Art Brut 2020 Special Exhibition
In order to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, we suspended the exhibition from the no.1 to no.4 venues, and will hold it from the no.5 venue (Kichijoji Art Museum). ( June 19, 2020)
Art Brut 2020 Special Exhibition “In a sky full of shining stars, unknown gems can be found. -To feel change and expansion in our universe.-” PR movie
| Title | Art Brut 2020 Special Exhibition  “In a sky full of shining stars, unknown gems can be found. -To feel change and expansion in our universe.-”  | 
	
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| All Period | Saturday, 27 June 2020 to Sunday, 6 December 2020 | 
	
| The venue no.1 【Canceled】  | Venue:  Nakano ZERO West Annex Gallery 1  (2-9-7 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo) Period: April 4-14, 2020 Opening hours: 11:00-19:00  | 
	
| The venue no.2 【Canceled】  | Venue:  Hachijo-machi Town Hall, Hachijo-chomin Gallery  (2551-2 Okago, Hachijo-machi, Hachijojima, Tokyo) Period: April 24- May 5, 2020 Opening hours: 9:00-17:00  | 
	
| The venue no.3 【Canceled】  | Venue: Fussa-shi Petit Gallery 2nd Exhibition Space  (1014-10 Oazafussa, Fussa-shi, Tokyo) Period: May 14-24, 2020 Opening hours: 11:00-18:30 (closed Mondays)  | 
	
| The venue no.4 【Canceled】  | Venue: Sumida Riverside Hall Gallery  (1-23-20 Azumabashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo) Period: May 31- June 13, 2020 Opening hours: 11:00-19:00  | 
	
| The venue no.5 | Venue: Kichijoji Art Museum  Exhibition Room  (coppice KICHIJOJI building A 7F, 1-8-16 KochijojiHoncho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo) Period: June 27- July 7, 2020 Opening hours: 11:00-19:00  | 
	
| The venue no.6 | Venue: Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery   (Shibuya Worker's Welfare Hall 1F, 1-19-8 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) ※For details, please see the exhibition page of this website.  | 
	
| Admittion | Free | 
| Organizers | Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture | 
| Exhibition Support | Social Welfare Organization Aiseikai | 
| Cooperation | Sumida City, Nakano City, Musashino City, Fussa City, Hachijo Town | 
The artists we are introducing create in deeply unique and idiosyncratic ways. Artists that are compelled to fill a page to the brim. Artists that are compelled to tie and bend leaves. Artists that are compelled to draw only on pieces of discarded wallpaper. The logic and systems we see these artists adopt can challenge some of our most fundamental notions of what “art” is. Our reaction is not their concern. These artists are simply compelled to create. This series of exhibitions will travel across 6 different exhibition spaces in Tokyo, featuring the works of 16 Japanese Art Brut artists and 2 artists from overseas. This series of exhibitions also features the input from a range of specialists from folklorist, photographers, and museum director (to be referred to as the “new angle navigators”). They will be offering their professional and multi-faceted insights into Art Brut, the potential of art in society and the human compulsion to create.
 ※Exhibitors, exhibited works, and New Angle Navigators will differ depending on the venue.

			UKAI Yuichiro
			Ship, 2019.   Photo: Social welfare corporation YAMANAMI, Atelier YAMANAMI
		

OKAMOTO Toshio Woman, 2014. Photo: Takaishi Satoshi

KATSUBE Shota Untitled, 2011. Photo: Onishi Nobuo

			KATSUYAMA Naoto
			Untitled, 2013-.   Photo: Takahashi Junichi
		

KIMURA Masahiko Tokyo Tower, 2014. Photo: Onishi Nobuo

KOKUBO Norimitsu A City in Canada, 2011. Photo: Onishi Nobuo

Yasuhiro K. Title Unknown, 1997. Photo: Takaishi Satoshi

SAWADA Shinichi Untitled, 2010-2011. Photo: Takada Masumi

SUZUKI Marie A Blob of Complex, 2015. Photo: Onishi Nobuo

TAKAHASHI Yoshi Untitled, 2007.

			CJ Pyle
			Bloodshot, 2018.   Photo: Ellie Walmsley
©Jennifer Lauren Gallery
		

			HARAZUKA Shogo
			Cities that Connect, 2006-2017.
 Photo: Takaishi Satoshi
		

			MIURA Akina
			Eating Together, 2015.
	

			MORITA Satoshi
			Point and Line, 2015. Photo: Social welfare corporation YAMANAMI, Atelier YAMANAMI
※ All images are for reference only.  It may differ from the exhibited  
 work.
		

			Mr. Imagination
			Throne,2006. ©Halle Saint Pierre
		

			WATANABE Yoshihiro
			Giraffe, 2003-2017. Photo: Takaishi Satoshi
		

			MINOBE Sekio
			Untitled, Date unknown.   Photo:Takaishi Satoshi
		

			MOTOOKA Hidenori
			Train, ca. 1995-. Photo: Onishi Nobuo
		
We are very excited to have some very notable professionals from their respective fields offer valuable insight and new perspectives on art brut and the depths of the human compulsion to create.
AKASAKA Norio(Folklorist)
ISHIKAWA Naoki (Photographer)
Patrick Gyger (Director of Le Lieu Unique and Curator)
Mario Del Curto (Photographer)
We plan five related events under the theme of "imagination and creation". All venues will be held at [the venue no.6 ] Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery.
For more information on these events, please see the event page on our website.