Date :May 2 (Fri.) – June 1(Sun.), 2008
Closed :
Mondays. (If Monday is a National Holiday, the following day will be closed instead)
Time :11:00 - 19:00 (Admission until 18:30)
Admission :Free
Organize :Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Cooperation :Satoshi Okada Representative, Art Acephale
Artists :Kozo UCHIDA / Hitoshi KURIYAMA / COBRA
Sponsor :NANIWA Co.,Ltd. (for Hitoshi Kuriyama)
Hitoshi Kuriyama/«Hotel magical»/2008/ neon light, electric wire
Kozo Uchida/«KAMO RIVER»/2008
COBRA/«GOOD LOOKING GIRL»/2007/fat clay, soil
Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo is to host an exciting new exhibition in the IMAGINARY MUSEUM of the O-collection - magical museum tour. This latest installment in the series is Room 3: "Kozo Uchida, Hitoshi Kuriyama and COBRA – the imaginary HOTEL magical".
This latest show, the continuation of a series launched last year, is like the others composed of works from the collection of Mr. Satoshi Okada. Our aim is to provide a permanent venue for works by emerging Japanese contemporary artists similar to the permanent exhibitions in an art museum. In conjunction with the series, programs such as TWS-Emerging and INDEX#4 involving students and young artists in their 20s and 30s are being run to help forge ties among artists, and artists and art lovers. Two shows were exhibited last year to considerable acclaim: Room 1: Kuwahara & Kato – According to the "basso ostinato" of Japanese traditional mentality and Room 2: Yuichi Higashionna, Daisuke Ohba & Akiyoshi Mishima – Design and Soul.
The Okada collection includes numerous leading works by emerging Japanese artists, but selected from unconventional perspectives while the artists in question were still unknown. The collection could also be described as an attempt to explore the depths of what it means to be human, including the irrationality of human nature. In that the works here reflect and convey the diverse sensibilities emanating from the megalopolis of Tokyo, they go beyond the confines of a personal collection to present a universal challenge.
Room 3 will showcase the work of three artists: Kozo Uchida, Hitoshi Kuriyama and COBRA, all successful exhibitors in both solo and group shows in Japan and elsewhere. The concept is one of an "imaginary HOTEL magical" exhibition staged in a room at the "HOTEL magical" into which a character by the name of Voo Doo Daddy O wanders in the year 21XX and ends up staying. Just what exactly is this hotel riddled with riddles? And how will it change viewers?
This show in a series of rooms at an imaginary art museum will run for approximately six months. Watch out after that for the next installment Room 4, and more, featuring work by Julian Schnabel, Chiezo Taro, Toshiyuki Konishi and Fumiaki Akahane.
Date : May 2(Fri.) – June 1(Sun.)
Closed :Mondays. (If Monday is a National Holiday, the following day will be closed instead )
Time :11:00 - 19:00 (Admission until 18:30)
Admission :Free
Organize :
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
INDEX#4 Executive Committee
Cooperation :
art project room ARTZONE
The Department of Art Studies and Cultural Production (ASP), Kyoto University of Art and Design (Japanese only)
Curator :Kentaro Ichihara (Art Critic)
Artists :
Akihiko Amano / Ryoko Araki / Yoko Okamura / Yuta Ozaki / Tomomi Ono / Hitomi Kanoh / Takanori Suga / Nobuhiko Takehara / Naoki Nishiyama / Kazuhito Matsumoto
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image of the work by Akihiko Amano |
image of the work by Ryoko Araki
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image of the work by Yoko Okamura |
image of the work by Yuta Ozaki |
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image of the work by Tomomi Ono |
image of the work by Hitomi Kanoh |
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image of the work by Takanori Suga |
image of the work by Nobuhiko Takehara |
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image of the work by Naoki Nishiyama |
image of the work by Kazuhito Matsumoto |
Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo is pleased to announce an exhibition titled ”INDEX #4 – YES WE CAN DESTROY –”. Part of an affiliate program with universities, this string of exhibitions was designed as a stage for practical experience for art management students, and a platform for exchange among a young generation of artists. This event marks the third exhibition co-hosted by Tokyo Wonder Site, reflecting the meaning and significance we are seeing in occasions for students from the Kansai region to exhibit their works in Tokyo.
The first event in this series took place at ARTZONE, an art space run by the Kyoto University of Art and Design, in 2005. For the second (2006) and following installments, Tokyo Wonder Site hosted as an additional venue next to ARTZONE, in a step toward the project’s expansion to an inter-regional scale.
This year’s fourth edition highlights the role of INDEX as an increasingly important gateway to success for artists and art students. In addition to discovering fresh new talent, this year the event is going to make a further leap forward and will hopefully transform into an exhibition that appeals to society with the unique qualities of artworks reflecting their creators’ sensitive response to the signs of their time. Most of the ten artists participating in this exhibition were born in the 1980s, and work in a broad range of disciplines including painting, sculpture, video, etc. Look forward to seeing what kinds of works these newcomer artists from various regions across Japan chose to present to the Tokyo audience.
[Note from the curator]
The theme this time is “destruction”. Now the first thing you think of will probably be physical destruction as a result of violence in wars, or the destruction of our environment. However, the destruction that is our subject matter here happens on a level that is not necessarily visible, as the term according to our definition refers to rather internal forms of destruction, occurring for example in transformations of systematic schemes or perspectives. In other words, the function and effect of destruction as a prerequisite for creation is what this time’s INDEX exhibition is all about. “Destruction” is where all of the participating artists are finding the necessary materials and powers to let their creativity run wild, which is where we have to look for the key to understand this 2008 edition of INDEX.
(Kentaro Ichihara, art critic and curator of this exhibition)
Date :June 7 (Sat.) –June 29 (Sun.), 2008
Closed :
Mondays (If Monday is a National Holiday, the following day will be closed instead.)
Time :11:00-19:00 (Admission until 18:30)
Admission :Free
Organize :Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site
Artists :Yu Yasuda / Yusuke Shimura
Related events :
June 7 (Sat.) 16:00-17:00 Artist Talk
17:00-19:00 Opening reception
Yu Yasuda«untitled»/2008/Oil on canvas
Yusuke Shimura «WITCH»/2006/C print
Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS) has been focusing on supporting emerging artists through “Tokyo Wonder Wall” (TWW), a public art competition, since 2000, and emerging artists support program. TWS-Emerging is one of the program to realize a solo exhibition for TWW awardees to farther develop their presentational skills. From last year’s TWW awardees, TWS will introduce 19 artists from June till March, 2009.
Yu Yasuda profile
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