【Talk Event Announcement】
“Sculpture and drawing” Sat. 29 June, 15:00 - 16:30
This talk event is part of the ongoing group exhibition "Making poetry with solid objects II".
Edward Allington has been interested in the integration of sculpture and drawing since the early 1980s, with the hope of achieving a unity of experience through drawing, a unity between the drawn "ideal form" and the "real" three-dimensional object.
The talk will focus on the meaning of drawings on paper, or its equivalent, for sculptors, rather than the final form of the work, the three-dimensional object.
The talk will follow the style of the Round Table Meeting held at the Slade School of Fine Art and will be open to everyone in a round-table discussion format.
Participating artists : Jon Kipps, Julia McKinlay, Lauren Wilson, Ayuko Sugiura, Hiroko Nakajima, Kazuki Nishinaga
Moderator : Hayato Fujioka
Translator : Kanoko Tamura
Funded by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.
Komagome SOKO is pleased to announce the group exhibition, “Making poetry with solid objects II”.
Artists | Jon Kipps, Julia McKinlay, Lauren Wilson, Ayuko Sugiura, Hiroko Nakajima, Kazuki Nishinaga, Edward Allington
Dates | Sat., June 15 - Sun., July 7, 2024
*Open on Sat., Sun., and Public holidays.
Hours | 12:00 - 18:00
Opening reception | Sat., 15 June, 2024 17:00 -
Cooperation｜Masami Shiraishi (Loan of Allington’s works)
Funded by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Talk Event｜Sat., June 29, 15:00 - 16:30
“Sculpture and drawing”
“Sculpture is looking at real things by making real things. It is making poetry with solid objects.”
Edward Allington (A Method for Sorting Cows, 1997, p.11)
Edward Allington (1951-2017), who came to prominence as part of the New British Sculpture movement, left an indelible legacy as a bridge between the British and Japanese art communities. His unwavering commitment to the study of modern Japanese sculpture and his long-standing role as a mentor to many Japanese students at the Slade School of Fine Art, University of London, bear witness to this.
This exhibition, a sequel to our inaugural show in 2022, brings together the works of Japanese and British artists who were under his tutelage. The exhibition places a particular emphasis on ‘Drawing and Sculpture’, the two pillars of Allington’s artistic oeuvre, and explores how these artists from the UK and Japan, who are the inheritors of his artistic legacy, have engaged with these mediums. The exhibition seeks to illustrate how these emerging generations of artists, transcending national borders, have inspired and influenced one another, and in the process, nurtured their unique artistic expressions.
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Jon Kipps：1986年生まれ。2014年ロンドン大学スレード校修士修了。ロンドンを拠点に活動。都市で見られる構造物に着想を得つつ、スチレンボードやMDFなどの比較的安価で弱い物質で造形することで変質させる。シンボリックな造形の彫刻作品を通じて、新たな視覚的コミュニケーションを追求している。
主な展示に、「[X]」 Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden、ノースヨークシャー（2022）、「Residency #2 (w/ Dimitris Ameladiotis)」Gonzo Unit、テッサロニキ、ギリシャ（2021）、「The Long Goodbye (w/ Dan Pasteiner)」U10 Project Space、ベオグラード、セルビア（2020）、「Kuroko, Index Festival」リーズ（2019）、「Frank Kent and Jonathan Kipps」Royal Academy of Arts、ロンドン（2017）など。
