2:46 and Thereafter

FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 25, 2012

Takeshi Abe, Chiho Akama, Yasushi Ebihara, Yuya Fujita, Masaharu Futoyu, Kotaro Isobe, Mami Kosemura, Shinji Maeda, Kazumasa Noguchi, Mitsuki Noguchi, Tetsuya Noguchi, Mihoko Ogaki, Akiko Ozasa, Masaharu Sato, Shinichi Tsuchiya, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Ryota Unno and Keiki Yamada

Presented in collaboration with artist collective DANDANS (Tokyo, Japan) at Pepco's Edison Place Gallery

EXHIBITION CATALOG

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Working in collaboration with DANDANS, a Tokyo based artist collective, Transformer is honored to present 2:46 and thereafter, an exhibition highlighting 18 emerging Japanese artists' responses to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunamis that struck Japan’s north-east coast, and its affect on the country and the Japanese people. The title of the exhibition, 2:46 and thereafter, marks the time the earthquake hit.

This comprehensive exhibition, the first of its kind in the US, will feature works in a variety of mediums. Through installation, painting, video, sculpture, photography, and drawing, the artists featured in 2:46 and thereafter – Takeshi Abe, Chiho Akama, Yasushi Ebihara, Yuya Fujita, Masaharu Futoyu, Kotaro Isobe, Mami Kosemura, Shinji Maeda, Kazumasa Noguchi, Mitsuki Noguchi, Tetsuya Noguchi, Mihoko Ogaki, Akiko Ozasa, Masaharu Sato, Shinichi Tsuchiya, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Ryota Unno and Keiki Yamada – address issues that many of the people of Japan, primarily the young people, are exploring as they adjust to life following destruction, loss, and still to be determined affects from Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began.

2:46 and thereafter is being hosted by Pepco's Edison Place Gallery.  Many thanks for their support in hosting this exhibition and related programs.

Many thanks to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, DC and the American Embassy in Japan for their support. Additional thanks to Kushi restaurant for sponsoring the exhibition’s opening & closing receptions.  

EXHIBITION PROGRAMS

FRAMEWORK PANEL #15: 2:46 and thereafter - Japanese Artists’ Responses to the March 2011 Earthquake & Tsunamis
Thursday, February 16, 2012; 4:30 - 6pm

OPENING RECEPTION: 2:46 and thereafter
Thursday, February 16, 2012; 6 - 8pm

CLOSING RECEPTION with special performance by On Megumi Akiyoshi
Saturday, March 24, 2012; 6 - 8pm

EXHIBITION HOURS of EDISON PLACE GALLERY:
Tuesday - Friday 12 - 4 pm; Thursdays 12 - 7pm; Saturday, March 10,17 & 24th; 12 - 4pm; Sunday, March 25; 12 - 4pm