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ヒカリエ アートフェア

2013/12/10

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HIKARIE ART FAIR

Sibuya Hikarie 8F 8/COURT CUBE1,2,3 will present “HIKARIE Xmas ART FAIR” . We will present works of Kaoru Oda, Miyuki Takaenaka, TODO(ex. Ramon Todo), Masumi Namkaoka. Space 8/ has produced good art contents from the spring of 2012, They are introducing wonderful art works that suits for Christmas present. Everyone can select good art works without worries even if you are beginner. Please find time to visit this Xmas art fair at Hikarie. ・Hikarie Xmas Art Fair Dates:Friday 13, Dec. 2013 ? Wednesday 25, Dec. 11:00 - 20:00 Venue:Shibuya Hikarie 8F 8/COURT CUBE1,2,3 Guide tour:Sunday 19, Dec. 15:00 - 16:00 No reservation needed, Free entry

角文平・吉田夏奈 トーク 

2013/10/08

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Bunpei Kado and Kana Yoshida Artist Talk & Mini Party

SARUGAKU MATSURI 2013 special event “Small Art Collection” We are delighted to invite you to a special event for SARUGAKU MATSURI 2013. At our office in Hillside Terrace A, we are gathering a small collection of art works of the artists from ART SETOUCHI 2013. Bunpei Kado and Kana Yoshida who impressed us with their unique point of view dealing with the landscape of Setouchi islands, will come to share their experience of this summer with us. Please come and join us to a stimulating talk of young artists with refreshments. Dates: 2013 Oct. 13, Sunday 15:00~17:00 Venue: Art Front Gallery:Hillside Terrace A, 29-18 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033 TEL: 03-3476-4868 Entrance fee: 2000 yen Reservation: mail to artfront@artfront.co.jp

竹中美幸-闇で捕えた光

2013/08/20

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Miyuki Takenaka solo exhibition

Art Front Gallery is pleased to announce that Miyuki Takenaka's solo exhibition will be held at our gallery in Daikanyama from 30th August, 2013. Takenaka has been trying to pursue “something” that may be caught beyond the layers of light, and this time she challenges to use 35mm film beside acrylic resin which she has been using for a while. Please enjoy her challenge to a new style invented this time. Date: Aug 30 (Fri) - Sep 15 (Sun) Hours: 11:00 - 19:00 (Closed on Mondays.) venue: Art Front Gallery (Daikanyama, Tokyo) opening reception: Aug 30 (Fri) 18:00 - 19:00 

大巻伸嗣 at 栗林公園

2013/07/20

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Shinji Ohmaki at Ritsurin Garden

Setouchi Triennale 2013 related event: Art Front Gallery is pleased to announce that our artist Shinji OHMAKI will present a new site-specific installation at Ritsurin Garden (Takamatsu city, Kagawa, Japan) for its 100th anniversary celebrating the completion of the North Garden. Public view will start from 20th July, 2013 as a related event of Setouchi Triennale 2013. Venu: Shokoreishokan, Ritsurin Garden (Takamatsu city, Kagawa Japan) Period/time: 9:00-17:00, From 20th July until 1st Decmber, 2013 *Press viewing from 19:00 on 19th July, 2013 *Extend Opening Hour until 21:00, From 9th-17th August, 2013 Admission: adult 400JPY, child 170JPY as entrance fee for the garden. For more information click here.

ジャウマ・アミゴー 展 at BIENA Art Space

2013/04/15

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Jaume Amigo solo exhibition at BIENA Art Space

4/27- 6/24 New gallery space "Biena Art Space" coordinated by Sekisui House, LTD will open on April 27 (Sat) in the first floor of Sekisui House Shuibuya viewing room Biena Aoyama Collection. It is an experimental exhibition space creating combining a housing exhibiiton plaza and new communication space generating new culture. Solo exhibitions and regular exhibitions will be coordinated by Art Front Gallery to introduce new artists and open the possibility for art to communicate with new audience. As an opening exhibition of the space, Jaume Amigo exhibition will be presented.