https://jonkipps.co.uk/
Julia McKinlay：リーズを拠点に、版画、彫刻、ドローイングなど、さまざまなメディウムの作品を展開。2009年グラスゴー美術学校学士課程（彫刻および環境芸術）修了、2014年ロンドン大学スレード校修士課程（彫刻）修了、2022年リーズ・ベケット大学博士課程（アート・プラクティス）修了。化学反応、熱、圧力など、自然界における物理現象を模倣しながら半仮想的な環境を作ることで、自然と人間が作りだすモノの境界を問う。
主な展示に「一対の肺」中之条ビエンナーレ（2023）、「Leeds Artists Show」Leeds Art Gallery、リーズ（2023）、「Acid-Soaked Molluscs」Research Field Station、リーズ（2023）、「Xenophora II」Sandford Vitrine、ロンドン（2022）、「Scoria」Threshold、リーズ（2021）、「Undergrowth」BLANK_、リーズ（2021）、「Material Matters」Sunny Bank Mills、リーズ（2021）、「KUROKO」Index Festival、リーズ（2019）、「Artists’ Village」Village Green Festival、サウスエンド・オン・シー（2016）、「Oh For You! I Would Do Anything」Tritongatan5、ヨーテボリ（2015）など。
https://www.juliamckinlay.com/
Lauren Wilson：1990年エンフィールド生まれ。2012年ユニバーシティ・カレッジ・ファルマス学士課程（ファイン・アート）修了、2014年ロンドン大学スレード校修士課程（彫刻）修了。現在をより深く理解し、またそれに抗う方法として歴史を参照した制作活動を行う。特に女性的な体験（feminine experience）に焦点を当てながら、人間らしさを探求することで、歴史や場所、人間同士が無意識の中で互いにどのようにつながっているのかを探求する。作家活動のかたわら、アート・ファブリケーション、家具制作、アートやデザインの分野で活動したい若者を支援するメンタリング・プログラムなども主催。
主な展示に「KUROKO」Index Festival、リーズ（2019）、「Royal Society of Sculptors bursary show」Royal Society of Sculptors、ロンドン（2018）、「London Ashurst Art prize」Ashurst gallery、ロンドン（2018）、「London Sideshow」Blackhorse Road、ロンドン（2017）、「Artists’ Village」Village Green Festival、サウスエンド・オン・シー（2016）、「National Sculpture Symposium」Riverhill gardens、ケント（2016）、「Blokc」PSW Project Space、ロンドン（2016）、「If It Bends Its Funny」Bosse and Baum Gallery、ロンドン（2015）、「Another After」Great Western Studios、ロンドン（2014）､｢Saatchi New Sensations｣Victoria house、ロンドン（2014）。
杉浦亜由子：1984年東京生まれ。2007年武蔵野美術大学彫刻学科卒業。2010年ロンドン大学スレード校美術学部彫刻科修士課程修了。素材が人の手によって美術作品としてかたちづくられたとき、物質以上の神秘性が見出される。その効果に注目し、人に本能的に備わる「畏怖や、信仰心のようなもの」を追求し、彫刻作品を制作。近年は、微生物、動植物などから着想を得た抽象形態を集合的に構成した一連の彫刻作品を制作。
主な展示に、「Made in wonderlands誰も開けなかったキャビネット」（2024）、個展「Something Mythical」(2023)、「New Works Vol.2」(2022)、 「それは、つまり物を以って詩をつくることである」(2022)、「ロンリーロンリー論より証拠 」(2021)、「アースライト—SFによる抽象の試み」(2020)、 「Matrix Session」 (2019)、「ART VACANCES」（2017）、「Spring Fever」 (2017)、 「Inside the Layers」 g-FAL, 武蔵野美術大学（2014）、「Kaleidoscope」ロンドン（2012）、「The Charter of the Forest」 The Collection, Usher Gallery & Chambers Farm Wood (Wragby), リンカンシャー（2011）、London Art Fair - 「Art Star Super Store」 by WW gallery、 ロンドンアートフェア、ロンドン（2011）など。
https://www.instagram.com/ayuko_sugiura_artworks/
西永和輝：1993年東京生まれ。2016年武蔵野美術大学彫刻学科卒業。2019年ロンドン大学スレード校修士修了。木彫や実験的機械の制作などを中心として制作を行う。人の理性と非合理を解き明かしていく手段として彫刻に注目している。
主な展示に、個展「巣喰ウ装飾」ギャラリー美の舎、東京（2022）、「それは、つまり物を以って詩をつくることである」駒込倉庫、東京（2022）、「Shortlist Exhibition/ The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020」Ashurst’s London HQ、ロンドン（2020）、「A Third Map」 Rochester Square、ロンドン（2019）、「Shortlist Exhibition/ The John Ruskin Prize 2019: AGENT OF CHANGE」The Holden Gallery、マンチェスター（2019）、「Asteroid'」Workshop 53、ロンドン（2018）など。
https://kazuki-nishinaga.jimdofree.com/
Komagome SOKO is pleased to announce a group show, “motivated bodies” by Fumimaro Ayano, Kaho Hayakawa, Chaelin Joen, Rin Takahashi, Natalie Tsyu, and Yuto Yonemura,
Dates: Sat. March 30 - Sun. April 21, 2024
Hours: 12:00 - 18:00 ＊Closed on Mon., Tue., and Wed.
