We are afraid our gallery will be closed on September 17.
We apologize for any inconvenience, thank you for your understanding, thank you.
KH Gallery Ginza will be extension of schedule for Hiroko Koshino The Portrait until October 22th (Sun).
KH Gallery Ashiya
2017 Exhibition Hiroko Koshino -Contrast-
Sunday, September 24 – Sunday, October 22
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Gallery will closed on Wednesdays, Monday October 2 and Tuesday October 3.
Reservation required. Please reserve by accessing the ASHIYA GALLERY page of our website and submitting the Admission Reservation Form with all the necessary fields completed.
Reservation is not required on Sundays.
“Hiroko Koshino The Nature” is being hosted at KH Gallery. You can see colors and shapes that resemble vestiges and minerals that have been excavated, in paintings by Koshino. This exhibit is a collection of profound and dignified paintings that are contrastive with works that have flamboyant hues, by expressing nature and the passage of time. These paintings, with their elegant hues of gold, silver, and black, are not merely decorative, as they have appearances resembling natural objects that have existed since the distant past, such as minerals and celestial bodies. Also, the shapes and shadows of her relief works resemble land forms that were created by the passage of time. Her obsession with texture has created art in which you can see her attention to detail.
While painting, she comes closer to expressions of nature. Also, she reconstructs ancient materials and leads us to new ones. In our current generation in which artificial items are mass produced, these pieces are valuable expressions of art. By all means, come and imagine the eternal flow of time within nature.
Hiroko Koshino The Nature
Wednesday, September 6 – Saturday, September 30, 2017
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Gallery closed on the Sundays of September 17, and 24
《 WORK #1667》Oil on canvas
“Hiroko Koshino Exhibit -COLORS-”will be hosted at the Isetan Shinjuku Store, Main Building, 5th Floor Art Gallery.
At this exhibit, pictures and fashion drawings that she has been working on, in addition to newly painted plates, will be exhibited at the same time,
while a large number of colorful creations will be shown to the public at the same time.
Her graffiti series, a collection of paintings she painted while being inspired by the graffitishe saw while on a trip in Greece, is one of her most colorful series. These are illustrations in which a large number of pictures drawn on small panels are rhythmically arranged, producing a space with an abundance of colors. Each piece is unique, and viewing all of them at once conjures up the image of streets and playgrounds, and these pieces can be appreciated individually or at the same time. Also, fashion drawings showing the fruits of her progress as a designer will be exhibited at the same time. More than 30 of her unpublished fashion drawings that have been newly reborn as giclee*prints will be exhibited to the public for the first time. Furthermore, the new painted plates that have been created thanks to the help of the NIKKO COMPANY will be exhi
bited. A variety of color tones are drawn on these white plates, and the phrase “Living with Art”, a concept of Koshino, is inscribed on each one.
These paintings, plates, and fashion drawing giclee prints will be collected together and put on display and on sale. KH Gallery is a place where guests can encounter different charms.
Hiroko Koshino Exhibit -COLORS-
Isetan Shinjuku Store, Main Building, 5thFloor Art Gallery
Wednesday, August 23 -Monday, August 28, 2017
Open every day throughout the exhibition period. Admission free.
10:30a.m.-8 p.m. *On the Wednesday, August 23,closes at 4:30 p.m. On the final day, closes at 6 p.m.
Isetan Shinjuku Store, Main Building, 5th Floor Art Gallery
3-14-1, Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo
Gallery Talk by Hiroko Koshino
From 1 p.m. on Sunday, August 27, 2017
Isetan Shinjuku Store, Main Building, 5th Floor Art Gallery
Hiroko Koshino "fashion illustration 14SS The story of light and shadow"
KH Gallery Ginza and KH Gallery Ashiya will be closed from 11th to 20th August for summer holiday.
We will not be able to reply confirmation of reservations for Ashiya gallery until after 21st of August.
Please accept our apologies for any inconveniences and thank you in advance for your understanding.
