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5/11 - 5/27
Art Front Gallery will present "Transparency", solo exhibition by Miyuki Takenaka.
Date: 2012 May 11 (Fri) - May 27 (Sun)
Hours: 11.00 - 19.00 *closed on Mondays
Location: Art Front Gallery
Opening Reception: May11 (Fri) 18.00 - 20.00
For information on concurrent event, "Three Forests", solo exhibition of Naoto Kumagai, see here.
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5/11 - 5/27
Art Front Gallery will present "Three Forests", solo exhibition by Naoto Kumagai.
Date: 2012 May 11 (Fri) - May 27 (Sun)
Hours: 11.00 - 19.00 *closed on Mondays
Location: Art Front Gallery
Opening Reception: May11 (Fri) 18.00 - 20.00
For information on concurrent event "Three Forests", solo exhibition by Miyuki Takenaka, see here.
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at Singapore
image: Shinji Omaki "Echoes - Infinity" felt, crystal powder, correction pen, 1000x15500mm, 2010
Solo exhibition of Shinji Omaki is currentlry held at Singapore.
From May 18 (fri), a group exhibition, which Omaki will also join, is opened as well.
"Shinji Omaki: MOMENT AND ETERNITY"
Date: 2012 Apr. 19 (thu) - Jun. 3 (sun)
Venue: Third Floor - Hermes
541 Orchard Road, Liat Towers, Singapore
Solo exhibition entitled "MOMENT AND ETERNITY" is held until Jun. 3 (sun) at Third - Floor Hermes, which is inside of flagship shop of Hermes located at Orchard, Singapore.
Third - Floor Hermes, non-commercial gallery run by Hermes, has been presenting solo exhibitions of rising contemporary artists up to this day.
This time, new installation by Omaki is exhibited.
"Art Garden 2012"
Date: 2012 May 18 (fri) - Aug. 12 (sun)
Venue: 8Q at Singapore Art Musuem
Also, Omaki will participate in group exhibition entitled "Art Garden 2012" held at Singapore Art Museum from May 18 (fri).
"Art Garden" is an exhibition for children and it is annually held during school-holiday. Many domestic and international artist have taken part in thus far.
Omaki will present a work entitled "Echoes - Infinity - The Forest".
For further information on this exhibition, see here.
We will report these exhibition on our website in future.
For past works and C.v. of Omaki, see here.
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Special Exhibition: Journey with Hiroshige
4/24- 7/1
Currently, a special exhibition, "Journey with Hiroshige" is taking place at "Anjin" a cafe space on 2nd floor, in Daikanyama Tsutaya Books.
This exhibition theme is "travel". Hiroshige Utagawa's "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road" and works of contemporary artists such as Tokuro Sakamoto and Syuji Yamamoto, who were both influenced by traditional Japanese artists, are exhibited.
Tokuro Sakamoto is the contemporary Japanese painting artist who focuses on daily life as his main theme. Artists in Edo period like Hiroshige had a great influence on Sakamoto's work specially seen through his emphasis of perspective and picture composition.
Art Front Gallery will present solo exhibition "Long Distance View" of Tokuro Sakamoto from Jun. 1 (fri).
For past works of Tokuro Sakamoto, see here, and for information on solo exhibition by Tokuro Sakamoto, see here.
Art Front Gallery is located 3 minutes walk distance from Tsutaya Books.
Please drop in at the gallery, when you visit Anjin.
Journey with Hiroshige
Date: 2012 Apr. 24 (Tue) - Jul. 1 (Sun)
Location: Anjin, Daikanyama Tsutaya Books
Hours: 09.00 - 26.00
Access and opening hours of Anjin can be seen at official website.
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Artworks at Anjin 4 - Aki Yamamoto
Art Front Gallery contributes to the art coordination of cafe space at Daikanyama Tsutaya Books, called "Anjin".
Art Front Gallery contributes to the art coordination of cafe space at Daikanyama Tsutaya Books, called "Anjin".
There are various works of international and domestic artists exhibited at Anjin.
We recently changed some permanent works there and works of Aki Yamamoto, who is currently holding solo exhibition "Cut" at Art Front Gallery, are newly exhibited.
Top: Aki Yamamoto "Coney Island", felt, 150x105x55mm
Bottom: Aki Yamamoto "Camellia - Man" felt, 150x105x55mm
Though Yamamoto has mainly been creating oil paintings, she also approach to space by creating three-dimensional works.
For past works of Aki Yamamoto, see here, and for information on "Cut", solo exhibition by Aki Yamamoto, see here.
Tsutaya Books is located 3 minutes walk distance from Art Front Gallery.
Please drop in at Anjin, when you visit the gallery.
Access and opening hours of Anjin can be seen at official website.
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5/2 - 5/6
Current exhibition, "Cut", solo exhibition by Aki Yamamoto will close on Apr. 29 (sun).
