EXHIBI­TIONS

VIK MUNIZ

Brazilian artist Vik Muniz is famed for his inventive appropriations and reintrepretations of globally circulating icons through unusual materials, from garbage to chocolate sauce. This exhibition features new works from the series Threads that were made especially for the occasion. Drawing on his 30-year engagement with Japan and its culture, Muniz turns to images including a kimono shop, an ikebana vase, and commuting salarymen for inspiration. He then further develops these source images by crossing them through various AI programs before rendering them as embroideries made in collaboration with Brazilian artisans. In using an ancient craft to confer abstract texture to images produced with the latest technology, Muniz raises questions about how the tools we develop to improve our relationship with reality are indeed altering our perceptions of reality.

NCA | NICHIDO CONTEMPORARY ART

Opened in 2002, nca | nichido contemporary art is the contemporary branch of galerie nichido, the pioneering Ginza-based gallery established in 1928. Continuing its predecessor’s mission of promoting culture through innovative projects and exhibitions, nca features a program of up-and-coming Japanese and international artists. As a result of its presence in Taiwan between 2015 and 2022, the gallery has expanded the scope of its program to actively promote Asia’s contemporary art scene.