Artist Selectors
Artist
Selector
Hisako Hara
Producer/Professor, Osaka Electro-Communication University
Selected Artists
Born in Kyoto, Hisako Hara has held a position as editor for “Art & Critique (A&C)” (Published by Kyoto University of Art and Design from 1987 – 1997). Since the 1990’s she has engaged in investigative research on artist in residencies and art spaces, as well as planning and managing art projects, writing for magazines and newspapers, editing, consulting, and more. Her main collaborations include “Roppongi Crossing 2004” (Mori Art Museum, 2004), “Between Site and Space” (Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, 2008＋ARTSPACE Sydney, 2009), “Aichi Triennale 2010” (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art and other spaces, 2010). Moreover, she has co-edited works such as “Henbo suru bijutukan (the transforming art museum)” (Showado).
Completion of a graduate or post-graduate degree, a professional career of around a decade, and a demonstration of attention-garnering activities and growth – these were common to the six young artists based in Kansai that I recommended. What I regarded as important above all else in this selection was whether I felt that, if I had their work in my room, it would generate different stories every day.
Today each of us can search for information, go shopping and find entertainment online, but actually we are all in different environments. The things that stimulate us should also be different, but it is often the case that popular things that a lot of people come to like receive all of the attention. In the real experience of an art fair, work is introduced in a showcase, in a positive sense. I hope for a direct connection between the work and the viewers: a sense that they share a space and a feeling that they want to spend time together like a family.