Starts 6:30 pmEnds 8:00 pmVenue : Alserkal Arts Foundation Warehouse 50/51 Masaru will share work-in-progress which examines the social symbolic meanings of cleaning and cleansing through video, photography,…
Participate artists : Rui Mizuki, Hana Sawada, Yuki Tawada, Kosuke Nagata, Masaru Iwai Write and Edit : Miyuki Endo (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)Design : Yurie HataPublished : Tokyo…
https://topmuseum.jp/e/contents/exhibition/index-4283.html This exhibition has been held since 2002 as a venue for fostering a creative spirit for discovering the potential of photography and moving images, finding promising artists,…
Masaru Iwai Open studio program 83How to cleanup the museum18. Dec. 2021 – 27. Feb. Japanese / EnglishTrifold A4 finishText: Ryoko Kamiyama (Fuchu art museum), Masaru Iwai Photo:…
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Iwai will be doing open studio and exhibition at the Fuchu Art Museum this winter.
The digital edition of Yokohama Triennale 2020 official catalog is now on view for free on the official website.The printed editions (available in English and Japanese) will go…
Brooming dogma Wear a mask Radius of 1m 365 seconds 365 days a year Record 24 hours in one year Do not sweep the same place Outdoor public…
https://www.yokohamatriennale.jp/english/2020/ Episōdo 06 IWAI Masaru Broom stars
MASARU IWAI WORKS 01size 250x350mm96p (color 64p、B/W 32p) with 4 sheets of A2 posters English / JapanesePublisher: read only3000 JPY (with tax)*Not available for shipping internationally now
“Masaru Iwai’s online-offline project ‘Broom Stars’ focuses on issues of cleansing” The Japanese artist’s project, featuring photos of people occupied in an act of cleaning, discusses normative beliefs…
Takuro Someya Contemporary Art is pleased to announce Control Diaries, a solo exhibition by Masaru Iwai held from September 5 to October 10. It has been three years since Iwai’s…
https://www.nca-g.com/exhibition/2020/identity_xvi_-_my_home_curated_by_kenichi_kondo/en/ Venue: nca | nichido contemporary artDate: 2020.8/21 (Fri.) – 9/26 (Sat.)Opening hours: Tue. ~ Sat. 11:00 – 19:00 (Closed on Sunday, Monday and National holidays)Participating Artists: Tarek…
Analyze of Dancing cleansing “Club”, Koganei, TokyoProduction: NPO Artful ActionPublished: Arts Council TokyoBook design: Yoichi MatsudaJapanese only2018Book introductionPDF download
Writer: Naoko Ikeda, Masaru Iwai, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Mariko Fukuchi, Shigeru FurukawaEditor and Design: Keita Ishimaru, Naoko Ikeda, Masaru Iwai, Nayu Egashira, Masanori SagaPublished: Saga Contemporary Art Study groupJapanese…
2channel synchronized 4K video, with sound10’43”Thailand2017 Making a residency program in Thailand. Baan Noon, a town near the border with Myanmar. There are many Myanmar workers here, both…
2channel 4K video with soundportrait video: 5’55″(loop), making video: 5’55(loop)Mask: φ30cm, porcelain, Materials collected from the rooftop, 8piecesSaga, Japan2018 I had residency each 2 or 3 weeks in…
Archive of Akita Artist-In-Residence program 2015-16Writer: Masaru Iwai, Ayako Osanai, Eriko Kimura, Yuka KeinoEditor: Yuka Keino, Masaru IwaiDesign: Shinpei OnishiPublished: AKIBI plus, Akita University of Art 2017
Single channel 4K video with sound, shredded paper from Yokohama civic galleryFootage from Sebastian Matthias “x／groove space”11’11”2018New “Artists Today” Exhibition 2018 Unfixed Perspectives On the TV screen that serves…
illegally dumped waste, wire, bolt, wood, others.h6ｍ x ø12m, h3m x ø6m, h1.5m x ø3mIshinomaki, JapanReborn Art Festival2017 Reborn art festival was held in Ishinomaki City, which was…
Synchronized 3 channel fullHD video with sound 11’50” Phnompenh, Cambodia. 2012 In 2012, I stayed in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for a couple of months as part of a…
single channel HD video with sound 14’45” 2008 I became interested in the excessive action of washing and cleansing. The idea of cleanliness changes from person to person and…
single channel FullHD video with sound 13’15” Batumi, country of Georgia 2014 A port town Batumi in Georgia. The area is close to Turkey and nearby the site…
single channel fullHD video with sound 10’55” Berlin, Germany 2012 I had the opportunity to stay in Berlin for three months as an artist in residence program. The…
Contributed essayEditor: Mirai-InstituteAD and Design: Shinpei OnishiPublisher: Teruo KurosakiPublished: Mirai-Institute2016ISBN: 978-4-908774-68-3Japanese OnlyAmazon
Editor: Benjamin YoungProject managers: Sarah Lookofsky and Benjamin YoungDesigner: Rob Carmichael, seenEnglish onlyISBN: 0-87247-159-2Published: Whitney Museum of American ArtPlease download PDF and ebooks from the followinghttps://archive.org Washing stage
Dancing cleansing “Club”, Koganei, Tokyo : video works, making video and footage by students DVDProduction: Masaru IwaiMaking video production: Kazune Yahikozawa, Keita TakamineSupported: NPO Artful Action2013
Contributed essay, photogravureEditor: AKIBI plusDesigne: See Visions Inc.Published: Akita University of ArtsJapanese only2017Only essay PDF download
Artworks was printed in photogravure, 10 pagesAuthor: Nozomu OgawaDesigne: Kosuke HaradaEditor: Ayako Adachi, Juri UshikuPublished: Tokyo Art Research Lab, Tokyo metropolitan foundation for history and culture2011Japanese only Book…
2channele synchronized HD video, with soundKoganei, Tokyo2013 This is the fourth in the Dancing Cleanse series. it was an artist-in-elementary school program. There is a lot of “club…
Singlechannele HD video, with sound6’30Wakabacho, Yokohama2011 This is the third in the Dancing Cleanse series. This work was created for a group exhibition held in Wakabacho, Yokohama. The…
Interview to Tatsu NishinoEditor: Hiroyasu YamauchiPhoto: Eiki MoriPublished: BTCompany CO.,LTD.Japanese onlyAmazon.jp
ramda printdust in the carpet, glue paper, wood panelTeheran, Iran2007 in Tehran, the capital of Iran. I visited the houses and cleaned the carpet with a carpet cleaner…
performanceparticipants, shampoo, detergent, meat, vegetables, otherwood stage６ftx６ftx２ftThe Kitchen, New York2013Maintenance Required
variableNagasaki, Japan2009 The exhibition was held at a former pottery factory gallery in Hasami-Cho, Nagasaki Prefecture, famous for producing porcelain and ceramics. I took pictures of the construction…
Contributed essayPublished: BTCompany CO.,LTD.ASIN: B000M5KAG2Japanese only2007Amazon.jp