KH Gallery Ginza presents a special collaboration between Keizo Matsui and Hiroko Koshino in the exhibition “Dreams Folded Inside – Transition into ART”. Koshino and Matsui first met in the 1980s, when the HIROKO KOSHINO brand began its expansion overseas. For the next several years until 2001, Matsui designed an array of press materials for the brand. The only instructions Koshino had ever given to Matsui was to “make something interesting”; everything else, she had left up to him. The mutual trust, passion for creation and the “dream” to bring joy to their audience were the ingredients of creative works such as the Paris Fashion Week invitation featuring a captivating pop-up design that went from flat to 3D. Design was never a sufficient field for the two artists, who always aspired to challenge the limits of “ART”. Matsui’s artwork combining “pottery and glass” which finally made shape after 30 years of thought, trial and error represents his aptitude for challenging physical obstacles through craftsmanship. In the same way, Koshino’s paintings also go against the grain with canvases of plaster, cardboard and other unique textures that stir imagination. Bringing the two artists together for the first time in almost 15 years, this exhibit displays works including Matsui’s past designs for the HIROKO KOSHINO brand, his all-new 3D pieces and Koshino’s masterpiece paintings. The exhibit surveys the changing pieces to discover the fundamental spirit of “ART” at their root.
Two artists inspiring “dreams” through design. This time, the perspective is shifted to the “dreams” that lie within the artists themselves to give birth to a fresh sense of creativity.
KH Gallery Ginza will be extension of schedule for Kuniyoshi Kaneko Retrospective ExhibitionThe Style – Neko and Hiroko – until April 10th (Sun).
Collaboration planning 6th.
Painter, by late Kuniyoshi Kaneko and fashion designer Hiroko Koshino, contest of painting and style image.
Knowing each other for over 50 years, Kaneko and Koshino examined “people” from their own unique points of view. Their timeless styles finally converge with this exhibition.
Please enjoy a look into the new story woven by the creativity of these two rare expressers.
Get an early look at Hiroko Koshino and circle side’s collaboration exhibit Resonance with Light at KH Gallery Ashiya.
In this exhibition, circle side redefines Koshino’s organic and colorful oil paintings as a new form of “light”, by extracting textures and outlines from the paintings and converting such information in to audio and video.
The immersive experience brought out by the resonance between the two approaches on art is more than a simple addition.
We invite you to come experience the resonant “light of paintings” echoing endlessly inside a space designed by renowned architect Tadao Ando.
《artist / circle side》
A creator quartet launched by artists and programmers to present works that go beyond traditional genres such as art, sound and design. Members include Akiko Azumi, Hiroo Ogasawara, Hiroaki Kitamura, and Yuji Hamada.
Period of Exhibition
Three days at the end of the week (Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays), for every week from March 25 to April 24
3/25 (Fri), 26 (Sat), 27 (Sun),
4/1 (Fri), 2 (Sat), 3 (Sun),
8 (Fri), 9 (Sat), 10 (Sun),
15 (Fri), 16 (Sat), 17 (Sun),
22 (Fri), 23 (Sat), 24 (Sun)
Gallery Hours
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. *Closes at 4 p.m. on the final day
Free admission, no reservation necessary
KH Gallery Ashiya will be extension of schedule for public admission until December 23rd from 30th of November.
Every autumn, Paris stages a one-night festival called Nuit Blanche (“White Night”) celebrating modern art.
Kyoto, a sister city of Paris, holds the companion event “Nuit Blanche Kyoto” in various spots around the city for people to enjoy both Japanese and French modern artworks for free. You could enjoy the collaboration work created by Hiroko Koshino and artist group, circle side at Institut français du Japon – Kansai. The event will start from 6pm to 1am.The collaboration work emerging in the jet-black darkness takes you to magical world. This is a one night only event but the work will displayed for the week after the event. Please drop by and enjoy when you are in the area.
Nuit Blanche KYOTO 2015
Exhibition : Hiroko Koshino ＋ circle side
Place : Institut français du Japon – Kansai
Date : Saturday, 3rd October, 2015 7:30pm to 1:00am
http://www.nuitblanche.jp
http://www.nuitblanche.jp/schedule/institut-francais.php
Hiroko Koshino – The Path of Paintbrush-
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 – Tuesday, August 18, 2015
10:00 am – 8:00 pm (Close at 4:00 pm on August 18)
Tokusen Gallery, 8F South Building, Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store
http://www.daimaru.co.jp/shinsaibashi/art_event/index3.html
