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San Jose Museum of Art
February 6 - August 21, 2016Info
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http://www.sjmusart.org/
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(408) 271-6840
Tabaimo, "aitaisei-josei," 2015. Single-channel video installation; 5 minutes, 33 seconds; Courtesy of Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, and James Cohan, New York. (c) Tabaimo. Photo: Kazuto Kakurai.
The San Jose Museum of Art presents the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of the renowned Japanese artist Tabaimo. Tabaimo creates alluring, large-scale, surreal animations that unfold from everyday objects and experiences such as train rides or dollhouses. The resulting installations immerse the viewers in an ever-changing environment. She creates her animations from thousands of drawings made with a traditional Japanese calligraphy brushes, and her imagery recalls Edo-period ukiyo-e prints and makes oblique reference to manga, anime, and Japanese pop culture. The exhibition includes three of Tabaimo’s video installations—two of which have never before been seen in the United States-- as well as site specific wall drawings created for San Jose and an installation of eighteen scroll drawings.