VOCA2013

2013/03/10

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VOCA 2013 (The Vision of Contemporarty Art)

VOCA2013 (The Vision of Contemprarty Art 2013) now in view. Annual exhibition introdicing the leading artists working with 2 dimentional works are in view at Ueno Royal Museum. Following Chihiro Kabata and Miyuki Takenaka selected in the previious year, Two artists, Takaoko Hojyo and Kana Yoshida from Art Front Gallery are introduced in the show. VOCA2013 The Vision of COntemporary Art venue:Ueno Royal Museum date: March 15 to 30 open daily from 10:00 to 18:00

CCC AWARDS大賞

2013/03/01

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CCC AWARDS Grand Prize

Bunpei Kado Recieved the grad prize Culture Convenience Culb Co., Ltd. (CCC) organized "Art in the office 2012 CCC AWARDS", open call for artwork proposal last November, 2012. This project aims for selecting great three dimensional works from young established artists, and exhibiting the selected works at the CCC's new office (community space ) for a year. At the screening in the beginning of last December, 8 out of 200 plans were selected. Bunpei Kado was selected as a grand prize winner. The artist will be showing his installation at Ogi Island as a part of Setouchi Art Triennale starting from March 20. http://setouchi-artfest.jp/en/ Bunpei Kado exhibition is scheduled to be held at Art Front Gallery in July 2013. CCC AWARDS Date:Mar. 9(sat) ? Mar. 11(mon) 11:00-19:00 open everyday Venue: Daikanyama T-SITE GARDEN GALLERY 16-15 Sarugaku-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0033 CCCAWARDS Winner Announcement & Opening Reception: Mar. 9 (sat) 11:00 - 11:30 Selected Artists: Asami Kazushi Bunpei Kado nisai/ Nobuo Kumagai three Tomohiro Shibuki Hiroshi Shinno Keisuke Tanaka Tetsuya Tanaka Please find an opportunity to visit this special exhibition during the exhibition period.

日本の手技:伝統と革新

2013/02/01

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Japanese Craft: Tradition and Innovation

Special Exhibition at Tsutaya Books Currently, a special exhibition, " Japanese Craft: Tradition and Innovation " is taking place at "anjin" a cafe space on 2nd floor, in Daikanyama Tsutaya Books. Koji Hatakeyama Kozo Takeuchi, Toshio Iezumi This exhibition is featured artists who have discerning and modern sense in their expression using Japanese traditional techniques. Various contemporary artists follow traditional techniques, but express an air of contemporary through their works. Japanese Craft: Tradition and Innovation artists:Koji Hatakeyama, Kozo Takeuchi, Toshitaka Nishizawa, Yui Higashibata, Toshio Iezumi, Shiho Tokoro, Kenta Anzai Date:Mar. 1 (fri) ? Apr. 22 (mon) 2013 Venue:anjin, Daikanyama Tsutaya Books Opening Hours:09.00 - 26.00 Open everyday Tsutaya Books is located 3 minutes walk distance from Art Front Gallery. Please drop in at anjin, when you visit our gallery. Access and opening hours of Anjin can be seen at official website.

小野 耕石 個展

2013/01/25

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Kouseki Ono solo exhibition

2/1 - 2/17 Art Front Gallery will present solo exhibition of Kouseki Ono. Kouseki Ono - Multiples Date:2013 Feb. 1 (fri) - Feb. 17 (sun) Opening Hours: 11:00 - 19:00 *closed on Mondays Venue:Art Front Gallery Opening Reception:Feb. 1 (fri) 18:00~20:00 Using handwritten dot pattern as a plate for printing, Kouseki Ono prints various colors over 100 times on the dots by silkscreen printing. His work differs from regular prints. It is special way of creation that this method does not allow prints to become edition works although using the same print plate. In this exhibition at Art Front Gallery, he will focus by means of pillars of ink on the visual change and in particular variation of wide combination of material as if it proliferates. This exhibition will be the first time in 1 year and 3 months after “Transplants” in October 201, as solo exhibition at Art Front Gallery.Please visit and enjoy this unique exhibition.

