• DRAF Curators’ Series 11. Institute of Asian Performance Art. Exhibition Installation. Photo: Christa Holka

    DRAF Curators’ Series 11. Institute of Asian Performance Art. Exhibition Installation. Photo: Christa Holka

  • Hi-Red Center (Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Jiro Takamatsu), Yamanote Line Festival, 1962. Photographs by Tokuji Murai. Jiro Takamatsu, Oneness of Brick, 1971. Courtesy of Private Collection, London and the artist. Photo: Christa Holka

    Hi-Red Center (Genpei Akasegawa, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, Jiro Takamatsu), Yamanote Line Festival, 1962. Photographs by Tokuji Murai. Jiro Takamatsu, Oneness of Brick, 1971. Courtesy of Private Collection, London and the artist. Photo: Christa Holka

  • Hirata Minoru, 24 Photographs, 1963-1971. Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film and the artist. Photo: Christa Holka

    Hirata Minoru, 24 Photographs, 1963-1971. Courtesy of Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film and the artist. Photo: Christa Holka

  • DRAF Curators’ Series 11. Institute of Asian Performance Art. Exhibition Installation. Photo: Christa Holka

    DRAF Curators’ Series 11. Institute of Asian Performance Art. Exhibition Installation. Photo: Christa Holka

  • Kim Ku Lim, Archival Materials, 1960-90. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Christa Holka

    Kim Ku Lim, Archival Materials, 1960-90. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Christa Holka

Exhibition

Curators' Series #11. Institute of Asian Performance Art. By Victor Wang

27 Sep 2018 – 27 Oct 2018

Event times

Wed-Sat 12-6pm

Cost of entry

Free

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DRAF Curators' Series #11. Institute of Asian Performance Art. By Victor Wang

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For the 11th edition of DRAF Curators’ Series, guest curator Victor Wang 王宗孚 launches the Institute of Asian Performance Art (IAPA), an international network to deepen the awareness and understanding of the history of early performance art in Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan.

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A new exhibition brings together works from 1960s and 70s Japan and Korea. It includes sculptures and works on paper by the late influential artist Jiro Takamatsu. Documentation of performances by Hi Red Center at the 1962 Yamanote Line Festival, one of the influential collective’s first events, by photographer Murai Tokuji. It presents 24 works by renowned photographer Minoru Hirata, which capture key performances and events during the 1960s and 70s across public spaces. Kim Ku Lim re-stages his 1974 work Wiping Cloth for his first UK performance, alongside archival material and documentation from his early performance works.

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David Roberts Art Foundation (DRAF)

London, United Kingdom

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