Tokyo Story

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Tokyo Story

Curated by Natane Takeda

Hideshi Ide
Yoko Inoue
Yoshio Itagaki
Midori Mitamura
Yuichiro Nishizawa
Kazuhito Sahara
Motoi Yamamoto

Exhibition Dates:
June 29 through July 27, 2007

Opening Reception:
Friday, June 29 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 p.m. - 6 p.m.
(July: Tuesday - Friday, 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. Or By Appointment)

Contact Information:
Natane Takeda, 212 560 9728 or [e-mail]

Jennifer Bacon and Filippo Fossati are pleased to announce the opening of a group show, entitled Tokyo Story curated by Japanese independent curator Natane Takeda.

One of the most significant Japanese movies, Tokyo Story, by Yasujiro Ozu once demonstrated common everyday life situations of all times in the 50’s in Tokyo. Ozu was intrigued with the changes Japan was undergoing and often questioned its traditional values. Almost five decades have past since Tokyo Story was made. The cityscape in the movie has become almost unrecognizable. Life values in Japan have continuously changed under the influences of rapid economic growth, the emergence and collapse of financial bubble, the rapid influx of Western culture and the IT revolution. What were once common values have been transformed into something different from the origins. Religious faith in Buddhism, for instance, has become more a fashion trend for the young generation. The extended family has shifted to a nuclear family and is urbanized. Mass consumption has become mass culture.

Though Tokyo has rapidly and continuously changed and modernized, Japanese tradition still remains.
This group show features seven emerging Japanese artists - whose respective work is different from each other in media and concept and are here tied together by the fact that each of them incorporates classical conventions and traditions to some degree into their artworks, whether it is by illustrating habits and rituals or through a "classical" technique. Showcase of the works invites the viewer, as the movie did, to see a fragment of Tokyo past. Ultimately, the show is a nostalgic resurrection of convention and tradition, rediscovered through the eyes of Japanese contemporary artists.

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New York NY, 10001
212 560 9728
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