November 11, 2009
Tatsuo Kawaguchi
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009 MOMAT presents the first major retrospective by a Tokyo museum of one of Japan’s more important postwar conceptual artists. The driving force throughout Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s career has been a desire to connect the visible with the invisible, which he accomplishes by refashioning found objects into works that serve […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on November 2009
Saito Sadamu
MOMAT presents the first major retrospective by a Tokyo museum of one of Japan’s more important postwar conceptual artists. The driving force throughout Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s career has been a desire to connect the visible with the invisible, which he accomplishes by refashioning found objects into works that serve as vessels for meditations on the unknown. Divided into the themes “Matter and Language,” “Time” and “Life,” the show presents some 170 works dating from the ’60s to the present day.
The National Museum of Modern Art
Tatsuo Kawaguchi. Language, Time, Life. Various media. Until Dec 13, free (HS and under)/¥450 (univ)/¥850 (general). 3-1 Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku. Tel: 03-5777-8600 (Hello Dial). Open Tue-Sun 10am-5pm (Fri until 8pm), closed Mon. Nearest stn: Takebashi, exit 1B. www.momat.go.jp
