Exhibitions 2002-03 (English) / Contemporary Art Center, ATM

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Exhibitions Planned at ATM, 2002-03

SCREEN MEMORIES
April 13 (Sat.) to June 9 (Sun.)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.)
Closed on Mondays.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Admission: ¥800 General, ¥600 Advance purchase, and Groups (20 or more)
Free Students through 9th grade, senior citizens (65 and older), disabled persons

IKEBANA Exhibition ( 35th Mito-shi Geijutsu-sai)
June 21 (Fri) to 23 (Sun)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.)
*June 23 (Sun.) 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (No admission after 4:30 p.m.)
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Admission Free
The ten different schools of Ikebana active in Mito will fill the gallery with their flower arrangements, each demonstrating their unique approach to the art.

Mito-shi Geijutsu-sai Bijutsu Tenran-kai (Art Exhibition, 35th Mito-shi Geijutsu-sai)
First Phase - Japanese-style and Western-style Paintings, Sculptures, Crafts
June 30 (Sun.) to July 12 (Fri.)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.), Closed on Mondays
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Admission Free

Mito-shi Geijutsu-sai Bijutsu Tenran-kai (Art Exhibition, 35th Mito-shi Geijutsu-sai)
Second Phase - Japanese Calligraphy, Photography, Design, Installations
July 17 (Wed.) to July 28 (Sun.)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.), Closed on Mondays
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Admission Free

CAFÉ in Mito (Communicable Action for Everybody)
August 10 (Sat.) to September 23 (Mon., national holiday)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.)
Closed on Mondays.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM, ATM Plaza and various municipal facilities in Mito City
Admission: ¥800 General, ¥600 Advance purchase, and Groups (20 or more)
Free Students through 9th grade, senior citizens (65 and older), disabled persons
As its name implies, Communicable Action for Everybody (CAFE) refers to actions that allow everyone to communicate. It can be pronounced the same way as the word "café," which of course refers to a place or relaxation where people can talk together with a cup of coffee in hand, spending the time as they please. The CAFÉ in Mito Exhibition is accordingly a project that aims to create a place of exchange, like a cafe, where people can get together and intimate in a relaxed fashion through the medium of art. The artworks displayed in this exhibition will not merely be hung in the gallery for viewing, but will also be installed throughout the city of Mito, affording more people with the chance to experience art.
Artists: Masakatsu Takagi, dIGITAL PBX, Xu Bing, Noriki Tokuda, Noboru Tsubaki + Hisashi Muroi, Shinji Shishikura, Risa Sato, Hiroshi Fuji, Hiroko Ichihara, minim++, Yukio Fujimoto, Tabaimo, Shin-ichi Yanai, Wakako Kawakami, Ken-ichi Kanazawa, Asako Otsuka, Yukinko Akira, et al.

Workshop "Let's Make Objects of Light"
Aug. 22 (Thu.) to 25 (Sun.) 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Lecturer: Sayaka Makino (glass artist)
Venue: Workshop in Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Attendees: Grade-school students and above
Admission: Announced to be later
This work is set up for anyone to participate in freely. Each person will take several plates of glass and glue them together as he or she wishes, creating a transparent work of art in just a couple of hours.
For more details, contact the Mito Contemporary Art Center at (029) 227-8120.

