TkKt: TAKEUCHI Kota

Abstract

"The Tokyo Contemporary Art Award (TCAA) was established in 2018 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Arts and Space, with the aim of encouraging mid-career artists in Japan to make breakthroughs in their work and take their practice overseas. Award recipients are selected with an emphasis on the need to provide support at a pivotal time in their careers, and screening is conducted by a selection committee through artist research and studio visits by which committee members gain a deeper understanding of each artist’s work and its context. Two artists―Shiga Lieko and Takeuchi Kota―were selected as recipients of the third TCAA. In addition to a monetary prize, they received funding for overseas activities in the year following the award, and in the final year of a multi-year program of support, an award exhibition was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. This monograph, produced as part of the award’s support for the artists, showcases [Takeuchi Kota's] past works and projects as well as the new works created through [his] overseas activities and so forth, with the aim of publicizing [his] endeavors both in Japan and abroad."-- Message from the organisers.