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Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition
Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form

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We are proud to present, across Tokyo, the fifth iteration of our traveling exhibition showcasing the allure of Art Brut.
To mark this milestone, we are honored to present this exhibition with globally renowned Art Brut scholar Edward M. Gomez as guest curator, and aim to broaden interest in and appreciation of Art Brut works. This exhibition will focus on the expression of "abstraction" in Art Brut, and will tour three venues in Tokyo, featuring the dynamic artistic worlds of seven Art Brut artists from Japan. We invite you to experience the power of these artists’ bold and mystical expressiveness, and discover the magical, dreamlike worlds they depict in their abstract works.

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by the mystery and ambiguous emotion that fill our dreams. We have always questioned the meaning of the imagery, moods, and elusive narratives that appear within them. The meanings of many abstract works can be difficult to grasp or sometimes seem beyond comprehension. In this way, dreams and abstract art share similar essential characteristics. This collection of works brings together motifs resembling artifacts found in distant dreamscapes, nebulous images combined with dynamic lines, vibrant grid-like patterns, colorful irregular shapes; and surreal dream-like forms. Viewing these works may make observers feel lost in a labyrinth of abstraction.

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【Venue 1】Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery

Title	Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form 【Venue 1】
Period	Sep. 28 (Sat.) –Dec. 22 (Sun.), 2024
Opening Hours	11:00AM - 7:00PM
Closed	Mondays, Oct 15, Nov. 5 *except Oct. 14 and Nov. 4
Venue	Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Gallery1 and Gallery2
Admission	Free
Guest Curator	Edward M. Gómez
Artists	ITO Shun, Gataro, SHIBATA Eiichi, TSUSHIMA Kōya, TSUCHIHASHI Miho, MATSUI Emi, YANAI Yūki
Audio Guide Navigator	HAYAMI Saori (Voice Actress / Singer)
Space Design	Atelier Bow-Wow
Graphic Design	YOSHINO Toshimitsu Design Office
Organaized by	Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery（Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
Cooperation	Katsushika City, Mitaka City, OShima Town

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Guest Curator

Edward M. Gómez

Art critic; art historian; member of the advisory council, Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland. Contributor of critical articles and essays to The New York Times, Hyperallergic, ARTnews, Art in America, The Japan Times, and other publications. Former correspondent and senior editor of Raw Vision, the British magazine about outsider art. Author or co-author of numerous books. Among them: Genqui Numata (Franklin Furnace Archive), Yes: Yoko Ono (Abrams), The Art of Adolf Wölfli: St. Adolf―Giant―Creation (American Folk Art Museum/Princeton University Press), and Hans Krüsi (Iconofolio/Outsiders)

Artists

ITO Shun Guitar, 2021-2022, Collection of Kibou-no-Sono (The Garden of Hope)

Gataro Chronicle of My Cleaning Rags, 2018, Collection of Kushino Terrace (KUSHINO Nobumasa)　

SHIBATA Eiichi Soap, 2006, Collection of Kobo-Syu

TSUSHIMA Kōya FORGIVE, 2024, Collection of All Round

TSUCHIHASHI Miho No-Mindedness, 2020, Collection of NULLUS Co., Ltd.

MATSUI Emi Red Spider Lily, Date unknown, Collection of the artist

YANAI Yūki Untitled, 2020, Collection of Kobo-Syu

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HAYAMI Saori (Voice Actress / Singer)

Born in Tokyo, HAYAMI Saori debuted as a voice actress in 2007 while still in junior high school. Thanks to her acting talent and beautiful voice, she has appeared in numerous popular anime series. Her notable roles include Yor Forger in SPY×FAMILY, Kocho Shinobu in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Yamato in ONE PIECE, Tsuruko (Tsurumi Chiriko) in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, and Nishimiya Shoko in the film A Silent Voice. She has also worked as a dubbing actress and narrator, including voicing Princess Ann in the new Japanese dub of Roman Holiday for the Friday Roadshow movie block on TV. HAYAMI made her solo artist debut as a singer in 2015 with the single “Yasashii Kibou” (Bright Hopes). Since 2021, she has been focusing her musical activities on the theme of “bringing light to the hearts of those feeling lonely or struggling with life.”

Space design

Atelier Bow-Wow

Atelier Bow-Wow is an architectural design unit founded in 1992 by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima. They proposed the behaviorology. While engaged in designing houses, public buildings, and station plazas, exhibiting in the art exhibitions, educations, they have also conducted research that can be considered an architectural ethnography. Yoichi Tamai joined as a partner in 2015. They also designed the venue for ‘The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS Planning Exhibition: Museum of Together’ (Spiral Aoyama, 2017).

From right to left: TSUKAMOTO Yoshiharu,KAIJIMA Momoyo,TAMAI Yoichi (Atelier Bow-Wow)

　　　　　

【Venue 2】Katsushika Symphony Hills

Title	Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form 【Venue 2】
Period	Jan.17(Fri.)-Jan.26(Sun.), 2025　11:00AM～6:00PM
Venue	Katsushika Symphony Hills, Main Building 2F, Gallery 1 & 2 Access
Admission	Free
Organaized by	Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery（Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
Cooperation	Katsushika City

【Venue 3】Mitaka City Arts Center

Title	Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form 【Venue 3】
Period	Jan. 31(Fri.) –Feb. 12 (Wed.), 2025 11:00AM～6:00PM Closed on Mondays
Venue	Mitaka City Arts Center, B1F, Exhibition Room 1 Access
Admission	Free
Organaized by	Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery（Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
Cooperation	Mitaka City

【Special Event】Oshima

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Title	Related Event of Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition "Abstract Labyrinths”［Special Event］ Talk and Online Tour
Day and time	Nov. 16 (Sat.), 2024　 11:00AM～12:00PM
Venue	Oshima Town General Development Center (Oshima Towm Hall), 2nd Floor, Large Meeting Room 1-1-14 Motomachi, Oshima-machi, Tokyo 100-0101 Access
Organaized by	Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery（Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
Cooperated by	Oshima Town

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In addition to the above, a gallery talk (with sign-language interpretation), Tactile Tour with the Blind, and a streamed gallery tour using simple Japanese are also scheduled.