“Japan Society Gallery hosts the solo institutional debut in New York City of Turner Prize-winning artist Simon Starling with his major new installation, Simon Starling: At Twilight (After W. B. Yeats’ Noh Reincarnation). The ambitious, new multimedia production by Starling incorporates major Western Modernist as well as classical Japanese artworks, juxtaposing Japan’s centuries-old and highly ritualized masked theater tradition (noh) and its influence on the avant garde in the early 20th century and today.” — Japan Society
“We are extraordinarily pleased that Japan Society can present Simon’s latest project, given his longstanding commitment to understanding global cultures including Japan. It’s also an honor for me to work with Simon again, after collaborating at the 2014 Yokohama Triennial and the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art in 2010. Simon is a visionary, and his artworks transcend time and place, challenging us as viewers to engage with the politics of our time,” says Yukie Kamiya, Exhibition Curator and Gallery Director of Japan Society.
Simon Starling, Still from At Twilight / The Hawk’s Dance (Choreographed by Javier De Frutos in association with Scottish Ballet), 2016. Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At Twilight / Mask of Ezra Pound (After Henri Gaudier-Brzeska), 2016. Mask by Yasuo Miichi; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At Twilight / Mask of Michio Ito (After Isamu Noguchi), 2016. Mask by Yasuo Miichi; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At Twilight / Mask of Nancy Cunard (After Constantin Brancusi), 2016. Mask by Yasuo Miichi; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At Twilight / Mask of Rock Drill (After Joseph Epstein), 2016. Mask by Yasuo Miichi; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At Twilight / Mask of W.B. Yeats, 2016. Mask by Yasuo Miichi; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At the Hawk’s Well (Grayscale), 2014. Masks by Yasuo Miichi; Costumes by Kumi Sakurai/Atelier Hinode; Installation view at Yokohama Triennial 2014; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At the Hawk’s Well (Grayscale), 2014. Masks by Yasuo Miichi; Costumes by Kumi Sakurai/Atelier Hinode; Installation view at Yokohama Triennial 2014; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, At the Hawk’s Well (Grayscale), 2014. Masks by Yasuo Miichi; Costumes by Kumi Sakurai/Atelier Hinode; Installation view at Yokohama Triennial 2014; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima), 2010 – 2011. Made in collaboration with Yasuo Miichi, Osaka; Installation view at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Photo by Anders Sune Berg; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima), 2010 – 2011. Made in collaboration with Yasuo Miichi, Osaka; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima), 2010 – 2011. Made in collaboration with Yasuo Miichi, Osaka; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima), 2010 – 2011. Made in collaboration with Yasuo Miichi, Osaka; Photo by Ruth Clark; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima), 2010 – 2011. Made in collaboration with Yasuo Miichi, Osaka; Photo by Ruth Clark; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Simon Starling, Still from Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima), 2010 – 2011. Made in collaboration with Yasuo Miichi, Osaka; Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Images courtesy Japan Society.