ART FAIR TOKYO

Talk Series: Dialogues in Art

International society is changing at breathtaking speed, and art is developing in many different ways ? both in reaction to and to adapt to those changes. To coincide with ART FAIR TOKYO, a number of experts and cultural figures familiar with the changes happening in the art world have been invited to share their knowledge in a series of talks. This year's talks will explore hot topics such as "international exhibitions in Asia," “Asian art” and "art and architecture."

Dates:　　　　　　 Friday April 4 through Sunday April 6 　
Venue :　　　　　Tokyo International Forum B2 Seminar Room
Capacity:　　　　100
Organized by　ART FAIR TOKYO Committee

How to apply:　Numbered admission tickets will be distributed 2 hours prior to the commencement of the event at the entrance to the Tokyo International Forum B2 Seminar Room.

*Event contents are subject to change without notice.

1. "International Exhibitions in Asia - The Next 10 years"
(*with consecutive interpretation)

Friday, April 4 / 18:30 - 20:30 (Doors open: 18:15)

2008 is the year for the Asia-Pacific region in terms of international art exhibitions. Starting with The Sydney Biennale a series of exhibitions will occur throughout the region. In this session, a director and curators from these exhibitions will introduce their events and discuss likely future directions for international art shows in the region. While modeled on the Western style of exhibition-making, the scope of these artistic and academic endeavors is broad. Art in the Asia-Pacific region now faces a number of region-specific issues that must be addressed and that have the potential to impact deeply on academia and the art market around the world.

Guest speakers
Fumio Nanjo:　　　　　　Artistic Director, Singapore Biennale 2008 / Director, Mori Art Museum
Hyun Jin Kim:　　　　　　Curator, 7th Gwangju Biennale 2008
Fumihiko Sumitomo:　Curator, 3rd Nanjing Triennial
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Moderator
Atsushi Sugita　　　　　Art critic

Fumio Nanjo
Director, Mori Art Museum / Artistic Director, Singapore Biennale 2008 Previously served as: Commissioner, Taipei Biennale (1998); Artistic Director, Yokohama Triennale (2001); and, Artistic Director, Singapore Biennale (2006). Also teaches at Keio University.

HyunJin Kim
Curator, 7th Gwangju Biennale 2008 Born in Hongsung, Korea 1975. Lives and works in Seoul. She has worked for several different art institute like Artsonje Center and Vanabbe Museum, and currently engaged in Gallery27 of Kaywon Art & Design School. She has curated many independent projects and exhibitions include "Plug-in: Undeclared Crowd" (Vanabbe Museum, Eindhoven, 2006) and "Movement, Contingency and Community" (Gallery27, Seoul, 2007). She has written for art magazines and published several books. Her major writings include "Sadong30" (Wien Verlag, Berlin, 2007), "The Semiotic Intervention and its Performative Contingency" (Sala Rekade, Bilbao, 2007).

Fumihiko Sumitomo
Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo / Deputy Director, Arts Initiative Tokyo Born 1971. Exhibitions include: "Out the Window" (2004; Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo), "Reactivity" (2004; ICC, Tokyo), "Possible Futures: Postwar Japanese Art and Technology" (2005; ICC, Tokyo), "Beautiful New World" (2007; 798+Guandong Art Musuem, Beijing and Guangzhou). Has written essays on contemporary artists (Rirkrit Tiravanija, Carsten Nicolai, Experimental Workshop and many others) and museum studies.

Moderator

Atsushi Sugita
Art critic Associate Professor of Joshibi University of Art and Design. Director of alternative space "art & river bank." Books include "mechano - machines of aesthetic, machine of science" (Seikyusha), "Richter, Gould, Bernhard" (Misuzu Shobo Co., Ltd), "Nano thought"　(Sairyusha), etc. Exhibition articles include 'Light as Something Existent' (for "James Turrell" exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito）.

2: "Globalization strategies for the Asian art markets"
(*with English - Japanese　simultaneous interpretation)

Saturday, April 5 / 14:00 - 16:00 (Doors open: 13:45)

In recent years, the Chinese art market has expanded greatly. Many European and Asian galleries have also opened branches in China - each gallery with its own strategies to work on a global scale. In this conference, we will focus on the primary and secondary markets in Asia, discussing their current circumstances and their likely futures. We aim to arrive at solutions for a healthy art market.

Guest speakers
Vinci Chang:　　　 Head of Sales for 20th Century Chinese Art & Asian Contemporary Art Christies' H.K.
Kwanyi Pan:　　　 North East Asia Contemporary Art Specialist, ArtCo Monthly
　　　　　　　　　　　　Art & Collection Group Ltd. Beijing
Chea Gab Yun:　Executive Director, ARARIO GALLERY
Philip Tinari:　　　Art Critic / Writer / Curator / China Advisor, Art Basel
Sueo Mitsuma:　Director, Mizuma Art Gallery

Moderator
Misa Shin:　　　　Executive Director, ART FAIR TOKYO

Co-organized by
Art&Collection Group Ltd. ArtCo Monthly Magazine

Produced by
Kwanyi Pan

Vinci Chang
Head of Sales for 20th Century Chinese Art & Asian Contemporary Art, Chrisie's Hong Kong Born in Taiwan. Graduated from Faculty of Fine Art at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. In 1997 joined Christie's, and has made unrivalled contributions to the development of their modern and contemporary Chinese art and Asian contemporary art sections in Hong Kong. Achievements include the sale of works from the Yageo Foundation Collection, one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art.

