"Contemporary Photographic Art from Japan".NEUER BERLINER Ber·lin·er , Emile 1851-1929. German-born American inventor who greatly improved the telephone and invented the gramophone (1887). Noun 1. KUNSTVEREIN There's been no shortage of Japanese photography exhibitions of late, but this show has a leg up: Hiromi Nakamura, a curator CURATOR, persons, contracts. One who has been legally appointed to take care of the interests of one who, on account of his youth, or defect of his understanding, or for some other cause, is unable to attend to them himself. 2. at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (東京都写真美術館, Tōkyō Shashin Bijutsukan) is a photography gallery (with cinema) in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo. , Japan's leading photo venue, made the selection. Nakamura's choices emphasize the breadth of the medium's current uses, from Mariko Mori's latest video installation to Kunie Sugiura's photograms. Among the eleven other artists in the show are several (Naoya Hatakeyama, Hiroshi Sugimoto Hiroshi Sugimoto (杉本博司, Sugimoto Hiroshi), born on February 23, 1948, is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo and New York City. ) who take a more documentary approach. All work with an international audience in mind. Nov. 6-Dec. 19, 1999; travels to Museum Bochum, Jan.-Feb. 2000; Hellescher Kunstverein, Halle, Mar. 26-May 1, 2000; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, July-Aug. 2000. |
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