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The Origami Dream by Daas

Sep 1-26

Pile Café, Osaka

In his latest exhibition, American artist Daas has conjured up a dreamy and playful world, inhabited by origami horses, birds, kangaroos and pandas. While looking at these paintings, you get the sense that everything is living in harmony. All the animals and insects seem to share in a communal existence. These paintings are lighthearted, cute, fun and curious. After peeking into this imaginary world, it’s hard not to feel a sense of longing for a time and place like the ones Daas has created for us with the stroke of his brush.

Getting there: Subway Chuo-line, Osaka-ko stn, exit 2
Open: 11am–10pm • Closed Wed
Admission: Free
06-6575-3002

Fabre 8710

Sep 4 - Oct 6

Fabre 8710, Osaka

An exhibition of the artworks of the four main artists at Fabre 8710, which shows mainly two-dimensional and small three-dimensional works. Artists featured are Yui Sakakibara, Mutsumi Sue, Sesami Space and Yoshihide Nakajima. Drawings by Sakakibara, digital photos with nature as their theme by Sesame Space, a Chinese flower like motif tableau by Nakajima and Sue’s mysterious drawings where she piles up oil paper and inscribes circles with a ball point pen. It is a tribute to young up and up-coming artists and the exhibition should be seen as one collection instead of four individual ones.

Getting there: JR Gakkentoshi line, Hanaten stn
Open: 12–7pm • Closed Sun/Mon/Holidays
Admission: Free
06-6968-8535

Chaotic Order

Sep 17

Gallery Mssohkan, Hyogo

Bosco Sodi’s solo exhibi- tion will complete the picture of his Japan project 07, before taking off to participate in major international art fairs and biennales alike. One of the most promising artists of contemporary Mexican art, Bosco Sodi (b.1970 Mexico City), is most widely known for his tableau-like painting works that command an optimal equilibrium of fragility and overwhelming presence in a space. With their visual idioms that shed light upon the very essence of humanity, the boundarydistorting surfaces of Sodi’s works tacitly fill the white cube. The exhibition, entitled Chaotic Order, which marks his second solo show in Japan, comprises new series of works that stem from his two-month residency program at Tokyo Wonder Site Aoyama, organized by Tokyo Wonder Site in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. It depicts several aspects of the Japanese culture both on/off street levels filtered by Sodi’s inspirations during his residency in Aoyama.

Hankyu Oji-koen stn, 3 min walk south from Aotani-bashi stop by 2 bus or 10 min walk north through Oji-park
Open: 1–6:30pm • Closed Wed/Thu
Admission: Free
078-802-8822

Belle Epoque

Sep 19 - Oct 1

Kobe Daimaru Museum, Kobe

Paris at the end of the 19th century was the centre of Europe’s “belle époque” — the city was the stage for the new art, fashion, ideas and sophistication of the period. The Paris Universal Exposition in 1900 was considered as the integration of the belle époque culture. The Musee du Petet Palais was built by the city as the main site for the Universal Exposition and it holds a splendid collection that reminds us of the elegance of Paris in and around the year 1900. Paintings, sculptures, glasswork and jewelry — this exhibition reveals the brilliance of the period. Subway Chuo-line, Osaka-ko stn

Getting there: JR Motomachi stn, Daimaru Dept. 9F
Open: 10am–7:30pm
Admission: ¥1,000/¥800
078-331-8121

Kansai Art Listings September

OSAKA

Fujimoto Yukio: Plus/Minus

The National Museum of Osaka
Thru Sep 17
Subway Yotsubashi line, Higobashi stn, exit 2
Open: 10am–5pm • Closed Mon and holidays
Admission: ¥420/¥130/¥70
06-4950-7555

Modigliani et Hebuterne, Le couple Tragique

Daimaru Museum Umeda
Thru Sep 24
JR Osaka/ Hankyu/Hanshin Umeda stn
Open: 10am–7pm
Admission: ¥1,000/¥800/¥600
06-6343-1231

Ataka Eiichi Collection Exhibition

The Museum of Oriental Ceramics Osaka
Thru Sep 30
Subway Midosuji line, Yodoyabashi Station
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥500/¥300, free for children
06-6223-0055

Mammoth Exhibition

WTC Cosmo Tower
Thru Oct 8
Subway Chuo line, Cosmo Square stn
Open: 10am–4:30pm
Closed on Sep 6, 13, 20, 27
06-6313-0525

What Makes It a Masterpiece? Part 1

Osaka Shiritsu Kindai Bijutsu-kan Shinsaibashi Tenjishitsu
Selected Japanese modernist paintings.
Part 1: From the Meiji to early Showa period
Thru Oct 8
Part 2: Works by Japanese avant-garde artists of the 1930s-50s
Oct 13–Nov 25
Subway Shinsaibashi stn, Idemitsu Nagahori Bldg 13F
Open: 11am–6:30pm Closed Wed
Admission: ¥500/¥300
06-6208-9096

