Negotiating the Spaces of Contemporary Art: Asakusa | TABlog | Tokyo Art Beat www.tokyoartbeat.com

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A distinctive alternative art space was recently founded in down-town Tokyo in October 2015.
Situated in the backstreets of Asakusa – one of the most popular tourist districts in Tokyo – the space is set in a traditional house built in 1965.
Osaka explains that the pivotal interest of Asakusa lies in expanding the art circuit to explore fields intersecting with academic research.
“Japan is not a place where the context of contemporary art was initially developed.
The lack of education that informs and disseminates today’s art, the lack of public support and recognition means that we are more exposed to basic questions about what we do; what “contemporary art” is and what it is for.