アートステージ・シンガポール 2013

2013/01/15

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Art Stage Singapore 2013

participation in art fair Art Front Gallery is pleased to announce our participation in Art Stage Singapore2013. At this precious occasion, we would be working with two booths, one especially organized for special project of Shinji Ohmaki, and another for general booth of Art Front Gallery; showcase of Shinji Ohmaki, Chihiro Kabata and Bunpei Kado. Art Stage Singapore 2013 Dates: Jan. 24 (Thu) - Jan. 27 (Sun) Hours: Jan 24 and 25: 12-7pm, Jan 26: 11am -7pm, Jan 27: 11am -6pm Venue: the Marina Bay Sands Convention and Exhibition Center For further information on this art fair, click here Shinji Ohmaki, plan drawing for installation "Liminal Air - Space -Time" 2012 Shinji Ohmaki is already a major artist in Japan, and is becoming one of the most important names in his generation. He was introduced in Singapore at Hermes early last year as well as at Art Museum in last summer. For the coming Project Stage space, Ohmaki is now preparing a new installation which he has never shown to public before; the slowly undulating fabric would remind us of ocean waves of Singapore. This site-based work, together with his colorful or delicate white pieces in general booth, is “salable” for the first time for the audience of Singapore. Solo exhibition of Shinji Ohmaki will be held at Shibuya Hikarie (Feb. 6 - 18, 2013) and Art Front Gallery (Feb. 22 - Mar. 10, 2013), click here for further information. Chihiro Kabata, "Night with Gold Burden" ball point pen on ink-jet paper, panel, 915 x 915mm, 2012 Chihiro Kabata, "Night with Gold Burden 2" ball point pen on ink-jet paper, panel, 915 x 915mm, 2012 Chihiro Kabata’s work is normally very sharp or shiny, sometimes using mirrors or ballpoint pen to make illusion of mirror effect. She has also been introduced in several exhibits in Singapore such as Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Singapore, Lasalle Collage. For further information on her previous exhibition "the World Crosses Over the Mirror" held at Art Front Gallery last autumn, click here. Bunpei Kado “Sky Town” iron, wood, lead 2000 x 700 x 1850mm, 2010 Bunpei Kado is working with figurative three dimensional works. He mixes different material and subject to make one work; that is, what we already know is combined to give a new meaning as a whole. The artist has been invited to participate in Setouchi Triennale 2013 held around in Naoshima.

田中 芳 個展

2013/01/03

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Kaori Tanaka solo exhibition

1/23 - 2/4 Art Front Gallery will present solo exhibition of Kaori Tanaka, entitled “Remaining Light” at 2 different venues, Art Front Gallery and Shibuya Hikarie.. Kaori Tanaka : Remaining Light Art Front Gallery Date:Jan. 11 (fri) ? Jan. 27 (sun), 2013 Opening Hours: 11:00 - 19:00 *closed on Mondays Shibuya Hikarie, 8th floor, CUBE (click here for exhibition information in Japanese) Date:Jan. 23 (wed) ? Feb. 4 (mon), 2013 Opening Hours: 11:00 - 20:00 open everyday We got an essay from Fram Kitagawa, a general director for Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial and Setouchi International Art Festival. This essay is printed in this exhibition leaflet, and visitors can take it at the gallery. Art Front Gallery will publish “Remaining Light”, work collection book of Kaori Tanaka on Jan 26 (sat). A large number of works for 25 years will be introduced in this book. A4 size, 60 pages, color For further information, call at 03-3476-4869 (Art Front Gallery) Gallery visitors can book it in advance until 25th. (special price including postage and tax : 2100 yen ) From 26th, we are ready to sell a book for 1890 yen at both venues.

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