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EXHIBITION
Art Planning Room Aoyama 13th May - 31st May 2003
J/BAN 2003
May 1 - June 8, 2003
'British Art Now' (BAN) so far
As we went into our sixth year we all hoped that despite difficult
economical times it might remain an annual event.Our objectives
remained the same; making it an on-going and developing movement
which will continue and that each year the events will evolve as
some of the artists and all their artworks change and respond.
We have officially changed our name to Japanese & British Art
Now to reflect what we do and in 2003 we plan solo shows in our
three venues in Tokyo as well as a group show in London in the
summer. We plan associated talks and events hosted by all the
artists and have planned college visits in both countries.
Kathryn Z. Bell
The following three artists will have solo shows in 2003 in
Tokyo:
Fraser Taylor
(1st May 2003 - 17th May 2003 - Private View 1st May 6-8.30pm,
Closing Party with artist 15th May 6-8pm)
A painter & textile artist Taylor has been a regular
participant in BAN since 1997. Now living in Chicago his show for
Tokyo is entitled 'Edge' and the work is 'inspired by living next
to Lake Michigan' whilst very much growing from past experiences
collaborating in London and Tokyo. His time in Tokyo results in
work that is filled with frenetic gesture yet and in Chicago, it is
the contrast of empty against busy that is echoed in the slow
clarity of a single line and the fast frantic mark of a
gesture.
Yuko Moriyama
(13th May - 31st May 2003. Opening Private View 15th May 5.30
-7.30pm. Closing Party 27th May 5.30 -7.30pm)
A newcomer to J&BAN trained architect Moriyama can be
considered equally Japanese and British and her work seems steeped
in both cultures. It is the surface of water that preoccupies in
her main body of work; exquisitely rendered drawings of blues,
violets and greens that merge before our eyes.
"I am primarily working on Water Spirits. Executed in graphite and
colored pastel on paper they deal with the meditative, spiritual
and symbolic nature of water. ...... Each deals with a personal
inner journey; collectively they form part of an ongoing and
evolving synthesis of works". Her works seems far removed from
mainstream Western contemporary art.
Etsuko Montgomery
(27th May - 8th June 2003 Opening Private View with the artist
27th May 6-8pm)
More than any of the other J&BAN artists Montgomery seems to
produce the most Japanese of work yet her training as an artist is
totally Western as is her direct execution and approach yet her
work reflects" links to my personal emotions and memories,
spiritual experiences and Japanese cultures"
She spends little time in Japan yet continually reaches into her
own culture to evoke an aura of both spiritual and natural
landscapes and to source a particular quality of luminosity. This
will be the first chance for Japanese audiences to identify with
her wonderful work.
We wish J&BAN to be truly cross cultural and not exclusive and
that it will continue to offer less established artists the chance
to visit, work, teach and exhibit in an entirely different culture.
Genuine links are established or maintained between the two
cultures, never the take over of one by another.
J&BAN offers all who take part an enriching experience and we
hope that more visitors than ever before will join us.
Japanese &British Art Now
Organizer: Kathryn Bell (Fine Art
Consultancy) kathryn_z.bell@virgin.net
For Japanese Information, please
contact ban_tokyo@hotmail.com
Participating Galleries & contact information:
Spica Museum 4-6-5 Minami-Aoyama,
Minato-ku (03-5414-2264)
Art Planning Room Aoyama Bal 2F 2-12-27
Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku (03-3404-9543)
Omotesando Gallery Ark Atrium B-02 4-17-3
Jingumae, Shibuya-ku (03-5775-2469)