World Art Show: Triennale Yokohama 2008
Daniel Buren, a French artist installed fabric art displays for the last Yokohama Triennale in 2005. The installation, which was titled as “On the Waterfront: 16,150 Flames,” was specifically designed for the venue in Yokohama.
The country with unique mixture of its old and new cultures is now becoming a large art destination for artists and art dealers from all over the world: Among the cultural globalization, art scene is the crossroad of different cultures and new perspectives. In Japan, the younger generations increasingly follow international art scenes as much as design, fashion and architecture. At the same time, more and more Japanese artists make major presence around the world, not to mention prominent art exhibitions in the United States such as in New York City.
As a good indicator of the recent art-oriented and international minded culture among the young generations, Yokohama Triennale 2008, an international art show, displays the latest art works from September 13 to November 30. The event is themed as “time crevasse” for timeless and intercultural capacity of art. International art shows are raising more and more attentions just like the biennale of Venice, Italy, the international art show has been taken place every other year for over 100 years. Yokohama Triennale is the art exhibition for every three years, and successfully presents the third installment featuring 70 artists from 35 countries. Yokohama is the best match to this art event with both historic and recent innovative urban development that accommodates Japanese young audience and foreign artists.
The historic brick warehouse is one of the exhibition sites of Yokohama Triennale 2008.
The venues also represent Japan’s latest art scenes: The main building that holds 5,000m2 of floor space (1.2 acres) is right next to the Graduate School of Film and New Media of Tokyo University of the Arts. Inside is the perfect art space with the warm lights from the ceiling and side walls, which evenly spread the right amount of light in the exhibition space. Other two facilities occupy Yokohama’s historic port warehouse buildings that preserve historic exterior façade and have the latest architectural and technological renovation inside.
A Belgian installation Artist Luc Deleu exhibited “Speybank” in Yokohama Triennale 2005.
Having been developed as the large port city and accommodated merchants, artists and diplomats from the neighboring countries as well as the Western world, Yokohama’s inter-cultural atmosphere matches Triennale’s principle to connect different cultures through arts. In addition to the City’s historic spots, Yokohama Triennale is certainly the new attraction of Yokohama, and the city will move on to serve as the art center of Japan.
For more event information, visit www.yokohamatriennale.jp.
——– Nori Akashi: Public Relations Manager at the New York Office of JNTO
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