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© Julian Lennon ART & FICTION JULIAN LENNON – CYCLE Julian Lennon, son of one of the most iconic figures in rock and roll history, has charted his own considerable professional and artistic trajectory, working in the genres of music, film, and children’s literature. Over the past several years, Lennon has begun exploring photography, using it as a means of recording his travels around the globe. His current exhibition, Cycle, which depicts scenes around Southeast Asia, is on display at the Leica Gallery Tokyo in Ginza as well as at the Leica store in the newly opened Ginza Six shopping center. Leica Gallery Tokyo Until September 17 bit.ly/TWLeicaTokyo THE ART WORLD OUR PICK OF THE CITY’S BEST EXHIBITIONS Compiled by Alec Jordan © Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation NEW PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS AT MIRAIKAN The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, better known as the Miraikan, has always been a place that appeals to the science and tech set, and a great place to take the little ones. The museum has just unveiled four new exhibits that should spark a sense of wonder in minds both young and old: an update to "A Hands-On Model of the Internet"; Alter, a new android; an interactive lab that shows us how technology can help us get fitter; and an exhibit dedicated to the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" satellite. Miraikan Permanent Exhibition www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en 40 | JULY 2017 | TOKYO WEEKENDER
Lee Wen, Strange Fruit, 2003, C print, 42×59.4 F FICTION SUNSHOWER: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA 1980S TO NOW In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the creation of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), both the Mori Art Museum and the National Art Center, Tokyo will be showing a collection of works by leading creative figures from the art scenes of several different countries in Southeast Asia. The show gets its name from the common – in Southeast Asia at least – phenomenon of rain falling from clear skies, which organizers say is “a metaphor for the vicissitudes of the region.” Mori Art Museum and The National Art Center, Tokyo Until October 23 sunshower2017.jp/en/index.html GREAT COLLECTORS: MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Vincent van Gogh, Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin Rocking a Cradle, 1889, Bequest of John T. Spaulding, 48.548 Photograph © 2017 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is renowned as one of the world’s top museums, in both quality and scale. Even more impressive is that the museum developed its collection entirely through the efforts of private citizens, collectors and companies, without any assistance from the state or federal government. This collection of 80 items from the MFA’s collection highlights the work of the individual collectors who helped the museum reach its global status, and features masterworks ranging from ancient Egyptian pieces to dazzling examples of contemporary art at its finest. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum July 20-October 9 www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2017_boston.html You might think that writer Barry Lancet has a crystal ball somewhere around his writer’s desk, given how topical his most recent book, The Spy Across the Table, manages to be. Its plot wends its way into North Korea, and features a character who is a high level Chinese spy. But this is all in a day’s work for Lancet’s creation Jim Brodie, the art dealer/private detective who is sleuthing and fighting his way through his fourth novel. After two close friends of Brodie are murdered in Washington DC, he is drawn into action that takes him to one of the world’s most tense geopolitical regions – the demilitarized zone that lies between North and South Korea. He also delves into corners of Japan’s underworld, including the Chongryon, a Japanese Korean group with ties to North Korea, and the PSIA, Japan’s national intelligence agency. The “spy” of the title is Zhou, and as Lancet explains, “he's based on a real encounter I had in Tokyo years ago. He first appeared fictionally in the second Jim Brodie book, Tokyo Kill, and a lot of people liked him as a character so I had planned to bring him back. I had a set scene in this book where he was just supposed to appear for just two or three chapters, but he sort of took over the book. I wasn't even really expecting it.” Expect plenty more surprises in this taut thriller, which hit shelves last month. Some of the standouts from the book are the fight scenes, which give the lie to anyone who thinks that brawlers are just dumb brutes; Lancet’s ability to introduce cultural details and deep history while still keeping the pace going; and the unflappable Jim Brodie, whose multifaceted background gives him what his creator sees as his greatest strength: “His ability to see both sides of the coin without making judgement – even when there are three sides to the coin, or four.” The Spy Across the Table is available on Amazon Japan and at some Kinokuniya Stores for ¥2,837 TOKYO WEEKENDER | JULY 2017 | 41
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