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Thursday, October 12, 2023, 5pm
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York

Join Gagosian for a tour of Tetsuya Ishida: My Anxious Self at Gagosian, New York, led by exhibition curator Cecilia Alemani. This comprehensive survey of paintings by the artist, divided into five thematic parts, is the first-ever exhibition of his work in New York. Ishida emerged as an artist during Japan’s “Lost Decade,” a recession that lasted through the 1990s, and his paintings capture the feelings of hopelessness, claustrophobia, and disconnection that characterized Japanese society during that time—even in the wake of its rapid technological advancement.

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Monday, October 2, 2023, 6:30pm
Gagosian, 555 West 24th Street, New York

Join Gagosian for a conversation inside the exhibition My Anxious Self, the most comprehensive survey of paintings by the late Tetsuya Ishida (1973–2005) to have been staged outside of Japan, and the first-ever exhibition of his work in New York. Alexandra Munroe, senior curator at large, Global Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, will speak with Tomiko Yoda, Takashima Professor of Japanese Humanities at Harvard University, in a conversation moderated by exhibition curator Cecilia Alemani. The trio will discuss the societal context in which Ishida developed his work, the artist’s striking representations of the challenges of contemporary life, and his unflinching view of his contemporaries’ inward escape into highly consumable popular media.

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Gagosian is pleased to announce the global representation of Tetsuya Ishida, in association with the artist’s estate. Active as an artist for just a decade, Ishida (1973–2005) produced a compelling body of work imbued with a profound sense of alienation and emotional isolation from the contemporary world. Coming of age during the 1990s, an era of nationwide economic malaise known as Japan’s “Lost Decade,” he made art that conveys anxiety, estrangement, and hopelessness. Inaugurating the relationship, the gallery will present Tetsuya Ishida: My Anxious Self, curated by Cecilia Alemani, the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work staged outside Japan, and his first ever in New York.