[NEWS] The exhibition "ART IN YOU" will be held at SMBC Earth Garden, one of the largest galleries in Japan, from May 20th (Sat.)
"ART IN YOU Art is inside you" will be held from Saturday, May 20th to Saturday, June 17th, 2023 at the Earth Garden on the 1st floor of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building (address: 1-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).
This exhibition, organized by Heralbony's advisor Hiromi Kurosawa (Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa), is the second installment following the exhibition "The Colours!" held in Tokyo and Osaka in 2022, and will feature works by a total of 16 artists at the Earth Garden on the 1st floor of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building, one of the largest galleries in Japan.
> "ART IN YOU" special website
Exhibition title: "ART IN YOU"
Location: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building (Address: 1-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Dates: Saturday, May 20th - Saturday, June 17th, 2023
Hours: Weekdays 10:00-18:00, Holidays 13:00-18:00
*The sales area is open until 17:30. *Only on May 20th (Sat) 11:00-18:00
Admission: Free Organizer: HERALBONY Co., Ltd. Curation: Hiromi Kurosawa (Heralbony Advisor / Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
Construction: Super Factory Co., Ltd. Design: 6D
■Exhibition Concept
Each person has various characteristics. We respect unique expressions by viewing the differences in each person's personality, including their strengths and weaknesses, as distinctive features. HERALBONY believes that originality is important, and supports the creative endeavors of people who have been chosen based not on social standards such as not discriminating against people with disabilities, but simply on the very basic value of being wonderful artists.
If we broadly define "expression" as the act of replacing one's thoughts and feelings with some kind of action, there are various forms of expression in everyday life. Cooking, humming, running, sleeping soundly, and so on. And by confronting the words and attitudes expressed, we can know what the person is thinking and trying to say. "Drawing/making" is also a form of expression, and by looking at the work, we can receive the artist's feelings and intentions. Works by people with intellectual disabilities are characterized by their attempt to convey "I am here" through their works, which cannot be explained by reason or theory, and which embody "drawing/making, that is, living." When we "view a work," we are nothing other than witnessing a pure and raw artistic activity based on the artist's urge to express himself. The exhibition "ART IN YOU" believes that art is not only a work of art, but something that you, the witness, create within yourself. We want you to empathize with the artist's way of life and way of thinking through the work, while spreading that message as far and wide as possible. I hope that this exhibition will help you realize that "art is within you" without relying on conventional art and cultural cliches.
■ List of Artists
Daiki Ito (AiAi Museum, Saitama), Naoto Iguchi (Safran Living Garden, Aichi), K. Uchiyama (Garden of Hope, Mie), Misaki Oya (Yamanami Studio, Shiga), Kazumi Kamae (Yamanami Studio, Shiga), GAMON (HAP General Incorporated Association, Hiroshima), Taisuke Kinugasa (Kyoto), Masahiko Kimura (Atelier Yahho!!, Kyoto), Yukihiro Kunibo (Atelier Yahho!!, Kyoto), Daichi Sakamoto (Shizensei Club, Ibaraki), Hakuitsu Shita (Wakatake Art, Okinawa), Yu Takada (Shizensei Club, Ibaraki), Takuma Hayakawa (Garden of Hope, Mie), Nozomi Fujita (Oita), Keisuke Mori (Garden of Hope, Mie), Masami Yamagiwa (Yamanami Studio, Shiga)
■ Related events
[Opening Event]
① Art Cruise [Sign language interpretation available]
A gallery talk will be held by the two representatives of Heralbony, Takaya Matsuda and Fumito Matsuda. They will tour the exhibition while talking about the stories of the exhibiting artists and the appeal of their works.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20th 11:30-12:00
Venue: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building 1F Earth Garden Guide: Heralbony Takaya Matsuda, Fumito Matsuda Participation Fee: Free
②Opening Talk: "The Appeal of Collecting Art" [Sign Language Interpretation Available]
As an opening talk for the exhibition "ART IN YOU," the exhibition curator Hiromi Kurosawa and the representatives of HERALBONY, Takaya Matsuda and Fumito Matsuda, will host a special talk with guest Tomio Koyama (representative of Tomio Koyama Gallery), who has produced many of Japan's leading artists and is still active at the forefront of the art market.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20, 2023 13:00-14:00 (reception opens at 12:45)
Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Admission: Free Capacity: 40 people (advance registration required/seating available)
Information security: Sign language interpretation
> Click here to apply
③Live painting [Sign language interpretation available]
A live painting event will be held by three artists from Kibo no Sono, a welfare facility in Mie Prefecture: Uchiyama.K, Hayakawa Takuma, and Mori Keisuke. The event will be accompanied by an explanatory talk by Matsuda Fumito of HERALBONY and facility director Murabayashi Shinya.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20, 2023, 14:30-15:30
Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Admission: Free (no prior registration required)
[Events during the event]
6/3 (Sat) | Public art production
This is a public art production by two artists from ATELIER YAMANAMI, Misaki Ooya and Kazumi Kamae. The event will be accompanied by an explanatory talk by ATELIER YAMANAMI facility director, Masakazu Yamashita, and Chiaki Kayamori of HERALBONY.
Date and time: Saturday, June 3, 2023 13:30-14:30 / 15:30-16:30
Venue: Mitsui Sumitomo Bank East Building 1F Earth Garden Participation fee: Free
Every Saturday and Sunday 14:00-14:30 | Art Cruise
A gallery talk will be held by Heralbony staff.
We will tour the exhibition whilst talking about the stories of the exhibiting artists and the appeal of their works.