Chinese stone sculpture Exhibition From the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty

Osaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Oct 14
Open: 9:30am–4:30pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥300/¥200
06-6771-4874

KYOTO

When Flowers Bloom: Flowers by Monet, Renoir, Yoshihiro Suda, and Kyoko Sawanobori

Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Sanso Bijutsukan
Thru Sep 17
JR Yamazaki/Hankyu Oyamazaki stn.
Open: 10am–4:30pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥700/¥500/free for children
075-957-3123

Annual Summer Exhibition of the museum collection

Hosomi Museum
Thru Sep 17
Tozai-line, Higashiyama stn, 10 min walk on Nijo street
Open: 10am–6pm
Admission: ¥700/¥500
075-752-5555

Treasures of Daikaku-ji Temple: Commemorating the 700th Anniversary of Emperor Gouda’s Appointment as Abbot

Kyoto National Museum
Thru Sep 17
National Treasure: The Fujin-Raijin Exhibitoin
From Sep 5–30
JR/Kintetsu Kyoto stn, take 206 or 208 bus, get off at Hakubutsukan, Sanjyu-san Kando-mae
Open: 9:30am–6pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/free for children
075-525-2473

Asada Hiroshi: In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of his death

The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto
Thru Sep 17
5 bus, Kyotokaikan Bijutsukanmae stop
Open: 9:30am–5pm Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥800/¥400/Free under junior high
075-761-4111

Masterpieces from the Philadelphia Musem of Art; Impressionism and Modern Art: 72 paintings by 47 artists, including Picasso, Renoir, Duchamp, Wyeth and O’Keefe.

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto-shi Bijutsukan)
Thru Sep 24
JR Kyoto stn, 5 or 100 Bus to Kyotokaikan and Bijtsukan-mae
Admission: ¥1,500/¥1,000/¥500
075-771-4107

Domoto Insho Exhibition — Abstract Paintings

Domoto Insho Museum
Thru Oct 14
JR Kyoto stn, bus to museum
Admission: ¥500/¥400
075-463-0007

HYOGO

Western Blue: A Tour of Purssian Blue

Kobe Shiritsu Hakubutsukan
Thru Sep 2
JR/Hankyu/Hanshin Sannomiya stn
Open: 10am–4:30pm • Closed Mon
Admission: ¥600/¥400
078-391-0035

Works from the museum collection including Tadanori Yokoo and Picasso

Himeji Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Sep 2
JR/Sanyo Himeji stn (near the castle)
Open: 10am–4:30pm • Closed Mon
Admission: ¥500/¥300/¥200
0792-22-2288

Portraits by 18 Artists including Koiso Ryohei, Tamura Konosuke and others

Kobe Shiritsu Koiso Kinen Bijutsukan
Thru Sep 9
Rokko Liner Island Kitaguchi stn
Open: 10am–4:30pm. Closed Mon
Admission: ¥200/¥150/¥100
078-857-5880

Komatsu Masuki (1904- 2002) Exhibition

Kobe Yukari No Bijutsukan Rokko Liner, Island Center stn, Fashion Museum 1F
Thru Sep 24
Open: 10am–5:20pm • Closed Wed
Admission: ¥200/¥100
078-858-1520

Exhibition of prize winning picture books from the annual competition in Italy

Otani Memorial Art Museum Nishinomiya City
Thru Sep 30
Hanshin Koyoen stn
Open: 10am–5pm • Closed Wed
Admission: ¥800/¥600/¥400
Tel: 0798-33-0164

Kawamura Kinen Museum Collection Exhibition featuring works from Picasso, Renoir, Chagall, Rembrandt and more. Seventy paintings.

Hyogo Kenritsu Bijutsukan
Thru Oct 8
Hanshin Iwaya stn
Open: 10am–5:30pm • Closed Mon
Admission: ¥1,200/¥900/¥500
078-262-0901

Rococo Exhibition

Kobe Fashion Museum
Thru Oct 9
Rokko Liner, Island Center stn
Open: 10am–5:30pm • Closed Wed
Admission: ¥500/¥250
078-858-0050

150 Postcards of Kittens

The Postcard Museum
Thru Oct 27
Sanyo Kasumigaoka stn: north, 7min walk
Open: 11am–5:30pm on Thu/Fri/Sat
Admission: ¥300/¥200
078-705-1512

Nara

Newly Acquired Treasures for Japan: Exhibition of cultural properties recently purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs

Nara National Museum
Thru Aug 19
Kintetsu Nara stn, inside Nara Park
Open: 9:30am–5pm • Closed Mon
Admission: ¥500/¥250/free for junior high and under
0742-22-7771

ART section compiled by Maki Nibayashi

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