The exhibit included work from everywhere and covered the three parts 'THE BODY' (a lot of portraits), 'THE BUILT WORLD', and 'SPACE'. I was most exchited to see Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol's work. It was nice to see some work by Warhol that wasn't a multi-colored Marilyn Monroe face or Campbell's Soup can. Same for Lichtenstein, since most of the work I've seen by him is the 'comic book' style, it was cool to see some of his paintings and things. There were some Gary Hume pieces next to Lichtenstein's that I really liked, though I don't know much about his other work. They were very solid colored and bright silhouette portraits that used some pretty colors and interesting shapes. Ryuji Miyamoto (宮本隆司) had some amazing photos. (The ones on that site are actually a few of the ones that were on display.) I also really liked a collection of photos of happy children. I know that's a lame description, but since the exhibit book was sold out, I'm going off of memory. I can't remember the title of the collection, but it was done by Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木経惟). Expect some artist posts in my other blog eventually.
There was also a section called 'ANOTHER LANDSCAPE' that looked at the changing landscape of cities as see through contemporary Asian art. Yin Xiuzhen did a really interesting 'Portable City' piece of Tokyo in a suitcase. Ryuji Miyamoto's work was in this section as well. If you want to see some crazy detailing, Manabu Ikeda's (池田学) piece, 'Ark' was also really insane to look at up close.
Overall, it was a really interesting exhibit, though I do like 'Roppongi Crossing' and 'Space for your future' more. (I think that has more to do with the theme of the exhibit than the actual artists though.) Apparently BMW has something artistic going on that involves Roy Lichtenstein, so maybe I'll check that out when it's going on, but we'll see.
We were also able to go to Tokyo City View and see it at night, which was great. I think the view is a lot more impressive at night than it is during the day, though it's also much more crowded and very hard to take pictures. I'll post some up next time I get the chance.
Sorry pictures are taking me a long time, I don't have time to upload right now. (I should actually be sleeping, I'm going to Tochigi tomorrow to visit Yuhki for a day, then we're coming back to Tokyo on Wednesday since he's going on a trip. Crazy~!)
