The first project is a solo exhibition by Nodoka Yamaura, a Japanese paper artist who expresses the light and shadow of Tokushima.
Gallery ART FOR THOUGHT in Ginza, Tokyo will reopen on July 14, 2023 (Friday) after renovations, with the aim of improving gallery functions and enhancing exhibition content.
By expanding the exhibition space, enhancing the equipment such as walls, lighting, sound, etc., strengthening the ability to transmit domestically and internationally including the EC site, and developing a new project series, we will enhance the content of our activities. We will present works that inspire the thoughts and feelings of various people who are active in society.
The newly launched exhibition series “the foundry” introduces young artists who are challenging themselves to create expressions that combine traditional Japanese crafts with contemporary art. Through EC sites and promotions, we will appeal to art fans not only in Japan but also overseas.
The first exhibition project will be held from July 14th (Friday) to August 26th (Saturday), 2023, by Nodoka Yamaura, a Japanese paper artist living in Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku. ."It will be held.
Exhibition overview
■Exhibition title Nodoka Yamaura's solo exhibition "Shake, shine, dance, remember."
■Duration Friday, July 14, 2023 to Saturday, August 26, 2023 11:00 – 19:00 (Closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays / until 17:00 on Saturdays)
■Details Mr. Yamaura has been making paper at his Japanese paper workshop surrounded by abundant natural light in Tokushima. Digital devices and neon signs—in our lives filled with artificial light, how does the soft light of Japanese paper project shadows full of life? Please enjoy the world of refreshing light and shadow.
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Photography: Tetsuya Yamamoto, video: Taiki Sugioka, curation: Keiichiro Tao
Next time, in October 2023, we plan to hold a special exhibition by ceramic artist Yuki Shimizu for the second installment of the series. Please stay tuned.
■ Project series ”the foundry”
“the foundry” is an exhibition series that introduces young artists who are challenging themselves to create expressions that combine traditional Japanese crafts with contemporary art.
Originally, Japanese art also had an aspect as a tool for daily life. As daily necessities and furnishings, they incorporated the season and thoughts into the room, and gently changed the daily life and enriched it. This series is an attempt to re-present the implementation for such a life in modern society in order to live a repetitive daily life richly and comfortably.
Ginza used to be a place where silver coins were minted in the Edo period and used as a lubricant for daily life.
Using traditional Japanese techniques and the expressiveness of contemporary art, we will once again create Japanese art as a form of beauty for a new purpose.
■ ART FOR THOUGHT
A gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, which started in 2011 and is now in its 12th year. Renewal and reopening in July 2023 with expanded gallery space and EC page. We will provide more people with the opportunity to experience viewing and purchase works.
Address: 8-10-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku Wako Ginza 8-chome Building 1F Website (EC site): https://artforthought.jp/
Contact: info@artforthought.jp
[AFT Co., Ltd.] From the press release