As spatial phenomena become reconfigured through emergent and personal practice, the viewer is left with a testament to the edges of our era.

Result #1

This is a reminder that the past, in all its bigness and irredeemability, can be experienced in a multitude of ways, and that we can learn from it and perhaps make some new sense of the present.Katy Siegel is a critic and writer living in Los Angeles.

Result #2

The emergence of new technologies is a welcome occurrence, but it is also a reminder that our time is still young.

Result #3

The construction of art is one that is often constructed in terms of the mediums capacity to communicate with the viewer. By using a new and less familiar medium, the artist, the viewer, and the museum all contribute to the creation of a new space.

Result #4

The show was by no means exhaustive, however. A few artists were represented by more than one work, but the space was made to feel that way. A glass case with a collection of sculptures by some of the most prominent artists in Japan was placed in a back room, while a half-dozen more works by the likes of Noguchi, who was also represented, hung on the walls. These sculptures, some of them displayed on pedestals, are assembled from a variety of materials—from sand, clay, paper, and metal to wood, glass, and paper—and are a kind of symbol of the Japanese material culture, and a testament to the longevity of this tradition.In the exhibition catalogue, Katoishi describes the figure of the artist as a moe-ne, a term he applies to the artist himself. The term refers to the artist as a person who does not pose, who does not play the role of artist. The artist has no role in his or her own work, but instead acts as a catalyst for a range of social and cultural events. Thus, the moe-ne is a function of the artist, who is also the moe-ne of history. Katoishi emphasizes the artist as a moe-ne in the exhibition title, a reference to the Japanese people, who are often referred to as the moe-ne of history. This is a fitting title for such an energetic and experimental art practice.

Result #5

The exhibition is not without its own literary and aesthetic merits: the text-based paintings of the artist Karen Chang, for example, are especially beautiful. But this show is ultimately an empty one, a rather empty space. The art world is becoming increasingly remote, and the distance between the art world and the art world is becoming ever greater.