Twelve Japanese Artists from the Venice Biennale 1952-2001
October 5 (Sat.) to December 8, 2002 (Sun.)
- First Phase: October 5 (Sat.) to November 4 (Sun., national holiday)
- Second Phase: November 6 (Wed.) to December 8 (Sun.)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.)
Closed on Mondays, Oct.15 (Tue.), Nov.5 (Tue.), but open on Oct. 14 (Mon.), Nov. 4 (Mon.)
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Admission: ¥800 General, ¥600 Advance purchase, and Groups (20 or more)
Free Students through 9th grade, senior citizens (65 and older), disabled persons
The Venice Biennale was founded in 1895 in the Italian city of Venice for the purpose of making cultural and humanistic contributions from an international perspective. Since then, the international art exhibition has been held almost every other year; with its history of more than a century, it is the world's oldest continuous art festival.
One salient characteristic of the Venice Biennale is the holding of exhibitions in individual national pavilions, as well as an international exhibition that transcends national borders. By introducing artists and works that stand at the forefront of the era, the Biennale serves as a venue for illustrating the current trends in the world of art. Japan participated at Venice for the first time in 1952 (at the 26th Exhibition), and was the first Asian country to have its own pavilion (at the 28th Exhibition in 1956).
ATM's exhibition, held from October to December at the Contemporary Art Gallery, focuses on those artists participating in Japan's representation to the Biennale (i.e., from 1952) who have had connections to Ibaraki Prefecture. Their artworks will be displayed in a way that educates viewers about the relationship of each work with its respective era and the new forms of art that emerged then, thus impressing them with the wide variety of artistic expression that flourished in the latter half of the 20th century.
Artists: Taikan Yokoyama, Yoshi Kinouchi, Morio Shinoda, AY-O, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Shintaro Tanaka, Tadashi Kawamata, Kosho Ito, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, Katsuhiko Hibino, Tatsuo Miyajima, Naoya Hatakeyama
Concurrent CRITERIUM 51 Ryoko Aoki October 5 (Sat.) to November 4 (Mon., national holiday), 2002
Concurrent CRITERIUM 52 Fujii François November 9 (Sat.) to December 8 (Sun.), 2002

Claude Lévêque
December 21, 2002 (Sat.), to March 9, 2003 (Sun.)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.)
Closed on Mondays.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Admission: ¥800 General, ¥600 Advance purchase, and Groups (20 or more)
Free Students through 9th grade, senior citizens (65 and older), disabled persons
Claude Lévêque, born in France in 1953, has been celebrated as a leading representative of his country's art following the generation of such artists as Daniel Buren and Christian Boltanski .
The ATM exhibition to be held from December to March of next year is the first full-scale exhibition of Lévêque's works in Japan. He will design a new work especially for the exhibition so as to match the special spatial characteristics of the Contemporary Art Gallery.
Since the 1980s, Lévêque has produced nostalgic artworks that employ photographs and light, rooted in his own personal memories. However, more recently he has shifted towards the creation of giant installations intended to stimulate the five senses through the use of sound, light, and mist. The "viewers" of his works can thus experience them with their whole bodies and not just their eyes.
At ATM, Lévêque plans to put on an experiential type of exhibition that uses neon lights, moving images, and sound.
Concurrent CRITERIUM 53 Kyoko Sawanobori December 21 (Sat.), 2002 to February 2 (Sun.), 2003
Concurrent CRITERIUM 54 Takashi Kunitani February 8 (Sun.) to March 9 (Sun.), 2003

"Kokuren Shonen (UN Boy)" by Noboru Tsubaki
March 23 (Sun.) to June 8, 2003 (Sun.)
9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (No admission after 5:30 p.m.)
Closed on Mondays.
Venue: Contemporary Art Gallery, ATM
Admission: ¥800 General, ¥600 Advance purchase, and Groups (20 or more)
Free Students through 9th grade, senior citizens (65 and older), disabled persons
* Owing to unavoidable circumstances, the Andrea Palladio exhibition has been cancelled. In its place, Art Tower Mito will present an exhibition planned and produced by Noboru Tsubaki.
Concurrent CRITERIUM 55 CRITERIUM 55 Tomoyuki Isoyama March 23 (Sun.) to April 8 (Sun.), 2003

ATM Contemporary Art Gallery's
Pass for Adults

A pass has been designed for adults aged 20 and older, letting the holder make an unlimited number of visits to the Contemporary Art Gallery's exhibitions for one year from the date of purchase.
The price is ¥2,000. The artwork on the pass has been designed by Hiroko Ichihara, an artist who incorporates words in her works. The logo on the pass reads: "Contemporary art -- as easy as pie." The pass is on sale at the ticket counter in Art Tower Mito.

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