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Installation view from 'When the body says Yes'
for the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022
Photo by Peter Tijhuis,
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Sanghyun Park青山 悟

Kao Okadaアンドレア・バウアーズ
スザンヌ・レイ シー

メラニー・ボ ナーヨ

小 林 正人Muyun Li

リー・ムユン

Masato Kobayashi

岡田 夏旺

melanie bonajo

パク・サンヒョン

Andrea Bowers & Suzanne Lacy

海野 林太 郎Satoru Aoyama&Rintaro Unno――――――
キュレーター‖荒木夏実［東京藝術大学准教授］

Curator: Natsumi Araki (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)
共同企画者‖ 青山悟［アーティスト］

2023年 8月8日〈火〉― 8月27日〈日〉Tue. August 8 ―― Sun. August 27, 2023

10:00 -17:00

月曜休館 Closed on Mondays 入場無料 Admission Free

Co-Planner: Satoru Aoyama (Artist)
展示監督‖ 岩間賢［東京藝術大学准教授］

Exhibition Manager: Satoshi Iwama (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)――――――

東京藝術大学大学美術館 陳列館
Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
〒110-8714 東京都台東区上野公園12-8 12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8714――――――

ハローダイヤル Hello Dial：050-5541-8600

関連イベント｜アーティスト・トーク「そこに愛はあるのか？」
登壇者｜青山悟／小林正人 モデレーター｜荒木夏実

日時｜2023 年 8 月20日
〈日〉14:00 -15:30 ※予約不要 会場｜東京藝術大学上野校地 絵画棟 1F アートスペース――――――
主催‖「アートと社会」実行委員会

助成‖公益財団法人東京都歴史文化財団 アーツカウンシル東京［東京芸術文化創造発信助成］ 公益財団法人全国税理士共栄会文化財団

公益財団法人野村財団 公益財団法人朝日新聞文化財団 公益財団法人花王芸術・科学財団

後援‖駐日オランダ王国大使館

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WHO WILL YOU SHOW YOUR ART TO ?
あなたのアートを誰に見せますか ?

Information
Exibition Period
Open Hours
ClosedAdmisstion
Venue

Tue. August 8 ― Sun. August 27, 2023
10:00-17:00
MondaysFree
Chinretsukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8714 Hello Dial: 050-5541-8600

Artists

Satoru Aoyama, Andrea Bowers & Suzanne Lacy, melanie bonajo,
Masato Kobayashi, Muyun Li, Kao Okada, Sanghyun Park, Rintaro Unno

CuratorNatsumi Araki (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Satoru Aoyama (Artist)
Satoshi Iwama (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Sanghyun Park

Co-planner
Exhibition Manager
Coordinator
Organaizer
Supported byUnder the auspice of“Art and Society” Executive Committee
Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)
The Cultural Foundation of Tax Accountants Association Japan
Nomura Foundation
The Asahi Shimbun Foundation
The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, JapanContact
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SummaryAn art exhibition made by artists and viewersThis exhibition, through the works of artists who confront challenges existing in society, will consider
various contemporary issues of today: solitude, body and sexuality, relationship between humans andnature, and collaboration and solidarity with others. The exhibition also sheds light on the role of theviewer, or “audience”, and explores the possibilities of a new interrelationship between the artist and theviewer, and a new viewing experience.
Artist and activist Suzanne Lacy has said that when she shows her work in art museums, her
imagination extends beyond the people who come to see it, to include those who cannot come to the venue
due to financial or psychological constraints.
A work of art does not come into existence simply by the artist alone, and its meaning continuallychanges according to the reactions of its viewers, who feel, interpret, and at times develop questions upon
encountering it. That is why it can be said that works of art are appreciated beyond their time and region,
and acquire the freedom to be read in new ways.
This exhibition introduces the various perspectives presented by the artists, while also visualizing what
is inside the minds of the audience. In a space where the ideas of the artist and the viewer intersect, weexpect a new dialogue with the artwork to emerge.

Features of the Exhibition

Visualizing messages from the artist and the audience
In an attempt to connect the artist and the audience, we will display questions that were asked tothe artist and its answers (who they want to show the work to, what they thought during the creation of
the work, what message or question they want to send to the viewer), as well as provide a sheet for theviewers to write their opinions (which work they liked, what they want to tell the artist, to whom theywant to introduce this exhibition), which will be posted on the wall for later viewers to see. By knowing
the opinions of others towards the artworks, we will enable a more open viewing experience.

Dialogue with diverse audiences
We will incorporate viewers who usually have limited access to art museums, and create opportunities
for discussion on the exhibited artworks and hear their opinions. We plan to hold talks and discussions
through sign language with the hearing-impaired, a program for young children to see the artworks andhear their impressions, and a program with senior audiences. We will be posting reports of these events onour website.

Collaboration and solidarity through production
It was during the time of lockdowns due to the pandemic restricting interactions between people
that Suzanne Lacy along with Andrea Bowers created the video work in this exhibition. Here, we see

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recordings of women performing passages, line by line, from the poem “This Earth: What She Is To Me”
from the 1978 book “Women and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her” by Susan Griffin, a well-known ecofeminist. Alongside notable artists such as Mónica Mayer and Catherine Opie, the original author Griffin
herself appears in the video, which shows the solidarity of women across generations.
melanie bonajoʼs “When the body says Yes,” which represented the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice
Biennale in 2022, shows people touching each other physically through workshops, discussing theirconcerns and discomfort about their bodies and its relationship with culture.
Satoru Aoyama exhibits masks with embroideries made by children in a workshop at an international
school in Tokyo, along with the artistʼs own work.
Masato Kobayashi gave students in his “LOVE-zemi (LOVE seminar)” class at the Tokyo Universityof the Arts, a mission to create an artwork to be given to someone they love, which would only becomplete upon delivery. The artistʼs own work will be exhibited along with the works of the students whoparticipated in this class.
Kao Okada met elderly and foreign employees at her part-time hotel cleaning job, and came into
contact with their thoughts on work and life. She will present a video installation of her “cleaning works”
created in collaboration with his co-workers.

