"It's a transmission station," says David Elliott of the Mori Art Museum, which opened to the public Oct. 18. "It's a beacon beaming things out to the rest of the city, intimately connected with it."
Elliott's comparisons aren't fanciful. The museum of which he is director occupies floors 52 and 53 of the Mori Tower in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills, commanding a panoramic view of the capital and beyond.
"Socially engaged" art has been a constant theme in Elliott's career. He is an expert on art and ideology, particularly the avant-garde art, photography and film of Germany and the Soviet Union.