Chihiro Ito + La Mano Fria "Letters"

at Office

Media: Painting - Art Party

(2010-03-03 - 2010-03-31)
Reception For The Artist on 2010-03-18 from 19:00

This is the first collaboration between Ito and Fria, featuring a display of letters that transcend national boundaries, race, generation and language.

A large-scale painting that will be gradually completed over the exhibition period will be on display from March 3rd through 18th, while the finished work will be on view from March 19th through 31st.

"Abflug 2010 - Toshiya Motai Seminar Student Exhibition"

at Makii Masaru Fine Art

Media: Painting - Installation - Art Party

(2010-03-05 - 2010-03-16)
Reception For The Artist on 2010-03-12 from 17:00 to 20:00
Gallery talk by art critic Akihiko Takami

“Abflug” means takeoff in German. This exhibition features work by 4 students of the Motai seminar at Tokyo Zokei University who are graduating and “taking off” this spring, including an installation of meta-paintings by Orie Takikawa, narrative paintings depicting the relationship between the self and other by Sae Tanaka, a fragile installation by Kazuyo Tsukamoto, and a “morphologia” project by Asami Hagiwara.

[Image: Sae Tanaka, "For You, Singing Somewhere" (2009-10), oil on canvas, 194x162cm]

Izumi Kato "Soul Union"

at Arataniurano

Media: Painting - Sculpture

(2010-03-12 - 2010-05-22)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-12 from 18:00

Izumi Kato was born in 1969 in Shimane Prefecture and graduated from the department of painting at Musashino Art University. In 2007, he became the first young Japanese painter to be invited to the 52nd Venice Biennale directed by Robert Storr.

Kato’s paintings feature anonymous nobodies possessed of an intensity that evokes a larger framework of humanity. His wooden sculptures, which he has been producing since 2004, have a strength of presence that borders on otherworldliness. The title “Soul Union” was chosen by the artist to express how formless thoughts and values are shared, transcending blood relations and ethnicity, passed down to complete strangers as if they were genetic material.

Part one (paintings): March 12th (Fri) - April 17th (Sat)
Part two (sculptures): April 23rd (Fri) - May 22nd (Sat)

[Image: Izumi Kato, "Untitled" (2009) oil on canvas, 194x130.4cm]

Annie Aube "Dangerous Curiosity"

at Galeria de Muerte

Media: Other - Art Party

(2010-03-12 - 2010-04-17)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-12 from 19:00

Solo show by Annie Aube, whose works were shown in Japan for the first time at the 101 Tokyo Art Fair in 2008. Since then she has exhibited her work under Galeria de Muerte at group exhibitions and art fairs, winning critical acclaim. On display are new embroidery works based on the story of Bluebeard in the Grimm fairy tales.

"Tama Art University Graphic Design Department Illustration Graduation Exhibition 2010"

at Monkey Gallery

Media: Illustration - Art Party

(2010-03-10 - 2010-03-15)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-13 from 18:00

Graduation works by illustration students in the graphic design department at Tama Art University. Also on display are thesis works by students in the animation class.

Utako Shindo Exhibition

at Youkobo Art Space

Media: Photography - Installation - Art Party - Art Talk

(2010-03-11 - 2010-03-28)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-13 from 17:00 to 20:00

The work will be produced through a six-week studio residency at Youkobo. In a world where various senses of value intersect, Utako will attempt to express a view that anyone would long for. The work will be updated as dialogues with visitors are recorded photographically and textually. ‘Everyday, I travel across Suginami to reside in the studio. There are things that appear to exist unchangingly at any time and at any corner along the journey. There are places where things are similarly repeating or repeated. I look at them from right to left, from top to bottom, feeling the warmth of their gaze upon me, even when my eyes are shut.’ Shindo was born in Tokyo and has been living in Melbourne since 2003.

"Photography by 5 People" Exhibition

at The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo

Media: Photography - Art Party

(2010-03-09 - 2010-03-14)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-13 from 17:00 to 19:00

"Tiramisù" Exhibition

at The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo

Media: Painting - Crafts - Art Party

(2010-03-09 - 2010-03-14)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-13 from 17:00 to 19:00

This “Tiramisu” (which means “pick me up” in Italian) exhibition features a wide range of work in various genres.

"Shiro Masuyama: Collected Works 2004-2010" Exhibition

at Contemporary Art Factory

Media: Installation - Art Party

(2010-03-09 - 2010-03-28)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-13 from 17:00 to 20:30
Opening performance

Shiro Masuyama is an internationally-active artist whose work takes on familiar social situations and events with a sharp humor. Currently based in Berlin, Masuyama is presenting a selection of works created since 2004 as a mini-retrospective. This is his first solo show in Tokyo in 5 years.

Closing performance: March 28th (Sun) 12:00-19:00

"10’s Aqua Blue" Exhibition

at Emon Photo Gallery

Media: Photography - Art Party

(2010-03-09 - 2010-03-27)
Opening Reception on 2010-03-09 from 18:00

“10’s Aqua Blue” is the second in a series of themed group exhibitions that carries on where the first installment “10’s Green” left off. On display are photographs by 10 young artists that freely interpret the “aqua blue” in the title.