BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.3049@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20110419T000000Z DTEND:20110612T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong>50% of all admission sales will go to <a href="http://w ww.japansociety.org/earthquake">Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund</a> .</strong> \n \n Curated by David Elliott\, founding Director of the Mori Art Museum\, <em>Bye Bye Kitty!!!</em> is a radical departure from recent Japanese exhibitions. Moving far beyond the stereotypes of kawaii and o taku culture\, Japan Society&rsquo\;s show features sixteen emerging and mid-career artists whose paintings\, objects\, photographs\, videos\, a nd installations meld traditional styles with challenging visions of Jap an&rsquo\;s troubled present and uncertain future. Each of the three sec tions\, &ldquo\;Critical Memory\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Threatened Nature\,&rd quo\; and &ldquo\;Unquiet Dream\,&rdquo\; not only offers a feast for the senses but also demolishes our preconceptions about contemporary Japan a nd its art.\n \n The sixteen featured artists are: Makoto Aida会田誠\ ; Manabu Ikeda池田学\; Tomoko Kashiki樫木知子\; Rinko Kawauchi川 内倫子\; Haruka Kojin荒神明香\; Kumi Machida町田久美\; Yoshit omo Nara奈良美智\; Kohei Nawa名和晃平\; Motohiko Odani小谷元彦 \; Hiraki Sawaさわひらき\; Chiharu Shiota塩田千春\; Tomoko Shio yasu塩保朋子\; Hisashi Tenmyouya天明屋尚\; Yamaguchi Akira山口 晃\; Miwa Yanagiやなぎみわ\; Tomoko Yoneda米田知子.\n \n In conj unction with Carnegie Hall's JapanNYC festival.\n \n <span style="border-c ollapse: separate\; color: #000000\; font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; font -style: normal\; font-variant: normal\; font-weight: normal\; letter-spaci ng: normal\; line-height: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-indent: 0px\; text-tr ansform: none\; white-space: normal\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; font -size: medium\;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'\,Verdana\,Arial \,sans-serif\; font-size: 11px\; line-height: 15px\; text-align: left\;">< strong>Gallery Hours:&nbsp\; </strong> \n Tuesday-Thursday 11 AM&ndash\;6 PM\; Friday 11 AM&ndash\;9 PM\;&nbsp\; \n Saturday &amp\; Sunday 11 AM-5 P M\;&nbsp\; \n Closed Mondays.\n \n <strong>Admission:&nbsp\; </strong> \n $15\; students &amp\; seniors $10\; Japan Society members and children und er 16 free.&nbsp\; \n Admission is free on Friday nights\, 6-9 PM . DTSTAMP:20240419T143107Z SUMMARY:Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese A rt URL:/en/events/2011/04/19/bye-bye-kitty-between-heaven-and-hell-in-contem/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR