Keiji Usami New Works
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - Saturday, December 11, 2004
Keiji Usami was born in Osaka and grew up in Osaka and Wakayama, yet
since he moved to Tokyo at age 18, he rarely has had solo exhibitions
in Western Japan. This is the first exhibition in Osaka since 1992. Usami
has focused on production in his studio in Echizen Kaigan in Fukui for
the past several years. Since 2002, he has been producing large-scale
works which were inspired by Rafaelo's "Athens." At present,
the series is about half way to its completion; yet we'd decided to invite
some of Usami's works to our gallery to offer to the public.
Gallery Talk
3:00 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, November 27, 2004
Speakers: Keiji Usami and Yasuyuki Naka
Organized by ACG.
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation,
OAP Management Co., Ltd.
Hitoshi Nomura New Works “chroma
& chroma”
Saturday, October 2, 2004 - Saturday, November 6, 2004
This is Nomura's first solo exhibition of new works in three years.
Nomura has had two major solo exhibitions at the Art Tower Mito (2000)
and Toyota Museum (2001). Among the new works, "Grus" and "In
Falling" are the newest in the "Score" series, which is
Nomura's been working over 30 years. "Grus" and "In Falling"
are the records of a travel of crane and fossils respectively incorporating
with mysterious music. Visitors can listen to the audio at the gallery.
"Chromatist Painting" is a new series of vivid color paintings.
The keyword of this exhibition "chroma" is a word related to
"color" and "sound." Please visit us to feel the "color"
and "sound" from works by Hitoshi Nomura.
Gallery Talk
3:00 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 2004
Admission free. Limited seating to 70.
Organized by ACG.
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation,
OAP Management Co., Ltd.
6 Artists / articulation 2004
Yukio Fujimoto, Norio Imai, Koichi Kawasaki, Toru Kuranuki, Hisashi Momose, and Keiji Uematsu
Saturday,September 4, 2004 - Saturday, September 25, 2004
This is a group exhibition by 6 artists, 6 individuals with long careers.
They are well known for their abilities to "articulate" expressions
in their artwork. The exhibition consists of works the artists would like
to exhibit to the society and to young artists.
Gallery Talk 1: Artist as an Occupation
Speakers: Keiji Uematsu and Yukio Fujimoto
4:00 to 5:30 p.m., Saturday, September 11, 2004
Gallery Talk 2: How comfortable is it to have two jobs?
Norio Imai, Koichi Kawasaki, and Toru Kuranuki
7:00 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, September 24, 2004
Organized by ACG.
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation,
OAP Management Co., Ltd.
Kozo Nishino “The Shape of the Sky”
Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - Saturday, July 31, 2004
This is Nishino's first solo exhibition in Osaka since 1986. Due to
the scale of his work, it is rare to see Nishino's work in Osaka. The
exhibition includes "Going to the Space," which is made of titanium
alloy and it's 15 meters wide. This is the second location for Nishino's
"The Shape of the Sky" exhibition following a presentation at
the Spiral Garden in Tokyo.
Gallery Talk
6:30 to 10:00 p.m., Friday, July 16, 2004
Speakers: Kozo Nishino and Keiji Uematsu
Organized by ACG.
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation,
OAP Management Co., Ltd.
Additional support provided by Wacoal Art Center Co., Ltd.
Art Court Frontier 2004 #2
Saturday, May 29, 2004 - Saturday, June 26, 2004
ACG holds "Art Court Frontier" in July, 2003, as its first
major exhibition since re-opening. The show was a great success, so it
has returned this year. This year, again, we asked 15 people in the field
of fine arts including 3 artits, 3 curators, 3 collectors, 3 journalists,
and 3 gallerists, to pick 15 young, promising artists in the Kansai area.
Gallery Talk
3:00 p.m., Saturday, June 12, 2004
Organized by ACG.
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation,
OAP Management Co., Ltd.
Curator's Choice #1: Kazuko Todate “Another
World”
Friday, April 16, 2004 - Saturday, May 15, 2004
Gallery Talk
6:30 p.m., Friday, April 16, 2004
Speakers: Kazuko Todate, Enpei Ito, Etsushi Nagatomi, and Yoshitaka Nakamura
Organized by ACG.
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation,
OAP Management Co., Ltd.
Aiko Tezuka “Outside of Modernism”
Friday, March 5, 2004 - Saturday, April 3, 2004
It is neither painting nor sculpture. Yet, it is not craft work either.
However, she is definitely making artwork. People critique a style of
painting, an origin of sculpture, and a tradition of craft. Her work is
in its own region where it unties those existing structures. Viewers read
the Tezuka's work as painting, feel its sculptural dimensions, and acknowledge
the material used as elements of craft. Yet, she is not opposed to illusion,
she is not trying to eliminate weight from her work, nor she is against
the traditional craft. She is purely making a new style of art.
-Yasuyuki Nakai, Curator, National Museum of Art, Osaka
Gallery Talk
6:30 p.m., Friday, March 19, 2004
Speakers: Aiko Tezuka and Tomio Sugaya
Organized by ACG.
Sponsored by Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation,
OAP Management Co., Ltd.