Five Must-Visit Exhibitions During Art Week Tokyo
Phung-Tien Phan at Misako & Rosen (until 16 November)
Vietnamese-German artist Phung-Tien Phan, born in Essen and educated at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, presents sculptures and videos reflecting on the social roles of everyday objects. Her works reveal how intentional cultural choices shape both public and private environments.
This marks her first solo exhibition with Misako & Rosen and her debut in Japan. The artist created new site-specific sculptures using objects collected in Essen—like toys and radios—wrapped in fabric to resemble dumplings. Her casual approach and diasporic themes harmonize with the gallery’s relaxed and experimental direction.
Group at Anomaly Gallery: “A Hole Within a Hole Within a Hole”
Group is a Tokyo-based collective formed in 2005 by Ryuta Ushiro, Yasutaka Hayashi, Ellie, Masataka Okada, Motomu Inaoka, and Toshinori Mizuno. Known for satirical, socially engaged art interventions, the collective has exhibited around the world and is represented in several major museum collections.
Their fourth solo show examines issues of environmental waste through the metaphor of holes—from city manholes and sewers to the vast, unseen voids filled with space debris.
Author’s Summary
Art Week Tokyo highlights bold explorations of culture, identity, and ecology through distinctive installations by Phung-Tien Phan and the artist collective Group.