Kwanyi Pan
Northeast Asian contemporary art specialist, ArtCo Monthly Born in Korea. Currently based in Beijing as ArtCo Monthly's Northeast Asian contemporary art specialist. Graduated from Goldsmiths College in the Creative Curating Program. Art writer and independent curator specializing in the contemporary art of Northeast Asia (which includes China, Japan and Korea). In 1998 worked as an assistant at PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York and at Nanjo and Associates, Tokyo.

Chea Gab Yun
Executive Director, Arario Galleries, Beijing, Cheonan, New York, Seoul Born in Korea. Obtained a B.A. in Art Studies from Hong Ik University, Seoul and an M.A. degree in Indian Art History from Targore University, India. Has curated notable exhibitions on contemporary art in China, India, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands and the United States.

Philip Tinari
China Advisor, Art Basel Writer and curator specializing in contemporary art in China. Has published a book entitled "Artists in China" and contributed articles on contemporary Chinese art to Artforum and The New York Times Magazine. Has also contributed to catalogues for exhibitions at museums including the Guggenheim and San Francisco MoMA.

Sueo Mitsuma
Director of Mizuma Art Gallery Born in Tokyo. Started career as a gallerist in the 1980s. Manages Mizuma Art Gallery, and Mizuma Action in Nakameguro, Tokyo. Has found, supported and introduced numerous talented young artists from Japan and other Asian countries. Has increased his activities in the overseas market since 2000 and participated in international art fairs including ARCO, Armory Show, Frieze, FIAC and Basel Miami.

Moderator

Misa Shin
Executive Director, Art Fair Tokyo Tokyo-based art impresario. In 2005 appointed Executive Director of Art Fair Tokyo. Prior to that was a manager of PR and Development at Mori Art Museum. Obtained an M.A. from New York University, New York, and worked on several art projects there. Since 2000 has taught art administration at Tokyo National University of Art and Music.

3: Art and Architecture: "How will Architecture Change Art?"

Sunday, April 6 / 14:00 - 16:00 (Doors open: 13:45)

This program will discuss the changing relationship between architecture and art.
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa opened in 2004, Aomori Museum of Art in 2006 and Towada Art Center is due to open in April. The recent prevalence of new museums incorporating novel architectural solutions seems to suggest that “museums can change art.” In this symposium several issues will be raised, such as how museum architecture can help make museums more “accessible to the people,” how communication can be facilitated “between artists and visitors” and how art can be “delivered to the public.” Breaking away from the traditional idea that museums are primarily for the collection, preservation and exhibition art, the symposium will explore how new museums are becoming venues where people can meet and think about art in new ways. An architect, an artist and an architecture critic will get together to discuss new ideas in architecture and what those ideas mean for the art of the future.

Guest Speakers
Tadashi Kawamata:　　　Artist
Junya Ishigami:　　　　　　Artist / Architect

Moderator
Taro Igarashi:　　　　　　　Architecture critic

Tadashi Kawamata
Visual artist Born 1953 in Hokkaido. Since 1977 has participated in, as well as undertaken, a large number of projects and exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including Venice Biennale (1982); Documenta 8 (1987); Sao Paulo Biennale (1987); Documenta 9 (1992); Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Lyon (1993); exhibition for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, Geneva (1995); Munster Skulptor Projekt (1997); 11th Biennale of Sydney (1998); Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (2000-); 4th Shanghai Biennale (2002); Busan Biennale (2002); and, Bienal de Valencia (2003). From 1999 to 2005 served as a professor in the Inter Media Art Course, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. Also served as the artistic director of the Yokohama Triennale in 2005.

Junya Ishigami
Artist / Architect Born 1974 in Kanagawa. Until 2004 worked with Kazuyo Sejima & Associates, when he established junya.ishigami + associates. Installations for “LEXUS L-finesse” (2005), “balloon” (2007), “Facility of Kanagawa Institute of Technology” and “yohji yamamoto gansvoort” attracted much attention. Ongoing projects include “t project.” Due to represent Japan at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale (2008).

Moderator

Taro Igarashi
Architecture critic Born 1967 in Paris. Lives and works in Tokyo and Sendai. Obtained doctorate in engineering from University of Tokyo. Currently Associate Professor at Tohoku University, Adjunct Professor at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and Adjunct Professor at Tama Art University. Publications include “Owari no Kenchiku / Hajimari no Kenchiku (Architecture of the end / Architecture of the beginning),” “Shinshukyo to Kyodai-kenchiku (New Religions and Gigantic Architecture),” “Senso to Kenchiku (War and Architecture), and Kaboubi Toshi (City of Excessive Defence). Commissioner of the Japanese Pavilion at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale (2008).

Talk Series: Dialogues in Art

1. "International Exhibitions in Asia - The Next 10 years" (*with consecutive interpretation)

2: "Globalization strategies for the Asian art markets"(*with English - Japanese simultaneous interpretation)

3: Art and Architecture: "How will Architecture Change Art?"

1. "International Exhibitions in Asia - The Next 10 years"
(*with consecutive interpretation)

2: "Globalization strategies for the Asian art markets"
(*with English - Japanese　simultaneous interpretation)