Yu Kiwanami solo exhibition
“Odd NIGHT”

4 Dec. Fri.- 26 Dec. Sat. 2020

Imura art gallery is pleased to announce “Odd NIGHT,” an exhibition by Yu Kiwanami.
We hope that you will take this opportunity to view his works.

amu photo exhibition

11 Jan.Mon.- 17 Jan.Sun.2021

“SENSE OF TOUCH 2020”
Yasuko Iba Solo Exhibition

“untitled"
2020-03 | 2020
530 x 455 mm
oil on canvas
©Yasuko Iba

1 Nov.Sun.- 29 Nov.Sun.2020
open on Fri., Sat., & Sun. 12:00 - 18:00
appointments are available on weekdays

Having first presented Iba Yasuko’s “SENSE OF TOUCH” in 2008, eN arts is extraordinarily happy to exhibit more of Iba’s works in a new solo exhibition, “SENSE OF TOUCH 2020” during November 2020.

During her college years, Iba majored in woodblock prints, and upon graduation gradually shifted her focus to painting, creating works in oil from photos she took herself. When I first stood in front of one of Iba’s works, the impact was such that viewing the painting even stimulated my senses of touch and smell to the extent that I felt the presence and mood of the object painted. That presence actually sparked a memory of my childhood. I was shocked at discovering that, extending beyond realistically portraying light and shade in a single painting, Iba’s works touch the heart and soul of their viewers. This new exhibition provides a glimpse of Iba’ as she challenges the next steps with her newest works.

On the subject of challenges – – – Iba first undertook video art in her 2019 solo exhibition “A Way of Seeing” presented at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. In a Bijutsu Techo interview, Iba commented on video art: “Video is a bundle of strands of light. I had the feeling that an image is connected and so the amount of light is sensed, then there is a place where light and texture are joined.” “This led to a stereogram work in which, without a sense of story or the unfolding of time, the texture and the connectivity of light can be felt.”, explaining the similarity of her video stereograms and her prints and paintings in their expression of light and texture. eN arts will present a new video work by Iba in our below ground Black Cube space.

eN arts

I am particular about changing a scene we see right before our eyes into its basic nature. More than simply recognizing the perspective of the scene before oneself using normal visual perception, I want some sort bodily experience to come first. Using a glass case containing flower vases as an example, one cannot experience just a single point of focus while being aware of the reflections of curtains on the glass door or on the back of the case despite recognizing the scene as a single space. Rather, we experience the space and basic nature of such an object by indistinctly gazing, not at a single point, while moving our eyes over the entire object, without focusing on specific spots. I guess that we somehow pick up on the differences and underlying nature of the object as we vaguely move our eyes and awareness, picking up on different elements. That is what I try to compose on a canvass. I want to neutralize the presence. A photorealistic depiction of a motif on a screen expresses the presence of that particular space, but I want to somewhat neutralize that presence by leaving aside some elements, such as distinct lines and colors. Somehow, as the space is shifted from the existence of the motif, it is then changed into a kind of texture.

Iba Yasuko

“Video speaks！2021”

15 Jan.Fri.– 30 Jan.Sat.2021

shobu gakuen
“nui project”
Shirt & bag

9 Jan.Sat. –24 Jan.Sun. 2021

GENDAI BIJYUTSU NITOHEI
“DABIJYUTSU 100RENPATSU！”

12・13・18・19・20・24・25・26・27 Dec.2020

KCUA Open Call Exhibition 2020–21
“Baschet Sound Sculptures"

7 Nov.Sat.- 12 Dec.Sun.2020

“ permanent exhibition “

16 Jan. Sat. − 28 Feb. Sun, 2021

〈1.2 F〉
“29 Oriori no Sakkatachi”

11 Jan.Mon.– 24 Jan.Sun.2021

〈1 F〉
MARUKI Iri
“A retrospective”

26 Jan.Tue.– 31 Jan.Sun.2021

〈2 F〉
SAKAZUME Atsuo ＋ OGURA Terumasa

22 Dec.Tue.– 27 Dec.Sun.2020

〈back yard〉
OGURA Terumasa Exhibition

11 Jan.Mon.– 31 Jan.Sun.2021

Torihiko Solo Exhibition
“THUNDER MOUNTAIN”

5 Dec.Sat.– 13 Dec.Sun.2020
23 Dec.Wed.– 26 Dec.Sat.2020

ARAKAWA Tomoko solo exhibition
“Myak Myak”

8 Jan.Fri.- 17 Jan.Sun.2021

ARAKAWA Tomoko is known for a hairy, god-like wooden sculptures. She was born in Kyoto in 1988 and lives and works in Kyoto. Her work has been included in multiple exhibitions, Bubblewrap (2018), Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Bakemono (2015), Aomori Museum of Art, among others. Her work is included in the TAKASHI MURAKAMI collection.

KAJIHARA Mizuki solo exhibition
“Not so slow, Not so fast”.

19 Jan.Tue.- 24 Jan.Sun.2021

“Favorite Art view Exhibition
2020-2021 Winter”
YANO Yosuke
KITAMURA Kazuya
KUBO Takeshi

15 Dec.Tue.- 24 Dec.Thu.2020
8 Jan.Fri.- 14 Jan.Thu.2021

SAKAI Haruka Exhibition

16 Jan.Sat.- 24 Jan.Sun.2021

〈1.2F〉
“ Keijin Ihaya Exhibition”

7 Jan.Thu.– 17 Jan.Sun.2021

〈1.2F〉
“Kyoto Print Exhibition closing part 1”

19 Jan.Tue.– 24 Jan.Sun.2021

〈1.2F〉
16 woodblock print Exhibition

28 Jan.Thu.– 7 Feb.Sun.2021

“Kawahagi no Dekiai”
MORIMOTO Yukiko
ASANO Ayaka

MORIMOTO Yukiko

ASANO Ayaka

5 Dec. Sat. – 20 Dec.Sun, 2020

Chihiro Taki Solo Exhibition
“Girls in Dreams”

25 Dec.Fri.2020 – 30 Jan.Sat.2021