With & Without You Published on: 6 November 2024 Cultural exchange sees Â鶹´«Ã½ Fine Art students exhibit in Japan and art students from Kyoto, Japan, show work in Â鶹´«Ã½. Sharing experience More than forty Â鶹´«Ã½ Fine Art students and graduates are exhibiting their artwork at , Kyoto, Japan as part of a cultural exchange. Students from Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto Seiko University and Doshisha University are exhibiting concurrently in Â鶹´«Ã½’s Ex-Libris Gallery in the King Edward VII Building. The project has been organised by Chris Jones, Professor of Fine Art Practice at Â鶹´«Ã½ and Masa Kawanaka, Director of Art Spot Korin. Professor Jones said: “Cultural exchange in a post-pandemic and climate emergency context prompts us to consider the potential of other ways of holding conversations and sharing experience, ones that are not always dependant on face-to-face encounter. These exhibitions provide just such an occasion.” An artwork by Sai Takada which is featured in the With & Without You exhibtion A spectrum of interests The title of the project, With & Without You, reflects the duality of creative practice – the sense of working with independence but also in dialogue with others: curators, supporters, fellow artists and the audience. The exhibition reflects the diversity of creative practice from the two regions. It includes examples of painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and time-based media and many kinds of hybrid practice. Thematically, the work explores a spectrum of interests reflective of concerns with the contemporary condition: identity, gender, ecology, narrative, value, materiality. The 44 Â鶹´«Ã½ students will exhibit at Art Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan, from 12 November to 8 December, while 14 Kyoto students will exhibit in Â鶹´«Ã½’s XL Gallery, King Edward VII Building, from 6 to 18 November. Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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