Japanese pavilion
The Japanese pavilion houses Japan's
national representation during the Venice Biennale
arts festivals.
Background
The Venice Biennale is an international
Venice, Italy. Often described as "the Olympics of the art world", participation in the Biennale is a prestigious event for contemporary artists. The festival has become a constellation of shows: a central exhibition curated by that year's artistic director, national pavilions hosted by individual nations, and independent exhibitions throughout Venice. The Biennale parent organization also hosts regular festivals in other arts: architecture, dance, film, music, and theater.[1]
Outside of the central, international exhibition, individual nations produce their own shows, known as pavilions, as their national representation. Nations that own their pavilion buildings, such as the 30 housed on the Giardini, are responsible for their own upkeep and construction costs as well. Nations without dedicated buildings create pavilions in venues throughout the city.[1]
Organization and building
The pavilion, designed by Takamasa Yoshizaka, was built between 1955 and 1956.[2]
Representation by year
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Art
- 1952 — Taikan Yokoyama, Kokei Kobayashi, Kiyotaka Kaburaki, Heihachirō Fukuda, Kyujin Yamamoto, Kenji Yoshioka, Sotaro Yasui, Shinsen Tokuoka, Ryuzaburo Umehara, Ichiro Fukuzawa, Kigai Kawaguchi
- 1954 — Taro Okamoto
- 1956 — Kunitaro Suda, Kazu Wakita, Takeo Yamaguchi, Shigeru Ueki, Toyoichi Yamamoto, Shiko Munakata
- 1958 — Kawabata Ryūshi, Seison Maeda, Kenzo Okada, Yoshi Kinouchi, Shindō Tsuji (representative: Shūzō Takiguchi; assistant commissioner: Ichirō Fukuzawaand Yoshiaki Tōno)
- 1960 — Toshimitsu Imai, Yoshishige Saito, Kei Sato, Kaoru Yamaguchi, Tadahiro Ono, Tomonori Toyofuku, Yoshitatsu Yanagihara, Yozo Hamaguchi
- 1962 — Kinuko Emi, Minoru Kawabata, Kumi Sugai, Tadashi Sugimata, Ryokichi Mukai
- 1964 — Yoshishige Saito, Toshinobu Onosato, Hisao Domoto, Tomonori Toyofuku
- 1966 — Toshinobu Onosato, Masuo Ikeda, Morio Shinoda, Ay-O
- 1968 — Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
- 1970 — Shusaku Arakawa[3] and Nobuo Sekine[4]
- 1972 — Kenji Usami, Shintaro Tanaka
- 1976 — Kishin Shinoyama
- 1978 — Koji Enokura, Kishio Suga
- 1980 — Koji Enokura, Susumu Koshimizu, Isamu Wakabayashi
- 1982 — Naoyoshi Hikosaka, Yoshio Kitayama, Tadashi Kawamata
- 1984 — Kosho Ito, Kyoji Takubo, Kosai Hori
- 1986 — Isamu Wakabayashi, Masafumi Maita
- 1988 — Shigeo Toya, Keiji Umematsu, Katsura Funakoshi
- 1990 — Toshikatsu Endo, Saburo Muraoka
- 1993 — Yayoi Kusama (Commissioner: Akira Tatehata)[5]
- 1995 — Katsuhiko Hibino, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Senju, Jae Eun Choi
- 1997 — Rei Naito
- 2003 — Yutaka Sone, Motohiko Odani
- 2005 — Miyako Ishiuchi (Commissioner: Michiko Kasahara)[6]
- 2007 — Masao Okabe (Commissioner: Chihiro Minato)[7]
- 2009 — Miwa Yanagi (Commissioner: Hiroshi Minamishima)[8]
- 2011 — Tabaimo (Commissioner: Yuka Uematsu)[9]
- 2013 — Koki Tanaka (Curator: Mika Kuraya)[10]
- 2015 — Chiharu Shiota (Curator: Hitoshi Nakano)[11]
- 2017 — Takahiro Iwasaki (Curator: Meruro Washida)[12]
- 2019 — Motoyuki Shitamichi, Taro Yasuno, Toshiaki Ishikura, Fuminori Nousaku (Curator: Hiroyuki Hattori)[13]
- 2022 — Dumb Type[14]
References
- ^ a b Russeth 2019.
- ^ Volpi 2013.
- ^ "Artist Info".
- ^ "Nobuo Sekine".
- ^ "45th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "51st La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "52nd La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "53rd La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "54th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "55th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ "56th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ Tessa Goldsher (July 11, 2016), Takahiro Iwasaki Will Represent Japan at Venice Biennale in 2017 ARTnews.
- ^ "58th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition". The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
- ^ José da Silva (17 December 2021), Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators The Art Newspaper.
Bibliography
- Russeth, Andrew (April 17, 2019). "The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know". ARTnews. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- Volpi, Cristiana (2013). "Japan". In Re Rebaudengo, Adele (ed.). Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale. Rome: Contrasto. p. 188. ISBN 978-88-6965-440-4.
Further reading
- Adriasola, Ignacio (October 2017). "Japan's Venice: The Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the "Pseudo-Objectivity" of the International". Archives of Asian Art. 67 (2): 209–236. S2CID 194869758.
- Etherington, Rose (August 29, 2012). "Toyo Ito's Japanese Pavilion wins at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012". Dezeen. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- Frearson, Amy (June 10, 2014). "Japan's biennale pavilion celebrates radical 1970s architecture". Dezeen. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- "Japanese Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale". Artsy. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- "Japanese Pavilion – 55th Biennale di Venezia. June 1st – November 24th 2013". Artsy. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- Seaman, Anna (June 29, 2015). "Venice Biennale: Japan's Pavilion by Salama Nasib". The National. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
