We will be holding a three-day sample sale event in-store starting on Wednesday, November 3rd (national holiday).
The "Culture Day Sample Sale" is an event held every year on Culture Day for customers and those who have just started to become interested in catalogues. During the sale, you can purchase catalogues that have been used for viewing or that have been damaged during shipping at a discount.
It was held in stores until the other day, and online until the 3rd.Aglaia Conrad Archive ExhibitionWhile compiling the data for the collection of works, I came across a passage that made me stop in my tracks."Groene Pasen"Here is a statement by Belgian curator and critic Bart Cassiman from 2016/11/13.
"It goes without saying that the mediatization of images has significantly changed our viewing behavior. New media and technologies such as video, (satellite) television, CD-ROMs, and the Internet have significantly changed and influenced our viewing habits. The speed of these media reduces the viewer to a passive, immediate object. The required viewing, which is inextricably linked with the concentration, reflexivity, patience, and slowness, is often the opposite of the perception of time that is appropriate for new media. - It takes time to understand a work of art. Perhaps it is only by being generous with that time that something beyond visual stimulation is created. Just as the pace at which a novel or poem is read is determined by its nature and characteristics, viewers of a work of art must be aware that the time spent looking at it and thinking about it is determined by the work itself. The view that has existed in all ages, that a work is grasped and understood by identification, whether complete or not, is becoming established in the society of the second half of the 20th century, which is directly connected to consumption. - Our way of life is in a hurry. And hurry is the enemy of art. After all, the truth of a work of art is fundamentally different from the truth of a train timetable. A work of art, whatever its importance or level, is not directly accessible (although I do not deny that some works of art can generate meaning in an instant). The viewer, like the artist, must work. And work takes time. - An exhibition is not a television program. - To respond to art is first to abandon oneself and seek access to a realm in which the new emerges. For this necessary attitude, in consequence, requires a certain attitude, an open mind, and above all a lot of time. Only then can art change our view of reality, things, the world. Only then can art open the door to access the dimensions of ourselves that lie beneath the dust and burdens of everyday life. Only then does it become clear that art is something that requires slow attention.
The media discussed here is from a generation ago, but I feel that its essence has not changed at all to this day.
We are constantly connected to information through smartphones and social media. However, how much of the vast amount of information is it possible for us to digest? IACK also introduces its collection of works on social media and blogs, but what is conveyed through the screen only conveys a small part of the appeal of the works.
If possible, don't just browse online or in stores, but enjoy the works that interest you at your leisure in the comfort of your own home. There is much to see when you appreciate the works at your own pace in a private space. Since a collection of works is a book in the first place, you can appreciate its true appeal by "reading" the whole thing from beginning to end, rather than just looking at a cropped photo or reading a summary article.
You can come on the day without making an appointment, so please feel free to drop by.
Culture Day Sample Sale 2021
Dates: 11/3 (Wednesday, public holiday), 11/4 (Thu), 11/7 (Sun) *Closed on Saturdays
Business hours: 12:00-19:00
Venue: IACK
18-3 Takaokacho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
