NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery announced that Japanese video artist Tabaimo has been selected to represent Japan at next year’s 54th Biennale di Venezia. Known for her hand-drawn animations inspired by the aesthetics of ukiyo-e wood-block prints, manga and anime, Tabaimo’s works uncover a darker world that exists below the surface of contemporary Japan’s well-ordered society. Acting as a witness to her country’s current cultural state, Tabaimo explains “I am not consciously critiquing anything in my work. I am just a filter, and I present information as it is.” Tabaimo was selected for the 2011 Japan Pavilion by commissioner Yuka Uematsu, curator at The National Museum of Art, Osaka. Tabaimo’s 2011 Pavilion installation will seek to address the “Trans-Galápagos Syndrome,” referring to the phenomenon