During Golden Week, from 2nd May through 6th May, we will present exhibition selected works by the gallery.
Focusing on artists who have held exhibition at Art Front Gallery, such as Aki Yamamoto, Miyuki Takenaka who is preparing for her new works for the coming exhibition held from May 11. CHihiro Kabata's work using mirror which has never been shown in public will also in view. Variety of artworks will be presented including Kana Yoshida who held exhibitions at LIXIL Gallery and Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino. Works by Bunpei Kado and Kouseki Ono will also be presented.
Opening hour is from 11.00 to 19.00 as usual.
image: Kana Yoshida "Walking in the Sky" (detail), paper, crayon, oil pastel, each image 550x910mm, 2011
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4/13 - 4/29
Art Front Gallery will present "Cut", solo exhibition by Aki Yamamoto.
Date: 2012 Apr. 13 (Fri) - Apr. 29 (Sun)
Hours: 11.00 - 19.00 *closed on Mondays
Location: Art Front Gallery
Opening Reception: Apr.19 (Fri) 18.00 - 20.00
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Shinji Omaki "Proof of Existence"
at The Hakone Open-Air Museum
"Proof of Existence", solo exhibition of Shinji Omaki will be held from Apr.8 (Sun) at The Hakone Open-Air Musuem.
Omaki has been creating dynamic installations which turns space into abnormal world and recalls viewer's physical senses. As the artist says "existence of people is necessary for my artwork", he has been presenting the space as if it takes viewers into the artworks as a part of it.
This time, based on the theme "Light and Shadow", brand new installations of "Liminal Air" series and "Echose-Re-Crystallization" which is recrystallization of "Echoes-Crystallization" exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu in 2009 and nominated for Singapore Art Award.
On Apr. 28 (Sat) and Sep. 8 (Sat), artist talk event will be held.
Please find an opportunity to visit this.
For artworks and C.V. of Shinji Omaki, see here.
Shinji Omaki "Echoes-Crystallization" acrylic, crystal powder, correction fluid, 500x500mm each, 2011
Shinji Omaki: Proof of Existence
Date: 2012 Apr. 8 (Sun) - Oct. 8 (Mon)
Hours: 9.00 - 17.00 (Open year-round. Admission is permitted until 30 minutes prior to closing)
Admission Fee: adults ￥1,600 college/high-school students. seniors (65 and above) ￥1,100 middle and elementary school students ￥800
Web site: The Hakone Open-Air Museum
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3/19 - 4/8
Art Front Gallery will present "Saturation", solo exhibition by Takako Hojo.
Date: 2012 Mar. 19 (Mon) - Apr. 8 (Sun)
Hours: 11.00 - 19.00 *closed on Mondays, except for Mar. 19
Location: Art Front Gallery
Opening Reception: Mar.19 (Mon) 18.00 - 20.00
On Mar. 19, we will open from the reception
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VOCA 2012
Chihiro Kabata, Miyuki Takenaka
Works of Chihiro Kabata and Miyuki Takenaka are currently exhibited in "Vision of Contemporary Art" (VOCA) held at The Ueno Royal Museum.
VOCA, 19th at this time, has own system that young artists are chosen by recommendation from curators, journalists, and researchers through out Japan and chosen artists exhibit new works for this.
Chihiro Kabara was recommended by Yayoi Kojima (curator), and Miyuki Takenaka was recommended by Kazuo Yamawaki (professor, Kinjo Gakuin University) as exhibiting artists.
Their new works are currently exhibited at The Ueno Royal Museum.
[exhibition info]
Vision of Contemporary Art 2012
Date: 2012 Mar. 15 (Thu) - Mar. 30 (Fri)
Hours: 10.00 - 17.00 (closed at 18.00 on Thrusday, Friday, Saturday)
Fee: General, College students 500yen
Venue: Ueno Royal Museum
http://www.ueno-mori.org/voca/2012/outline.html
Besides that, "Kabata Chihiro Artworks 2011", Chihiro Kabata's yearbook, and "miyuki takenaka WORKS 1999-2011", portofolio book of Miyuki Takenaka, has been published.
You can buy both of them at Art Front Gallery.
L: Chihiro Kabata "Silent Image", oil ballpoint pen on ink jet printing paper, 1310x2500mm each
R：Miyuki Takenaka "Overflowing Time", mixed media, acrylic sheet, watercolor paper, 1300x1000mm, each
Past artworks, C.V.s and images of previous exhibition at Art Front Gallery can be seen from links below.
Chihiro Kabata: past works, C.V., 2011 Jun. "Closed with Eyes Opened"
Miyuki Takenaka: past works, C.V., 2011 Jul. Iku Harada, Miyuki Takenaka "Inside the Garden"
Art Front Gallery will hold solo exhibition of Miyuki Takenaka on May, 2012. For further information, see here.
