Yoshinori Niwa (born in 1982, Aichi Prefecture, Japan)[1] is a Japanese artist currently based in Vienna, Austria,[2] his self-explanatory work as social interventions realised through diverse media including performance, video and installation.[3]
Yoshinori Niwa | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982 Aichi, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Biography
editHe was born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan and graduated from Tama Art University department of moving image and performing arts in 2005.[4] His career started as a performance artist in early 2000, and he has been making documentary style videos internationally such as in Europe and Asia. In early 2010, he started a series project which re-exams the history of communism in Eastern Europe in Bucharest, Romania,[5] and he did a project in which he was looking for people who still had something Lenin-related in their apartments for the group show Double Vision: Contemporary Art From Japan at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art in 2012.[6] The series works had exhibited at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo[7] and Alkatraz Gallery, Ljubljana and Edel Assanti, London.[8]
As his project Selling the Right to Name a Pile of Garbage, he was actually running an auction to sell the rights to temporarily rename a part of huge garbage Landfill in Novaliches, the Philippines in collaboration with local landfill operation company WACUMAN Inc. and a lawyer in 2015. As of December 25, 2014, the highest bidding price was 4,600 Filipino Peso. The result of this auction had shown at the Vargas Museum, Metro-manila.[9]
Works
editTossing Socialists in the Air in Romania, 2010[10] Exchanging between Turkish Lira and Euros in Istanbul until there is nothing left, 2011[11] Looking for Vladimir Lenin at Moscow Apartments, 2012 Selling the Right to Name a Pile of Garbage, 2014 Paying a Courtesy Call on the Incumbent Mayor by All His Predecessors in History, 2016
Exhibitions
editDouble Vision: Contemporary Art From Japan, The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, 2012 Aichi Triennale 2013 Roppongi Crossing 2013: OUT OF DOUBT, Mori Art Museum, 2013 Setouchi Triennale 2016
Publications
editHistorically Historic Historical History of Communism, Art-Phil, 2015[12] Reenacting Publicness. The Interventionist Projects, My Book Service, 2014[13]
References
edit- ^ "MAM Screen 005: Niwa Yoshinori Selected Video Works". MAM Screen 005: Niwa Yoshinori Selected Video Works. Mori Art Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Biography Yoshinori Niwa - 1335MABINI". 1335MABINI. 1335MABINI. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Yoshinori Niwa FutureGreat 2014, selected by Mami Kataoka". FutureGreat 2014. ArtReview. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Yoshinori Niwa". HIAP. Helsinki International Artist Programme. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Davie, William. "Yoshinori Niwa: Historically Historic Historical History of Communism". This is tomorrow. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Ferris, Emily. "Japanese Artist Looks for Lenin in Russian Homes". The Moscow Times. The Moscow Times. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Roppongi Crossing 2013: OUT OF DOUBT". Roppongi Crossing 2013: OUT OF DOUBT. Mori Art Museum. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Yoshinori Niwa: Historically Historic Historical History of Communism". Edel Assanti - Exhibition. Edel Assanti. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Japanese artist offers: Rename this QC dumpsite, help save the environment". GMA news online. GMA Network. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Bird, Michael. "Identity Games". The Diplomat Bucharest. The Diplomat Bucharest. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Yoshinori Niwa performance and film acquired by the Kadist Art Foundation". Edel Assanti news. Edel Assanti. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Historically Historic Historical History of Communism. ASIN 4905037026.
- ^ "Yoshinori Niwa - Reenacting Publicness". Idea Books. Idea Books. Retrieved 4 September 2017.