File WAG/EXH/2/432/1 - Cabinet of Signs:Contemporary Art from Post Modern Japan

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GB GB-WGA WAG-WAG/EXH-WAG/EXH/2-WAG/EXH/2/432-WAG/EXH/2/432/1

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Cabinet of Signs:Contemporary Art from Post Modern Japan

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  • 1991-12-13 - 1992-02-02 (Creation)

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repository- Whitechapel Repository

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file containing documents and correspondence relating to the budget and sponsorship plans for the exhibition 'A Cabinet of Signs - Contemporary Art from Post-Modern Japan' (featured artists are Emiko Kasahara, Kosugi + Ando, Tatsuo Miyajima, Yasumasa Morimura, Hitoshi Nomura, Shinro Ohtake and Hiroshi Sugimoto), an exhibition organised as part of the 1991 Japan Festival; transport and insurance; a list of works; miscellaneous correspondence and promotional literature on the exhibition and other Japanese cultural events taking place in the UK; a short text written by Shinro Ohtake in 1990, discussing the production of his work 'Printed Matter, America/Japan,1989'; exhibition previews and reviews from the British press; a copy of the guide to the exhibition at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK, published on occasion of the exhibition from 16.10.1991 = 1.12.1991 as well as the guide to the Whitechapel exhibition and exhibition at Radicalchip, Cardiff, Wales, (1991); a photocopy of an interview by Carol Lufty with

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Whitechapel Art Gallery Archive (ARCHON)

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cleaned, requires exhibition indexing .

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  • English

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