Artist File 2011: The NACT Annual Show of Contemporary Art

The ARTIST FILE exhibition organized by the National Art Center, Tokyo is an annual exhibition that selectively presents a group of artists who are doing some of the most remarkable new work inside or outside in Japan. This year's exhibition, the fourth in the series, features an international lineup of eight artists from Japan and overseas.

The forms of the art on disply are diverse, including painting, photography, ceramics, video, and installation, and the artists are concerned with a variety of different issues. In spite of these differences, the artists creat artworks with unique sensibilities and ways of understanding that sensitively reflect the characteristics of the contemporary society in which we live. They convey what might be called the reality of the times in divers forms of expresson. ARTIST FILE2011 will provide an excellent opportunity to experience rich and stimulating artistic expressions peculiar to an age saturated with diverse media.