Yoshiaki Kaihatsu
| Type | Artist Male |
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| URLs | Artist's page Wikipedia Other Interview |
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| Artist in residence | 2005 - 2006 | Künstlerhaus Bethanien International Studio Programme | Berlin | ||
| Scholarship | 2004 - 2005 | Agency for Cultural Affairs | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Award | 2001 | 4. Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art des | Taro Okamoto Museum of Art | Kawasaki, Japan | |
| Scholarship | 2001 - 2002 | Pola Art Foundation | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Artist in residence | 2001 - 2002 | International Studio & Curatorial Program | New York, USA | ||
| Artist in residence | 2000 | Big City | Banff Art Center | Canada | |
| Scholarship | 1998 - 1999 | Asian Cultural Council | New York, USA | ||
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| Group exhibition | 2009 | From Home to the Museum:Tanaka Tsuneko Collection | The Museum of Modern Art | Wakayama, Japan | |
| Solo exhibition | 2006 | ＤevelopmentＴＶ | Künstlerhaus Bethanien | Berlin, Germany | |
| Group exhibition | 2005 | Light Art from Artificial Light | ZKM | Karlsruhe, Germany | |
| Solo exhibition | 2004 | CENTAURE 1.5 times | Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of ART.YAMANASHI | Japan | |
| Group exhibition | 2001 | Tokyo rabbit paradise project | Selfridges | London, England | |
| Group exhibition | 2001 | NEO-TOKYO | Museum of Contemporary Art | Sydney, Australia | |
| Solo exhibition | 1999 | Girl Friend | Westbeth Apartment | New York, USA | |
| Project | 1995 - 1996 | 365 PROJECT | Japan | All over the country in Japan | |
| Solo exhibition | 1991 | Cut off the Name | gallery Natsukaｂ | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Group exhibition | 1988 | 7th Persons Exhibition | Yamanashi Art Museum | Yamanashi, Japan | |
| Group exhibition | 1988 | Philip Morris Art Award | TOKYO International Forum | Tokyo, Japan |
| Artworks in Collections | |||
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| Banff Art Center | Banff, Canada | Earth of dust | |
| Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art | Yamanashi, Japan | CENTAURE 1.5 times |
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| Monograph | 2005 | Revolver | Happo: Yoshiaki Kaihatsu | Yoshiaki Kaihatsu | 3865881580 | Frankfurt |
Exhibitions
Venice, Italy
Venice Architecture Biennale, Japanese Pavilion
Awards
Kawasaki, Japan
4. Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art, Taro Okamoto Museum of Art
Education
Tokyo, Japan
Master of Arts, Tama Art University
Education
Tokyo, Japan
Bachelor of Arts, Tama Art University
Born
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
I am primarily interested in social services projects. Following the belief that works of art do not necessarily have to be objects, I am working on projects that incorporate direct communication with people. However, as viewers often experience problems in identifying such intangible projects with artworks, in my attempt to find new ways of expression, I conceive my works as tools, which can be immediately recognised as art by any viewer.
My work is thus engaged in providing social services, which may lead to a form of art activism. I believe that this approach favours the emergence of an advanced form of insubstantial art, echoing the forging of a new mentality and social change in the near future.
(Yoshiaki Kaihatsu)
https://www.bethanien.de/en/artists/yoshiaki-kaihatsu/ (29.05.2019)
From a distance they resemble winter snow palaces. But those who approach Yoshiaki Kaihatsu's large and luminous sculptures encounter styrofoam as building material. Not just any styrofoam but molded packaging material that once protected consumer goods from damage in transit. Under Kaihatsu's hands, it transforms into temples, a tea house or abstract sculptures that can all be entered. Like UFOs, these architectures glow from within, giving them a touch of science-fiction. In a "negative" way, they represent two things at the same time. On the one hand, they are literally negative forms. On the other, their material and lighting include the ambiguities and uncertainties of a "bright future".
The artist faced the dangers of such a future directly with a work not made from styrofoam. This time Kaihatsu built a small wooden house near the evacuated village of Idate, not far from the reactor ruin of Fukushima. He invited politicians to stay there to reflect on the consequences of the devastating tsunami and other tragic events such as 9/11. Yoshiaki Kaihatsu has once compared his art with social service, which he conceives not as objects but as tools "that are immediately recognized by every viewer as works of art, in an effort to develop new forms of expression."
https://www.mikikosatogallery.com/en/artists/yoshiaki-kaihatsu/ (29.05.2019)
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CENTAURE 1.5 times | 2004 | Yoshiaki Kaihatsu | |
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Happô-En | 2001 | Yoshiaki Kaihatsu | |