Sep.13.2010
New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2010 opens
Grand Prize selection open committee meeting to be held during the exhibition period
The New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2010 will present Excellence Award-winning works by five artists and Honorable Mention works by 20 artists, who have been selected from among 1,276 entrants in 2010 (33rd competition). An exhibition of new works by Misato Kuroda, Grand Prize winner 2009, 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, each Excellence Award winner will give a presentation and have a question-and-answer session with the judges of approximately 15 minutes. This is a great opportunity to hear opinions, evaluations, and active discussions about photography today through the award-winning works with this year's new group of judges. 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.
Also, during the exhibition period, as a new project, individuals in the photography industry will publicly review of award-winning works, and award-winners will take part in events where they will talk about the concepts and intentions behind their work.
1. New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2010
| Date | : Saturday, November 6 - Sunday, November 28, 2010 10:00 to 18:00 (Thursday and Friday until 20:00, closed on Monday, November 15 and Monday, November 22) |
| 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 minutes on foot from the east exit of JR Ebisu station |
| Admission | : Free |
| Exhibiting artists | : Excellence Award winners 2010 (33rd competition) Harumichi Saito, Karen Sato, Shibata Sumi, Koichi Takagi, and Ikumi Taniguchi (total of five artists) (honorific titles omitted) Honorable Mention winners: 20 artists |
| Organizer | : Canon Inc. |
| Co-organizer | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
Also scheduled is an exhibition of new works by Misato Kuroda [Grand Prize winner 2009 (32nd competition)] "Family Tree"
2. Grand Prize selection open committee meeting
| Date | : Friday, November 19, 2010 15:30 to 18:10 |
| 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 | : Katsumi Omori (photographer), Masafumi Sanai (photographer), Noi Sawaragi (art critic), Minoru Shimizu (photo critic), and Mika Ninagawa (photographer) (honorific titles omitted) |
Excellence Award winning works 2010 (33rd competition)
Harumichi Saito "birds of a feather"
Selected by Masafumi Sanai
Karen Sato "dappigara"
Selected by Minoru Shimizu
Shibata Sumi "beyond the universe"
Selected by Mika Ninagawa
Koichi Takagi "Fluid Film"
Selected by Noi Sawaragi
Ikumi Taniguchi "BEAT"
Selected by Katsumi Omori
Simultaneous exhibition :
Exhibition of new works by Misato Kuroda [Grand Prize winner 2009 (32nd competition)] "Family Tree"
Misato Kuroda "Family Tree"
Comments from the artist:
What does family mean to you?
People connected by blood as a family,
people living together as a family in the same surroundings,
and people that have non-humans as their family,
I think ideas vary from person to person.
And, there are people with more than one family.
When you look at these photos, which one do you think is the real family?
Related events (honorific titles omitted)
1. Public review of award-winning works
While award-winners are waiting at their respective exhibition spaces, reviewers will move freely around the exhibit area, and carry out public reviews of award-winning works by directly evaluating the works of award-winners that interest them. Visitors can hear these reviews up close, and they can also question the award-winners about their works.
| Date | : Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 14:00 to 17:00 |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Exhibition Room on 1st basement) |
| Participants | : Applicants from the Excellence Award winners and Honorable Mention winners 2010 (33rd competition), and Grand Prize winner 2009 (32nd competition) |
| Reviewers | : People related to the photography industry such as art dealers, editors, and curators. |
* Please note that admission may be refused according to congestion during the exhibition.
2. Artist talk show
After each of the exhibitors has made a presentation of approximately 10 minutes about the concepts behind their work, there will be a 5-minute question-and-answer session with visitors, or a total of about 15 minutes with each exhibitor.
| Date | : Saturday, November 13, 2010 from 15:30 to 17:15 |
| Venue | : Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Exhibition Room on 1st basement) |
| Admission | : Free (advanced reservation not required) |
| Artists (scheduled) |
: Five Excellence Award winners 2010 (33rd competition) Grand Prize winner 2009 (32nd competition) Misato Kuroda |
* Please note that admission may be refused according to congestion during the exhibition.
