Kamakura Gallery was first established in Tokyo Ginza in 1981, by Nakamura Michiko. Now based in Kamakura, the gallery exhibits many important Conceptual and Minimalist artists, and presents artists from the Japanese Mono-ha movement.
Ocula Insight Mayumi Terada Brings Absence to Life at Kamakura Gallery By Stephanie Bailey, Kamakura In a new exhibition of her work on view at Kamakura Gallery, Mayumi Terada fills photographic frames with a sense of absence—a craft that she has honed since her early practice in sculpture in the 1990s.
Ocula Feature At Art Taipei, Galleries Adapt to Regional Politics By Sam Gaskin, Tapiei In Taipei, the artwork that said most about the contemporary art market's fraught situation in East Asia was not at the 26th Art Taipei (18–21 October 2019), but across town at the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, a publicly funded art park established in Taiwan's former Air Force Command Headquarters in 2018. Chin Cheng-Te's Tender Soul –...
Ocula Feature Art Jakarta Lowdown: Art Shows to See By Aisha Johan, Jakarta Between 30 August and 1 September 2019, the 11th edition of Art Jakarta will take place at its new home at the Jakarta Convention Center following its rebranding, with collector Tom Tandio as director, and Enin Supriyanto as artistic director. At the fair, viewers can encounter large-scale exhibitions as part of the 'Spot' sector, including...
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Related Press Kishio Suga 5 February 2016, ArtAsiaPacific Recently I’ve noticed that when I meet people who know my work, they say, “Oh you must be so busy!” I usually reply with something like, “Well, I’m getting by,” which probably gives people the impression that I’m quite reserved. Certainly, in these past three years, I’ve been doing exhibitions unlike...
Related Press Kishio Suga wins Mainichi Art Award 29 January 2016, Art Asia Pacific Japanese Mono-ha (“School of Things”) artist Kishio Suga was announced the winner of the 2016 Mainichi Art Award on January 28. The prize, which was first established in 1959 by the leading Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun, recognizes the contributions of outstanding figures in visual art, literature, theatre, music and film.
