The Yokohama Triennale, a grand-scale international art exhibition four years in the making, debuted last weekend with a gala party attended by the everyone who is anyone on the Japanese art scene, a sparkle of the global art illuminati, and even Prince Takamado. The 10-week-long exhibition, running until Nov. 11, is being held in the massive Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall, the historic Red Warehouse No. 1, and a half-dozen smaller venues in and around Yokohama's Sakuragicho Station.
Huang Yong's "Two Kinds of Food"
Chiharu Shiota's "Memory of Skin"
Noboru Tsubaki and Muro Hisashi's "The Insect World"
Kyoichi Tsuzuki's "Planet of the Sexoids"
Sochi Nakagawa's "Available Time"
Yayoi Kusama's "Endless Narcissus Show"
Candy Factory's "Remove"
Heri Dono's "Rakasaka Kecil"Japan's answer to the Venice Biennale and Documenta in Kassel, Yokohama Triennale 2001 is the first undertaking of its kind in this country. It features work by more than 100 leading contemporary artists. While many of the participants are Europe or U.S.-based, more than one-third hail from Asia, making the Triennale one of the best places to see some of the exciting new art emerging from this part of the world.