‹Logical Emotion› at Museum Haus Konstruktiv shows a large group exhibition of contemporary Japanese artists for the very first time. The exhibition is curated by Sabine Schaschl, director of Museum Haus Konstruktiv, and Kenjiro Hosaka from the Museum of Modern Art Tokyo; the project is funded by the Japan Foundation.
It showcases an extensive selection of works from various disciplines: painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography, architecture, applied arts and manga drawings can all be found here. The title of the exhibition, ‹Logical Emotion›, combines two apparently paradox terms. The exhibits ask questions about both the rational and sensual aspects of Concrete Art. Japan’s cultural background contributes an additional factor, as it is often claimed that the balance between logic and emotion in the Far East differs from that in the West.
The curators have selected a wide range of exhibits. The plain and simple works of Koji Enokura (1942-1995) are in stark contrast to the bright and colourful LED installations by Tatsuo Miyajima (*1957). The former was a leading exponent of the mono-ha movement, a Japanese version of the Arte Povera movement, while the latter bases his works on unemotional computer program calculations. It is concrete art that links these two very different artists and also the reason why the character of the exhibition at Haus Konstruktiv is not something exotic and alien.
With other works by Yayoi Kusama (*1929) Hiroshi Sugito (*1970), Noe Aoki (*1958), Akihisa Hirata (*1971), Kazunari Hattori (*1964), Go Watanabe (*1975), Ryoji Ikeda (*1966), Teppei Kaneuji (*1978), Masayasu Mitsuke (*1975), and Yoichi Yokoyama (*1967).
Curators: Sabine Schaschl and Kenjiro Hosaka
