BILLOWING LIGHT: ISHIDA Takashi
March 28 – May 31, 2015
Yokohama Museum of Art
This is the first large-scale solo exhibition devoted
to the work of ISHIDA Takashi (b. 1972), an artist
who has been receiving a great deal of attention inrecent years in the areas of experimental film andcontemporary art.
ISHIDA started out as a painter but around 1992
he began making films composed of handmade
drawings shot with a stop-frame animation
technique. Since then, he has won renown in thefields of experimental film and contemporary art forworks like The Art of Fugue of 2001, an original
film created at the Aichi Arts Center, and Wall of
the Sea of 2007, which was created during a
Where Light Falls
2015, Video©Takashi Ishidaresidency at the Yokohama Museum of Art.
Drawing animation is a basic technique that Ishida

uses in making his works, enabling him to move back and forth across the line between
painting and moving image art. By bringing a variety of elements into the interval between
these two art forms such as the body (physical action), music, and the creative environment(architecture, light, sound), he creates a chaotic artistic space that is difficult to define.
This exhibition is a summation of his work up to the present and a significant step in his
ongoing artistic development. It includes both early and recent film/video works andtwo-dimensional works that have accompanied or are related to them.
*Exhibition tour: September 18 – October 25, 2015, Okinawa Prefecture Museum & Art Museum

Chapter 1: EMAKI (Scroll picture)
Chapter 2: Music
Chapter 3: Body
Chapter 4: Room and Window

Burning Chair,
2013, Video©Takashi Ishida

Artist Profile
ISHIDA Takashi(Born, lives and works in Tokyo)

Born in 1972, ISHIDA Takashi is a painter and film artist. He mainly uses a technique ofdrawing animation, which consists in drawing lines and shooting them one frame at a time.
By interposing multiplying lines, moving points or some other mobile element, Ishida's
installations produce various changes in the quality of the space. He received the Most
Promising Young Talent Prize of the Gotoh Commemorative Culture Award in 2007. He is
also associate professor at Tama Art University.
His recent major exhibitions include “Quest for Vision Vol.2: Ishida Takashi and Genealogyof Abstract Animation” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in 2009, “MOTCollection Silent Narrator: On Plural Stories Special Feature: Takashi Ishida” at the Museumof Contemporary Art Tokyo in 2011 and “Double Vision: Contemporary Art from Japan” at theMoscow Museum of Modern Art in 2012, “Image and Illusion: Video Works from theYokohama Museum of Art” at the Singapore Art Museum in 2014.

Wall of the Sea,
(Production scene at Yokohama Museum of Art, 2006)©Takashi Ishida

Emaki / Wave
2010, Video,©Takashi Ishida

Where Light Falls,

Wall of the Sea

2015, Video©Takashi Ishida2007, Video(Installation view at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo,2011)©Takashi IshidaAdmissionAdults¥1,500 (1,400)

University students, High school students¥900(800)

Junior high school students¥600(500)

Elementary school students and younger

Free*Advance tickets are on sale from January 3 until March 27, 2015*( )= Advance and Group of over 20 people (pre-booking required)*Free Admission on April 4th, 2015
*Admission for high school and younger student is free every Saturday. (Student ID or student handbook required)*Visitors with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge. (Please present certificate at theadmission.)*Collection gallery is available with this ticket.

General Information
BILLOWING LIGHT: ISHIDA Takashi
Dates: March 28－May 31, 2015
Open hours: 10:00－18:00 (Last admission at 17:30)
Closed: Thursdays
Venue: Yokohama Museum of Art
3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012
TEL: 045−221−0300

FAX: 045−221−0317

The Art of Fugue
2001, Ink and pencil on paper©Takashi Ishida

URL: http://yokohama.art.museum/Organizers: Yokohama Museum of Art, THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
Supported by: City of Yokohama
In Cooperation with: Minatomirai Line, Yokohama Cable Vision Inc., Yokohama FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd.,
Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd., Taka Ishii Gallery,Tama Art University, Department of Moving Image and Performing Arts

Contact
Public Relations Dep., Yokohama Museum of Art
3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama.220-0012 JAPAN
TEL:+81(0)45 221 0319

FAX:+81(0)45 221 0317

E-mail:pr-yma@yaf.or.jp