Eri Takayanagi:
Recent works
Until 7/21
With this exhibition, Eri Takayanagi tries to
capture the feeling you have the moment you find something beautiful
in your daily life. Something that is in most senses ordinary but
nonetheless takes you by surprise and in some small way changes
the way you see the world. Attracting critical acclaim, she previously
concentrated on sculptures, covered in everything from bright primary
colours to artificial turf, but she's even more down-to-earth now.
Keeping even art itself at a distance she now focuses on creating
things close to the objects that fill our daily lives, using commonly
available materials. They look similar in many ways to the stuff
around us but their extraordinary beauty makes them stand out.
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
10-4, Expo Park, Senri Suita, Osaka.
Thu - Tue: 10:00 - 17:00.
¥420 (students ¥130, ¥70)
Tel: 06-6876-2481
www.nmao.go.jp
Dolls of Today:
Ideas of plastic arts
Until 6/29
The key to dolls’ appeal, whether as toys
or as animated theatrical puppets, is the way their lifeless form
can actually look so alive. Ironically, as their popularity as a
theatrical art form wanes, other kinds of artists, such as Yumeji
Takehisa, Hans Vermeer and Shimon Yotsuya are taking an interest
in them, with intriguing results. This exhibition takes a look at
a broad cross-section of dolls’ history with a fascinating
variety of exhibits..
The Museum Of Kyoto
Tue - Sun: 10:00 - 18:00.
¥1000 (students ¥700, ¥400)
Tel: 075-222-0888
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/bunpaku/
Albion Art Museum:
Photo Contest 2003 Exhibition
Until 8/17
Albion Art Museum are holding a photo contest
to promote a new generation of photography, with the prize being
support for the chosen photographer’s entire ‘debut’
process, from publishing a photographic art book to holding an exhibition.
The way the first part of the competition will be done is itself
interesting: the applied works are exhibited at the Parco gallery,
each for a week (there will be 13 exhibitions in the period until
August 17th), to be judged by judges from Albion Art Museum.
White Cube Gallery
PARCO Due Amerikamura 3F,
1-16-8 Nishishinsaibashi Chuo-ku, Osaka.
11:00 - 20:00 (11:00 - 17:00 on the closing day of each exhibition)
Tel: 06-6281-8140
www7.ocn.ne.jp/~white-cg
Namaiki Exhibition: Ultradeluxe Osakaaaaa!!
Until 7/8
In a bit of good news for people in Kansai, creative
unit Namaiki is moving their office to Osaka temporarily! The concept
is, as usual (as though 'usual' applies to an idea like this) ‘Every
day is a party! Come along and have fun with us!’ Namaiki will
actually set up their office inside of Kirin Plaza Osaka and hold
workshops, collaborate with artists and customers in creation and
improvement of artworks, as well as exhibiting art too. Of course,
this will include their famous masterwork ‘Gangoo’ series
of weird but cute art objects made from goods bought at ¥100
shops. Be sure to pop into KPO to enjoy the world of Namaiki while
it’s there.
Kirin Plaza Osaka
Chuo-ku, Souemoncho 7-2
11:00-21:00. ¥700 (students ¥500) Tel: 06-6212-6578 www.kirin.co.jp/active/art/kpo
La farme d’une ame
6/6-27
Kumi Sugai (1919 - 1996) studied Japanese painting
in his home country but went to France in 1952 and thence onto worldwide
fame as an innovative pioneer of abstract painting. This exhibition
gives a good overview of much of his early career including oil
paintings from his first solo exhibition in NY in 1959, ‘La
farme d’une âme’, and other early works.
Gallery Art U
1F, Kitazawa bldg., 3-2-24, Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Osaka. Mon - Fri:
11:00 - 19:00 Sat: 12:00-17:00 (closed on national holidays) Tel:
06-6201-0221
www.mmjp.or.jp/art-u/index.html
03 TDC Exhibition:
DDD Gallery 120th Special Exhibition
6/2-7/1
The TDC Award is an international design competition
that has been hosted by the Tokyo Typographic Club annually since
1990. Previous prize-winning works are being shown at DDD Gallery
for this exhibition. The superb pieces on show have been selected
as the best of already strong showings of contestants and give a
good insight into what is happening at the forefront of modern design.
DDD Gallery
Dojima Annex Bldg 1F, Dojimahama 2-2-28, Kita-ku, Osaka.
Mon - Fri: 10:00 - 18:00 (closed on national holidays)
Tel: 06-6347-8780
Art section by Natsumi Fujita
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