INFORMATION
"ART IN YOU Art is within you"
Dates: Saturday, May 20th - Saturday, June 17th, 2023
Hours: Weekdays 10:00-18:00, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 13:00-18:00
*The merchandise area is open until 17:30
*Only on Saturday, May 20th: 11:00-18:00
Admission fee: Free Venue: Earth Garden, 1F, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building (1-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Space construction: Super Factory Co., Ltd. Design: 6D
Curation: Hiromi Kurosawa (Heralbony Advisor/Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa)
Organizer: Heralbony Co., Ltd.
Access to the venue [Transportation] Directly connected to Otemachi Station C14 exit
For wheelchair users
・There are no steps inside the venue.
・For information on escalators and multi-purpose toilets, please see this page.
ARTIST
List of participating artists
Daiki Ito (AiAi Museum, Saitama), Naoto Iguchi (Safran Living Garden, Aichi), K. Uchiyama (Kibo no Sono Sono, Mie), Misaki Oya (Yamanami Kobo, Shiga), Kazumi Kamae (Yamanami Kobo, 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 (Kibo no Sono, Mie), Nozomi Fujita (Oita), Keisuke Mori (Kibo no Sono, Mie), Masami Yamagiwa (Yamanami Kobo, Shiga)
More than 16 people
Introducing some of the exhibiting artists
Kazumi Kamae
Kazumi Kamae
Born in 1966. Lives in Shiga Prefecture. Has been with Yamanami Studio since 1985. Not good at expressing her feelings to others, she continues to create sculptures of people she wants to attract their attention as a communication tool. All of her models are men she has feelings for. First, she decides on the subject and prepares the base shape, then carefully embeds the entire surface with fine rice-grain-sized clay. Large pieces can take more than two months to complete, and the countless grains cover the entire piece, transforming it into various shapes. She wants to be recognized by the person she loves. Even now, this feeling is what drives her creations.
Keisuke Mori
Keisuke Mori
Born in 1989. Lives in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. Currently enrolled at Kibo no Sono in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture. Started creating at the age of 12 at the atelier "HUMAN ELEMENT". Started oil painting at the age of 17, and is a regular artist who is selected every year for national open exhibitions and Mie Prefectural Exhibitions. He has held solo exhibitions in Aichi, Gifu, and Mie. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions not only in Japan, but also overseas in countries such as Germany, France, Spain, China, and Vietnam. His current color composition, with striking light and dark contrasts, was inspired by advice from Murabayashi, chairman of Kibo no Sono. His hobbies are video games and reading books.
Daichi Sakamoto
Daichi Sakamoto
After graduating from Ibaraki Prefectural Miho Special Needs School, he joined the Shizensei Club in 2016. He has a gentle personality and a sense of humor, and takes responsibility for any task. He participated in the 2019 Hong Kong performance of creative Dengaku dance. He has a free and free-spirited sensibility, and plays the drums, dances, and sings. In his paintings, he places emphasis on "brushstrokes," giving the impression of being fused with dance. His "Dogu" (2019), which he created by focusing on the shape and tracing it over and over again, was well received and was exhibited in the waiting room of the mayor's office at City Hall.
Masami Yamagiwa
Masami Yamagiwa
Born in 1972. Lives in Shiga Prefecture. Has been a member of Yamanami Studio since 1990. Cooking, doing laundry, cleaning rooms, collecting waste paper, and living the same time and in the same flow every day, one of the things he does is create art. When he first joined, he was only able to make plates and vessels, which he learned to make at school, but he was influenced by various experiences and the friends he spent time with, and his works gradually evolved into three-dimensional sculptures with a rich individuality. His earnest and honest personality is also reflected in his style, and he is able to continue to mass-produce the same shapes without stopping, as if in an assembly line. His representative work, "Masami Jizo," has been produced without change for over 20 years, and his works, which have exceeded hundreds of thousands, are a reflection of his way of life.
MESSAGE
Curation
Hiromi Kurosawa
Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / Advisor, HERALBONY Co., Ltd.
Recently, an approach to art appreciation that encourages logical and critical thinking has become popular. It is a repeated attempt to generate your own meaning within yourself by carefully observing things on a daily basis and communicating comprehensively with others in the world of art, where there are no correct answers. The goal is to become innovative yourself through the works. Be sure to gain new perspectives through dialogue with artists and works!
