In conjunction with the exhibition Art, Anti-Art, Non-Art, UMMA will present a two-day international symposium and performance considering experimental art of 1960s Japan in a broader cultural and geographical context. The symposium begins with a keynote lecture delivered by Reiko Tomii, an independent scholar and leading authority on postwar Japanese art, followed by a special performance by Ei Arakawa, a New York-based artist (renowned for his inter-subjective group performances), who will reinterpret the legacy of the Japanese avant-garde.

The second day of the symposium features papers presented by an international host of speakers, including Hiroko Ikegami (Osaka University, Japan), Ryan Holmberg (University of Southern California), Jonathan Hall (Pomona College and Meiji Gakuin University), and Midori Yoshimoto (New Jersey City University).

Generously funded by the Center for Japanese Studies and the Department of History of Art, this event is co-organized with the University of Michigan Museum of Art and Department of History of Art, in association with PoNJA-GenKon, a listserv group dedicated to contemporary Japanese art (www.ponja-genkon.net).

Keynote lecture with Reiko Tomii: Friday, April 2, 5 pm, Helmut Stern Auditorium; Performance by Ei Arakawa: Friday, April 2, 6:30 pm, Apse