Shai Ohayon

Suzanne Mooney Shai Ohayon

"Out of Time and Place " is a catalogue for an exhibition by the Tokyo-based Irish artist, Suzanne Mooney, at The Container, Tokyo. It is the 22nd publication in a series, published by the gallery to archive and promote artists in Japan and abroad. The catalogue is fully bilingual (Japanese / English) and includes an introduction by the gallery director, Shai Ohayon, among anecdotal notes by the artist. The publication explores the Mooney's artistic career, spanning nearly two decades, through her video and photography works. In particular, the catalogue outlines Mooney's fascination with the Romantics notion of landscape and the sublime, and our relationship with natural and man-made environments. The exhibition at The Container in Tokyo, took place 6 July-7 September, 2020. The Container is a contemporary exhibition space in Nakameguro, Tokyo. The space opened in March 2011 to create a site that encourages people to engage with art installations and works, where the emphasis is on curation and the accessibility of contemporary art and ideas to the general public. As the name suggests, the physical space is no more than a constructed shipping container (485x180x177cm), made to measurements of old Japanese shipping containers, in one of Tokyo's most beloved and trendy neighbourhoods, Nakameguro. The Container invites Japanese and international artists to make site-specific installations four times a year. Each installation remains on view to the public for two-and-a- half months. Since 2013, The Container also started to publish full-colour, bilingual (Jap/Eng) exhibition catalogues, available online and at the gallery. The exhibition space receives extensive international coverage, including ArtAsiaPacific, Artforum, Hyperallergic, Glass Magazine, Art & Antiques Magazine, Ocula, Port Magazine, Dazed & Confused, Blouin Artinfo, Art-iT, Bijutsu-Techo/BT, CNN, NHK, WIRED, The Japan Times, The Sunday Times, travel guides and in-flight magazines, to mention only a few. www.the-container.com