Real/Life: New British Art and the Reception of Contemporary British Art in Japan

Real/Life: New British Art and the Reception of Contemporary British Art in Japan

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This essay explores the ways in which the exhibition Real/Life: New British Art was conceived and received in Lubricant Japan, where contemporary British art has been shown since the 1960s.Taking place at five museums in the country between 1998 and 1999, the exhibition aimed to showhow British artists in the 1990s struggled with realities, internal and external, but its response was not as satisfactory as was expected.The essay examines the exhibition as a turning point for the transformation of exhibition culture in Japan from nationally themed exhibitions to showcases of contemporary RFID and Access Control art in the global context.