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[Solo Exhibition] Tatsuo Miyajima "Chronicle 1995-2020" Chiba City Museum of Art

【個展】宮島達男「クロニクル 1995−2020」千葉市美術館

Tatsuo Miyajima “Chronicle 1995-2020”

I visited “Chronicle 1995-2020,” a solo exhibition by Tatsuo Miyajima, who is internationally acclaimed for his works using LED (light-emitting diode) digital counters. The venue is the Chiba City Museum of Art.

Tatsuo Miyajima "Chronicle 1995-2020"
Tatsuo Miyajima “Chronicle 1995-2020”

This exhibition is a retrospective looking back on the 25 years from 1995 to 2020.

Installation view
Installation view

 

Tatsuo Miyajima, Life (le corps sans organes) – no.18, 2013
Tatsuo Miyajima, Life (le corps sans organes) – no.18, 2013
Tatsuo Miyajima, Innumerable Life/Buddha MMD-03, 2019
Tatsuo Miyajima, Innumerable Life/Buddha MMD-03, 2019
Innumerable Life/Buddha MMD-03 (Detail)
Innumerable Life/Buddha MMD-03 (Detail)
Tatsuo Miyajima, Time Train to Auschwitz-No.1, 2008
Tatsuo Miyajima, Time Train to Auschwitz-No.1, 2008
Tatsuo Miyajima, Time Train to Auschwitz-No.3, 2008
Tatsuo Miyajima, Time Train to Auschwitz-No.3, 2008
Tatsuo Miyajima, C.F Lifestructurism-No.18, 2009
Tatsuo Miyajima, C.F Lifestructurism-No.18, 2009
C.F Lifestructurism-No.18 (Detail)
C.F Lifestructurism-No.18 (Detail)
Tatsuo Miyajima, Diamond in You No.17, 2010
Tatsuo Miyajima, Diamond in You No.17, 2010
Diamond in You No.17 (Detail)
Diamond in You No.17 (Detail)

Changing Time / Changing Art (2020), a work made to cover pieces by five renowned artists — On Kawara, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Kumi Sugai, Lee Ufan, and Hiroshi Sugimoto — left a particularly strong impression.

In the Sayado Hall on the 1st floor

Tatsuo Miyajima, Floating Time, 2000
Tatsuo Miyajima, Floating Time, 2000
Tatsuo Miyajima, Floating Time, 2000
Tatsuo Miyajima, Floating Time, 2000

The show was a retrospective of Miyajima’s 25 years of activity.
Beyond the LED works, it foregrounded video pieces that make the viewer sharply aware of time.

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