefront of New York's avant-garde scene. She had even become a worthy rival to Andy Warhol for public notoriety.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 25, 2011
Tsuneo Enari Exhibition — Japan and its Forgotten War: Showa
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Closes Sept. 25.

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