Alternative perspectives
As a Chinese in Japan, Muyun Li, based on the sense of discomfort and alienation that the artist felt
firsthand, has expressed feelings of servility and loneliness that anyone and everyone has through theformat of videos and radio-dramas.
melanie bonajo, an artist, activist, and sexology bodyworker, explores relationships through the bodythat transcend gender binaries, or systems of marriage and family, from a queer perspective.
Sanghyun Park also continues to explore the possibility of sculpture that breaks away from traditionalmasculinity, while looking at the artistʼs own gentile identity as a queer foreigner living in Japan.
Rintaro Unno depicts narratives of a fictional yet conceivable world through deconstructing theframeworks of human and animal, nature and artifact, reality and fiction.

Artist Talk

Is there LOVE there?
Satoru Aoyama and Masato Kobayashi, artists in this exhibition, will be invited to talk about their loveand thoughts toward the audience and collaboration with students and children in their production.
DateSun. August 20, 2023 *No reservation needed

Speakers

Satoru Aoyama, Masato Kobayashi（Artists)

Moderator

Natsumi Araki（Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)

Venue

ART SPACE, 1F Painting Bldg., Tokyo University of the Arts
12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8714

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Artists――――Satoru Aoyama 青山 悟
Born 1973 in Tokyo, Aoyama has presented
works that extend the boundaries ofembroidery by using an old industrial sewing
machine. He launched the website “EverydayArt Market” to present and sell new works from his home amidst
the pandemic, creating works through communicating withcustomers. Works made during a workshop with British School
students will also be displayed.
Satoru Aoyama “Mr.Nʼs cigarette butt” 2023――――

Andrea Bowers & Suzanne Lacy
アンドレア・バウアーズ & スザンヌ・レイシー

Bowers, born 1964
in Ohio, U.S.A., hascontinued to document
activism and express theexperiences of people
fighting for gender,race, environment,labor and immigration
justice through drawings, videos and installations. Lacy, born 1945
in California, U.S.A., a pioneer of socially engaged art, creates
expressions to address social issues such as racism, aging, andAndrea Bowers & Suzanne Lacy “This Earth: What She Is To Me” 2020
Courtesy of Andrea Bowers and Suzanne Lacy

poverty by working together with communities. “This Earth: WhatShe Is To Me” is a collaborative work by the two artists.

――――melanie bonajo
メラニー・ボナーヨBorn 1978 in Heerlen, the Netherlands,
bonajo is an artist, filmmaker, sexology
bodyworker and activist exploring thepossibilities of reclaiming and sharing sexuality, intimacy, andsensation from a queer and de-capitalist perspective. bonajoʼswork, a video installation showcasing an attempt to reimagine theintimacy of the body, drew attention at the 2022 Venice Biennale
where it represented the Dutch Pavilion.

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Courtesy of the artist and AKINCI
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Masato Kobayashi 小林 正人
Born 1957 in Tokyo, Kobayashi has
produced works in various locations with abase in Ghent, Belgium, after representing
Japan at the 1996 Sao Paulo Biennale andbeing invited to Europe by curator Jan Huth in 1997. Teaching classes
at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Kobayashi stresses “the importanceof facing the person you love, the person you want to show your work
to upon painting” and claims that “painting is all about the way theartist faces the world.” Also shown will be works made by students whoparticipated in his “Love Zemi (Seminar)”.

Masato Kobayashi “Portrait of the artist” 2019
Copyright the artist, Courtesy of ShugoArts, Photo by Muto Shigeo――――

Muyun Li リー・ムユン
Born 2000 in Shanghai, China, Li is aMasterʼs student at the Graduate School ofFine Arts at the Tokyo University of the Arts,
using time-based media such as video andradio drama to express unique narratives. Based on the artistʼs own
experience of living abroad for a long time, Li depicts people's innerfeelings of servility, alienation, and loneliness, and tries to create

Muyun Li “Monologue” 2021

works that allow them to share such feelings with others.

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Kao Okada 岡田 夏旺
Born 2001 in Tokyo, Okada is a Masterʼs
student at the Graduate School of Fine Arts
at the Tokyo University of the Arts, and also
enjoys working as a part-time hotel roomcleaner. Based on the experiences gained through interactions withfellow cleaners of different ages and nationalities, Okada looks into
the boundaries between cleanliness and dirtiness, expressed throughKao Okada “Clean/ing people” 2023

video installations.

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Sanghyun Park パク・サンヒョン
Born 1991 in Seoul, South Korea, Park, as bothforeigner and queer in Japan, examines the artistʼsown situation through a sculptural approach, andattempts to deconstruct the masculinity foundwithin the medium. Parkʼs works are created for people who have questioned
their own identity, or people who are interested in the fundamental nature ofhuman activity.

Sanghyun Park “Poorly constructed sculpture-At 16:31”
2021 *Reference work――――

Rintaro Unno 海野 林太郎
Born 1992 in Tokyo, Unno attempts to visualize
the invisible and the diverse through video,
photography, sculpture, and other forms ofexpression, taking hints from religion, video games,
and other things that the artist has been familiar with. With poetic sentimentand humor, Unno examines the possibilities of an environment where different
objects and values can coexist.

Rintaro Unno “Fool, Fun Night, I Love You” 2022

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