Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition
Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form
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.
Title | Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition
Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form 【Venue 1】 |
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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 |
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
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.”
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).
Title | Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form 【Venue 2】 |
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Period | Jan.17(Fri.)-Jan.26(Sun.), 2025 11:00am~6:00pm |
Venue | Katsushika Symphony Hills, Main Building 2F, Gallery 1 & 2 |
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 |
Title | Art Brut 2024 Touring Exhibition Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form 【Venue 3】 |
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Period | Jan. 31(Fri.) –Feb. 12 (Wed.), 2025 11:00am~6:00pm Closed on Mondays |
Venue | Mitaka City Arts Center, B1F, Exhibition Room 1 |
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 |
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.
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Gallery Tour by Edward.M.GOMEZ (Guest curator).
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Creation Workshop for children by Edward.M.GOMEZ (Guest curator).
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Talk Event between this exhibition's guest curator Edward M. Gomez and Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, who designed the venue layout for this exhibition.
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