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After graduating from Boston University (Massachusetts, USA), he worked at Art Tower Mito (Ibaraki) and Sogetsu Art Museum (Tokyo) before joining the Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art Construction Preparatory Office in 2003. He has been involved in planning and installing architecture and commissioned works. Since the museum's opening exhibition in 2004, he has organized numerous exhibitions. He has introduced contemporary artists active in Japan and abroad and their works, including Olafur Eliasson, Do-ho Suh, Fiona Tang, and Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller. He has also selected museum collections, collaborated with schools, and planned and implemented educational outreach programs for visitors of all ages. He served as general curator for City Net Asia (Seoul, South Korea) in 2011, OpenArt (Orebro, Sweden) in 2017, and Culture City of East Asia (Kanazawa) in 2018.
Organizer
Takaya Matsuda/Fumito Matsuda
President and Vice President of HERALBONY Co., Ltd.
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EVENT
Opening Event Program
Art Cruise
Takaya Matsuda/Fumito Matsuda
May 20th (Sat) 11:30-12:00
On the first day of the opening, 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 20, 2023
11:30-12:00
Venue: Earth Garden, 1st floor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Admission: Free (no prior registration required)
*Sign language interpretation available
Opening Event Program
Special Talk "The Appeal of Collecting Art"
Hiromi Kurosawa/Takaya Matsuda/Fumito Matsuda
May 20th (Sat) 13:00-14:00 Capacity: 40 people / Advance registration required
As an opening talk for the exhibition "ART IN YOU - Art is inside you" organized by HERALBONY, the exhibition curator/Chief Curator of Kanazawa 21st Century Art Museum, Hiromi Kurosawa, and both representatives of HERALBONY, Takaya Matsuda and Fumito Matsuda, will deliver a special talk.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20, 2023
13:00-14:00 (Registration begins at 12:45)
Venue: Earth Garden, 1st floor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building (1-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Admission: Free Capacity: 40 people (advance registration required/seating available)
Speakers:
Hiromi Kurosawa (Chief Curator, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa/Heralbony Advisor)
Takaya Matsuda (Heralbony Representative)
Fumito Matsuda (Vice Representative of Heralbony)
*Sign language interpretation available
*Tomio Koyama was scheduled to appear, but due to personal reasons he has been forced to cancel his appearance. We ask for your understanding.
Opening Event Program
Live Painting
Uchiyama.K/Hayakawa Takuma/Mori Keisuke (Kibou no Sono, Mie)
May 20th (Sat) 14:30-15:30
A live painting event will be held by three artists, Uchiyama.K, Hayakawa Takuma, and Mori Keisuke, who are all members of Kibo no Sono, a welfare facility in Mie Prefecture.
The event will be accompanied by an explanatory talk by Heralbony's Fumito Matsuda and facility director Mayashi Murabayashi.
Date and time: Saturday, May 20, 2023
14:30-15:30
Venue: Earth Garden, 1st floor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Admission: Free (no prior registration required)
*Sign language interpretation available
Event program during the event
Public Art Production
Misaki Oya/Kazumi Kamae (Yamanami Studio, Shiga)
June 3 (Sat) 13:30-14:30 / 15:30-16:30
Misaki Oya, Kazumi Kamae (Yamanami Studio, Shiga)
This is a public art project by two artists, Kazumi Kamae (Yamanami Studio), a sculpture artist who continues to create statues of Masato-san, the person she loves, and Misaki Oya, who draws her favorite castles with colored pencils. The project will be accompanied by a talk by Masakazu Yamashita, director of Yamanami Studio, and Chiaki Kayamori of Heralbony.
Date and time: Saturday, June 3, 2023
13:30-14:30 / 15:30-16:30
Venue: Earth Garden, 1st floor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Admission: Free (no prior registration required)
Event program during the event
Art Cruise
Every Saturday and Sunday 14:00-14:30 *No reservation required
A gallery talk will be held by Heralbony staff.
We will tour the exhibition while 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, 1st floor, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation East Building Participation: Free (no reservations required)
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In 2023, the company will be selected as part of the public-private startup support program "J-Startup."
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