《WORK #1646》oil on canvas 2016
《WORK #1541》oil on canvas 2016
“NIKKO × Hiroko Koshino Sumi no Toki -The Hospitality of Hiroko Koshino-” will be hosted at KH Gallery Ginza. NIKKO COMPANY, a manufacturer of Western-style dinnerware, and Koshino first met 30 years ago. Since then, these two have worked together to bring modern dinnerware to the world. The “Sumi no Toki” series that is being presented here is designed based on the various expressions of ink paintings done by Koshino. For Koshino, the sensibility of ink is a crystallization of the beauty of Japan. With the meeting of Western-style dinnerware and pure white fine bone china that NIKKO proudly makes in Japan, the beauty of the West and of Japan were brilliantly fused together. A profound world of black and white is expressed within the blank spaces of this dinnerware. At this exhibit, this series which has received high acclaim at exhibitions held outside of Japan will be shown alongside table settings for the first time in Japan at the KH Gallery. At the same time, the original works and a new series of ink paintings done by Koshino will be exhibited. The existence of art in everyday life is what Koshino considers to be the highest quality of hospitality.
Also, looking back at the history of the close friendship between these two, a memorial exhibit of “Ai Gasane”, Koshino-designed dinnerware welcoming the 30-year anniversary since it was first released for sale will be displayed. In a display full of a sense of playfulness, you can see best-selling Japanese-style and Western-style dinnerware that has a flowery motif.
These fine works of art that are close to our lives and that can be cherished for a long time are born from the sincerity of NIKKO and Koshino and from their long relationship. Please enjoy the aesthetics of sophisticated furnishings and hospitality.
KH Gallery Ginza
NIKKO × Hiroko Koshino
Sumi no Toki -The Hospitality of Hiroko Koshino-
Monday, May 15 – Sunday, June 25, 2017
10:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Gallery closed on the Sundays of May 21, June 4, and 18.
We are afraid our gallery will be closed on April 29.
We apologize for any inconvenience, thank you for your understanding, thank you.
For the year of 2017, KH Gallery Ashiya will present visitors with various comparisons in the context of Koshino’s creative works, under the theme of “Contrast.”. An artist always seeking for different ways of expression instead of remaining still at one place, Koshino has reflected her seemingly conflicting views and values to numerous masterpieces.
One time, she may depict a tranquil world of elegance and simplicity with sumi-ink. Another time, she may use vivid colors to evoke emotions. It is as though the biorhythms of life are embodied by the myriads of artworks that oscillate between Stillness and Motion.
The exhibition will also seek to illustrate the contrast between Fashion and Art for the first time in KH Gallery Ashiya. Through their encounter with art, news lives will be breathed into garments that have been incorporated into the installation.
The beauty of artworks enclosed in a planar dimension and the beauty of lightweight and elegant garments, both embraced within the beauty of the solemn architecture designed by Tadao Ando. This year, we invite you to enhance the dynamic transition from the landscape of spring to summer with the beautiful contrasts brought about by the clash and synthesis of these outstandingly unique elements of beauty.
Reservation required. Please reserve by accessing the ASHIYA GALLERY page of our website and submitting the Admission Reservation Form with all the necessary fields completed.
Reservation is not required on Sundays.
Saturday, April 1 – Sunday, September 17
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Gallery closed on Wednesdays
Summer Closing: Friday (national holiday), August 11 – Sunday, August 20
Bimonthly beauty industry magazine “TOKYO FASHION EDGE vol. 20” issued by All Beauty Inc, will be released 3/31 and starting sales 4/2 at KH Gallery Ginza.
Special feature on “Madame Edwarda” as a homage to Kaneko Kuniyoshi over 16 pages. At the gallery present ” Kuniyoshi Kaneko x Hiroko Koshino EROS 2017″ exhibition,
under the concept of “the room where Edwarda lives”, created by stylist Fujisaki Kouichi.
Please enjoy the “Kaneko Kuniyoshi’s Edwarda world” with this magazine.
