Sep.16.2009
New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2009 to open
Grand Prize selection open committee meeting to be held during the exhibition
The New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2009 will present Excellence Award-winning works by five artists and Honorable Mention works by 18 artists, who have been selected from among 1,340 entrants in 2009 (32nd competition). An exhibition of new works by Masanori Hata, Grand Prize winner 2008, will be held concurrently.
The open committee meeting to select one Grand Prize winner from among this year's Excellence Award winners will also be held during the exhibition period. At the Grand Prize selection open committee meeting, Excellence Award winners will give presentations and have out a question and answer session with the judges for approximately 15 minutes per person. This is a great opportunity to hear the opinions, evaluations, and active discussions about current photographic expression through the award-winning works. Do not miss it!
If you would like to attend the Grand Prize selection open committee meeting, please make an advanced reservation (application details will be made available on this homepage by mid-October). We hope you will take this opportunity to attend the events.
1. New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2009
| Date | : Saturday, November 7 - Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:00 - 18:00 (Thursday and Friday until 20:00, closed on Monday, November 9, Monday, November 16 and Tuesday, November 24) |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Exhibition Room on 1st basement) 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (inside Ebisu Garden Place) Tel: 03-3280-0099 7-minute walk from JR or Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Ebisu Station |
| Admission | : Free |
| Exhibiting artists | : Excellence Award winners 2009 (32nd competition) Adam Hosmer, Misato Kuroda, Masanao Sugiyama, Hitomi Takahashi, and Makoto Yasumori (total of five artists) (honorific titles omitted) Honorable Mention winners: 18 artists |
| Organizer | : Canon Inc. |
| Co-organizer | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
Also scheduled is an exhibition of new works by Masanori Hata [Grand Prize winner 2008 (31st competition)] "neoteny mind"
2. Grand Prize selection open committee meeting
| Date | : Friday, November 20, 2009 |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1F Hall |
| Capacity | : 150 on a first-come-first-served basis |
| Admission | : Free (advanced reservation required) * Application details will be made available on this homepage by mid- October. |
| Committee | : Nobuyoshi Araki (photographer), Kotaro Iizawa (photo critic), Fumio Nanjo (director of the Mori Art Museum), Ryoichi Enomoto (art director), and Mika Ninagawa (photographer) (honorific titles omitted) |
Excellence Award winning works 2009 (32nd competition)
Adam Hosmer "1/2"
Selected by Fumio Nanjo
Misato Kuroda "He is ..."
Selected by Mika Ninagawa
Masanao Sugiyama "OLEWA OLALA"
Selected by Ryoichi Enomoto
Hitomi Takahashi "COLONY"
Selected by Kotaro Iizawa
Makoto Yasumori "VIVA WOMAN"
Selected by Nobuyoshi Araki
Simultaneous exhibition :
Exhibition of new works by Masanori Hata [Grand Prize winner 2008 (31st competition)] "neoteny mind"
Masanori Hata "neoteny mind"
Comments from the artist:
This time I selected photos from "Soft Meat," which is a series of portrait photos of male and females of the same generation, and by exhibiting those photos and the space that shows the photos overall, I called it "neoteny mind."
In addition, the male and female genitals were covered up with tape (in the pamphlet they are blacked out). This is required by Japanese law, however, as an artist I did it on purpose, and I wanted to communicate this point.
Related events (honorific titles omitted)
1. Talk session with exhibitors
| Date | : Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 15:30 |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Exhibition Room on 1st basement) |
| Admission | : Free (advanced reservation not required) |
| Artists (scheduled) |
: Five Excellence Award winners 2009 (32nd competition) Grand Prize winner 2008 (31st competition) Masanori Hata |
* Admission cannot be guaranteed if there are more visitors than the capacity of the venue.
