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NACT SYMPOSIUM: PRISM OF THE REAL, 1989–2010

PRISM OF THE REAL, 1989–2010: TRACING ITS SPECTRUM IN CURATORIAL PRACTICES AND ART CRITICISM TODAY

To coincide with “Prism of the Real: Making Art in Japan 1989–2010,” an exhibition organized by the National Art Center, Tokyo, in partnership with M+, Hong Kong, the symposium “Prism of the Real, 1989–2010: Tracing Its Spectrum in Curatorial Practices and Art Criticism Today” will be held with three distinguished curators and researchers in Japan. The exhibition’s curatorial team, including Doryun Chong (Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+), Isabella Tam (Curator, Visual Art, M+), and Jihye Yun (Curator, the National Art Center, Tokyo), will also be present. The curators and researchers will present their insight from each section/curatorial lens of the exhibition—“The Past is a Phantom,” “Self and Others,” and “A Promise of Community”—to examine how the social politics and artistic approaches raised in the 1990s and early 2000s are relevant in contemporary society in the 2020s.

Program
Greetings:
Yukie Kamiya, Head, Curatorial Division, and Chief Curator, the National Art Center, Tokyo

About the Exhibition:
Doryun Chong, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, M+

Introduction:
Isabella Tam, Curator of Visual Arts, M+, and Jihye Yun, Curator, the National Art Center, Tokyo

Presentation 1:
Sunhye Cho, Associate Curator, Mori Art Museum

Presentation 2:
Hiroki Yamamoto, Cultural Studies Scholar, Associate Professor at Jissen Women's University

Presentation 3:
Azusa Hashimoto, Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; The National Museum of Art, Osaka

Open Discussion:
Moderated by Isabella Tam and Jihye Yun

HOURS
Friday, November 7, 3pm–5pm

LOCATION
National Art Center, Tokyo
7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku

ADMISSION
Free with exhibition ticket

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