[Japanese]
EXHIBITION - 1999 CAS Room -
Haruko TANABE
14 May - 25 June, 1999
Open: Wed.-Sat. 1:00pm-7:00pm
(Close: Sun.-Tue., National Holliday)
Artist Talk(in Japanese) 12 June, 4:00-6:00pm, Party 6:00-7:00pm
The gallery, which was previously a one room of a mansion, has returned to
being a dwelling space thanks to Tanabe.
Tanabe is an artist who has delved deeply into the issue of the
relationship between the inner and outer body.
In particular, she is now looking at the body from an inorganic
perspective - the body as a 'shell' and the body as 'clothing' which
covers the insides.
A logical consequence of this approach is to relate these to the media
of photography.
This is because a photograph is a device which use light to strip off
the thin coating of the surface of things.
However, it is not the case that she creates an inhumane scenes in which
the body is symbolised as an object which is thrown out at the consumer
society, as was the trend around 1990.
Getting involved with her work and getting involved with the people who
look at her work, somehow makes one feel that there is an element of
healing in her work.
That healing is not something which is tied to the traditions of
hypocritical humanism, rather it is a paradoxical kind of healing which
reflects the present times, arising from the sheer fact that the other
person exists only as a 'shell' devoid of intention.
Toshihiro ASAI, Curator,
Art Tower Mito
Contemporary Art and Spirits
MD Art, Tojuso-Uchiawaji Bdg. Rm 602, 2-1-7 Uchiawaji-cho, Chu-o-ku, Osaka, JAPAN
Phone +81.6.6941.3237 Fax +81.6.6945.4709
Contact: Takashi SASAOKA 
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Last update 31 Jul 1999