Sections
World Art Osaka
Paintings Now Redux
In collaboration with the ambassadors and consuls to Japan, this international exhibition presents works by artists active in diverse cultural backgrounds and world affairs from 10 countries in Asia. Asia, which has experienced rapid growth – energetic and sometimes chaotic – within an extremely short span of time, has overcome various contradictions with modernism and depicted these “scenes” in the surface of paintings. This exhibition introduces the reality of such Asian paintings, from abstract to figurative, from conceptual to the socially-conscious; we hope you will experience the rich variety of "now" in the Asian region.
Artists
Busui Ajaw / Korakrit Arunanondchai / Htein Lin / Mahalakshmi Kannappan / Fadilah Karim / Hongsa Khotsouvanh / Koa Pham / Rosit Mulyadi / Sopheap Pich / Ruchika Wason Singh / Maria Taniguchi
Exhibition Director
Mizuki ENDO
born in Sapporo, 1975 / based in Kyoto
Mizuki Endo is a curator, art critic and art consultant.
Endo has established three artists-run spaces in Asia; Art Space Tetra (Fukuoka, 2004), Future Prospects Art Space (Manila, 2005) and Playroom (Mito, 2007). He was awarded the 3rd Lorenzo Bonaldi Art Prize (Bergamo, 2005), was the networking curator of Singapore Biennale 2006, the director of Arcus Project (Moriya, Japan, 2007-2010), the curator of Cream: International Festival for Arts and Media, Yokohama (2009), the collaborative curator of Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale 2009, the curator of Yutaka Sone: Perfect Moment (Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, 2011), the residence program director of Kunisaki Art Festival (Oita, Japan, 2014), and the artistic director of Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (Hanoi, 2017-2021). He also works as the executive director of Higashiyama Artists Placement Service (HAPS) in Kyoto since 2011.
His major publications are; America MADE: interviews with Shigeo Chiba, Yuko Hasegawa, Chieko Hirano, Isako Kumagai, Takashi Murakami and Koki Tanaka (Tontuu Records, Fukuoka, 2009), Yutaka Sone/Perfect Moment (Getsuyosha, Tokyo, 2011), and The end of the road, the care for the self (Pub, Fukuoka, 2013).
Japanese Contemporary
-Is there anything left to pray for in a world without God, where everything is calculated?-
Featuring works by contemporary artists unraveling visions of the future, this exhibition presents artworks from different perspectives of social issues, spirituality, and faith. The exhibition examines the relationship between politics and art in postwar Japan and the new artistic spirit fostered by scientific and technological innovations exploring how artworks with Japanese and Asian spirituality create new values through irrationality amidst the advancing rationality of science. We hope that the artists' works will serve as a compass for us and guide new insights into a more prosperous future.
Clash of Technological Innovation and Asian Traditions
Moving away from "art" as an alien culture based on Christian theology and philosophy, this exhibit introduces new artists who express the distinct culture and beliefs of Asia through contemporary technology.
Artists
Yoichi Ochiai / Kazuki Takakura / Lu Yang
Singular yet Multiple
From Manyoshu to the postwar avant-garde art movement, one of the distinctive characteristics of Japanese contemporary art is its sensitivity to Western dualism and hierarchy, which juxtaposes contradictory things without making distinctions and considers them as a single entity.
Artists
Yosuke Amemiya / Tsuyoshi Anzai / Tetsutaro Kamatani / Yousuke Nakagawa / EUGENE STUDIO
Ethics as Alternative Faith
This exhibit introduces the activities of a research institute that is neither a religion, nor a principle, nor a doctrine, but an aesthetic and social practice of artists based on the principle of sharing and exchanging ethics.
Artists
KYOTO INTERCHANGE
キュレーター
Yohsuke TAKAHASHI
Born 1985 in Tokyo. Independent curator and former chief curator at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2014-2021), former curator at Kadokawa Culture Museum (2021-2022). Curated exhibitions in 2023 include "A Liminalism of Japanese Contemporary Art After 2010s'" (Pellas Gallery, Boston), "ART in the Age of Hyper Technological Reproductions" (GYRE GALLERY, Tokyo) exploring the transformation of art through NFT, featuring artists such as Damian Hirst. Major exhibitions during his career at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa include "DeathLAB: Democratizing Death" (co-organized with Columbia University Graduate School of the Arts, 2018-9), "BCL Ghost in the Cell" (toured to Ars Electronica, Austria, 2015-6).
New Media
State of the "Art"
This exhibition showcases digital contents in which values are being shaped in unconventional ways from the current art market, such as NFTs - sharing passion with their communities - and digital archives of actual artworks. Witnessing the increasing utilization of NFT, the rise of a new creator economy, and the emergence of works and communities that transcend the boundaries between the physical and digital, we hope to together imagine the potentials of these changes - how they will transform values in the art world and, by extension, in the future society.
FAT Collection
FAT (Future Art Tokyo) Collection is a digital art production and NFT platform, featuring computer-generated digital archives of actual artworks by emerging artists.
Artists
Shingo Aiba / Toshiki Ando / Cotoh Tsumi / Jyun Inoue / Takuma Kamine / Takayuki Matsumine / Francesco Mazzi / MIRAI / Nei nei / Rena / Takuya Sakamoto / Ellen Sheidlin / Takaoki Tajima / Wataru Uchida
Proof of X
This exhibit showcases artworks of domestic and international artists who focus on blockchain and smart contracts as a new medium for art.
Artists
0xDEAFBEEF / 0xG / Akihiro Kato / Ara / EXCALIBUR / exonemo / Kitasenju Design / Masaki Fujihata / NIINOMI / PIV / Rhea Myers / Toshi
NFT X CREW
NFT X CREW is a curatorial team whose members focus on creating new art experiences and interactions that transcend physical and digital boundaries, from marketing and promotion of NFT projects to organizing real-life events that connect artists and communities. This exhibit will feature a variety of NFT and other digital art, including generative art and works by artists with a background in contemporary art.
Artists
A-Mashiro / Emi Kusano / Shunsuke Takawo / mae / Gensho Yasuda / Y__D / Waboku / AI☆MADONNA (XYZA) / Takahiro Komuro (XYZA) / Hiroshi Mori (XYZA)
Curation Team
GASHO2.0
Kojocho
(NFT ART TOKYO)
Rodman
malo
（NFT ART TOKYO）
Tommy
ryfp/tomo
XYZA