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Roppongi Crossing 2013 at Mori Art Museum
December 26, 2013
Roppongi Crossing 2013 at Mori Art Museum
Roppongi Crossing is a series of art exhibitions, held every three years since 2004, that focuses on contemporary Japanese art. The fourth installment in the series is being held now at Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills.
I have enjoyed previous editions of Roppongi Crossing, so I was excited to see what this year's exhibition had in store.
When walking into the first gallery, I noticed that many of the works included in Roppongi Crossing have social or political themes, with several pieces making reference to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and the problems resulting from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima.
One such work was "Prison Nuke Fission 235," a woodblock print by Sachiko Kazama featuring the faces of Japanese politicians reimagined as atoms.
At the end of the exhibition was a room filled with a giant furoshiki cloth, as well as archival photos and videos by Project Fukushima, a collective of musicians and artists who aim to bring positivity back to the area affected by the March 2011 triple disaster.
"We believe that we need music and poetry and art that hold the potential of pointing us to a possible viewpoint on and direction for how to confront reality," says a description on the group's website.
As with other editions of Roppongi Crossing, all of the artists whose works are featured are Japanese, although for the first time expatriate Japanese and overseas artists of Japanese descent are also included. But their heritage is the only thing tying these artists together.
The exhibition includes a variety of themes, viewpoints, aesthetics and mediums-there truly is something for everyone.
Kelly