Date and time: Every Saturday and Sunday 14:00-14:30
Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Participation: Free (no reservations required)
> Click here for details of related events
This exhibition, organized by Heralbony's advisor Hiromi Kurosawa (Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa), is the second installment following the exhibition "The Colours!" held in Tokyo and Osaka in 2022, and will feature works by a total of 16 artists at the Earth Garden on the 1st floor of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building, one of the largest galleries in Japan.
> "ART IN YOU" special website
Exhibition title: "ART IN YOU"
Location: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building (Address: 1-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Dates: Saturday, May 20th - Saturday, June 17th, 2023
Hours: Weekdays 10:00-18:00, Holidays 13:00-18:00
*The sales area is open until 17:30. *Only on May 20th (Sat) 11:00-18:00
Admission: Free Organizer: HERALBONY Co., Ltd. Curation: Hiromi Kurosawa (Heralbony Advisor / Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
Construction: Super Factory Co., Ltd. Design: 6D
■Exhibition Concept
Each person has various characteristics. We respect unique expressions by viewing the differences in each person's personality, including their strengths and weaknesses, as distinctive features. HERALBONY believes that originality is important, and supports the creative endeavors of people who have been chosen based not on social standards such as not discriminating against people with disabilities, but simply on the very basic value of being wonderful artists.
If we broadly define "expression" as the act of replacing one's thoughts and feelings with some kind of action, there are various forms of expression in everyday life. Cooking, humming, running, sleeping soundly, and so on. And by confronting the words and attitudes expressed, we can know what the person is thinking and trying to say. "Drawing/making" is also a form of expression, and by looking at the work, we can receive the artist's feelings and intentions. Works by people with intellectual disabilities are characterized by their attempt to convey "I am here" through their works, which cannot be explained by reason or theory, and which embody "drawing/making, that is, living." When we "view a work," we are nothing other than witnessing a pure and raw artistic activity based on the artist's urge to express himself. The exhibition "ART IN YOU" believes that art is not only a work of art, but something that you, the witness, create within yourself. We want you to empathize with the artist's way of life and way of thinking through the work, while spreading that message as far and wide as possible. I hope that this exhibition will help you realize that "art is within you" without relying on conventional art and cultural cliches.
Heralbony Advisor
Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Hiromi Kurosawa
■ List of Artists
Daiki Ito (AiAi Museum, Saitama), Naoto Iguchi (Safran Living Garden, Aichi), K. Uchiyama (Garden of Hope, Mie), Misaki Oya (Yamanami Studio, Shiga), Kazumi Kamae (Yamanami Studio, Shiga), GAMON (HAP General Incorporated Association, Hiroshima), Taisuke Kinugasa (Kyoto), Masahiko Kimura (Atelier Yahho!!, Kyoto), Yukihiro Kunibo (Atelier Yahho!!, Kyoto), Daichi Sakamoto (Shizensei Club, Ibaraki), Hakuitsu Shita (Wakatake Art, Okinawa), Yu Takada (Shizensei Club, Ibaraki), Takuma Hayakawa (Garden of Hope, Mie), Nozomi Fujita (Oita), Keisuke Mori (Garden of Hope, Mie), Masami Yamagiwa (Yamanami Studio, Shiga)
■ Related events
[Opening Event]
① Art Cruise [Sign language interpretation available]
A gallery talk will be held by the two representatives of Heralbony, Takaya Matsuda and Fumito Matsuda. They will tour the exhibition while talking about the stories of the exhibiting artists and the appeal of their works.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20th 11:30-12:00
Venue: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building 1F Earth Garden Guide: Heralbony Takaya Matsuda, Fumito Matsuda Participation Fee: Free
②Opening Talk: "The Appeal of Collecting Art" [Sign Language Interpretation Available]
As an opening talk for the exhibition "ART IN YOU," the exhibition curator Hiromi Kurosawa and the representatives of HERALBONY, Takaya Matsuda and Fumito Matsuda, will host a special talk with guest Tomio Koyama (representative of Tomio Koyama Gallery), who has produced many of Japan's leading artists and is still active at the forefront of the art market.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20, 2023 13:00-14:00 (reception opens at 12:45)
Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Admission: Free Capacity: 40 people (advance registration required/seating available)
Information security: Sign language interpretation
> Click here to apply
③Live painting [Sign language interpretation available]
A live painting event will be held by three artists from Kibo no Sono, a welfare facility in Mie Prefecture: Uchiyama.K, Hayakawa Takuma, and Mori Keisuke. The event will be accompanied by an explanatory talk by Matsuda Fumito of HERALBONY and facility director Murabayashi Shinya.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20, 2023, 14:30-15:30
Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Admission: Free (no prior registration required)
[Events during the event]
6/3 (Sat) | Public art production
This is a public art production by two artists from ATELIER YAMANAMI, Misaki Ooya and Kazumi Kamae. The event will be accompanied by an explanatory talk by ATELIER YAMANAMI facility director, Masakazu Yamashita, and Chiaki Kayamori of HERALBONY.
Date and time: Saturday, June 3, 2023 13:30-14:30 / 15:30-16:30
Venue: Mitsui Sumitomo Bank East Building 1F Earth Garden Participation fee: Free
Every Saturday and Sunday 14:00-14:30 | Art Cruise
A gallery talk will be held by Heralbony staff.
We will tour the exhibition whilst talking about the stories of the exhibiting artists and the appeal of their works.
Date and time: Every Saturday and Sunday 14:00-14:30
Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Participation: Free (no reservations required)
> Click here for details of related events