Opening reception: March 30 16:00 -
The word "motivated" does not have a precise scientific or academic definition. While primarily used in psychology, its definition remains subject to various interpretations, essentially serving as an empty signifier.
However, in contemporary society, being motivated is portrayed as having heightened awareness and aspiring to a better lifestyle. It is presented as a goal that everyone should strive for. In the present era, affluence is regarded as a virtue, and people relentlessly pursue good homes, clothing, cars, and food—an attitude reflective of the ceaseless growth ethos of capitalism. Within such a mindset, practices for better health and longevity are also pursued. Beyond this lies a realm of non-scientific methods and baseless popular beliefs. Additionally, being motivated is highly demanded in our daily lives. Socially, being a productive individual is pervasive as an absolute value, and a lack of productivity, in other words, being "amotivated," is considered a social detriment. In the dichotomy of these notions, being "motivated" can be seen as a somewhat coercive thought, and it attempts to masquerade as a universal value.
Yet, fundamentally, there is nothing suspicious about being motivated. In the realm of art, while the creation of artwork may start with inspiration, it is motivation that keeps it going. A certain sustained enthusiasm is maintained by intrinsic motivation, serving as the driving force to accomplish something.
The term "bodies" in the title of this exhibition does not merely refer to physical bodies but is used to signify an entire organization or conceptual entity. In this context, "motivated bodies" would translate to something like "entities with motivation." Moreover, the term "things" can also refer to the artwork itself. What is the motivation behind the artwork, and what role does the artwork, often perceived passively, play?
Through the perspectives of six artists in this exhibition, we will contemplate the origin of this motivation.
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Fumimaro Ayano 綾野文麿
1992年生まれ。埼玉大学教養学部芸術論専攻卒業後に、2023年東京藝術大学美術研究科グローバルアートプラクティス専攻修了。2021年にミュンスター芸術大学（ドイツ）へ留学。言語と記憶を通して日常における「形骸化された行為」をテーマにインスタレーションやパフォーマンス、テキストなどの多様なメディアを用いて作品を制作している。現在は東京都在住。令和4年度東京藝術大学卒業・修了作品買上。Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2023 後藤繁雄賞。
主な展覧会に、レジデンス・グループ展「月出アートキャンプ2022」月出工舎（千葉、2022)、二人展「Half & Half」Kunstakademie Münster (ミュンスター、2021)、「室内写真ーCamera Simulacra」文華連邦・あをば荘（東京、2020）、「ex\on」dragged out studio（東京、2020）
b.1992. After graduating from the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Art Theory Department at Saitama University, completed studies in the Department of Global Art Practice at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2023. Studied abroad at the Münster University of Fine Arts (Germany) in 2021. Produces works using various media such as installations, performances, and texts, focusing on "ritualized actions" in daily life through language and memory. Currently resides in Tokyo. Artwork purchased for the Tokyo University of the Arts graduation (2023). Received the Goto Shigeo Award at the Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2023.
Notable exhibitions include participation in the residency group exhibition "Tsukide Art Camp 2022" at Ars Tsukide (Chiba, 2022), a duo exhibition titled "Half & Half" at Kunstakademie Münster (Münster, 2021), "Camera Simulacra" at Bunka union Aobasou with Midori Mitamura (Tokyo, 2020), and "ex\on" at dragged out studio (Tokyo, 2020).
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1996, currently residing in Tokyo. Graduated from the Oil Painting Department, Printmaking Major, of Musashino Art University's Faculty of Fine Arts in 2019. Completed the Master's Program in Art Major, Printmaking Course, at Musashino Art University's Graduate School of Art and Design in 2021.
Notable exhibitions include "Wit and Zen" at GRAFO gallery (Lithuania/2019), "Yama to Tani no Arutokoro" at Tama Shinkin Bank 2nd-floor Gallery Regional Contribution Space (Tokyo/2022), and solo exhibition "3 bon ashi no sukippu" at Cafe B13 (2023/Tokyo).
Exploring the theme of the conditions for the emergence of pictorial space, recent works assume the nested structure of layers of intention and unintentionality. By employing printmaking techniques and introducing otherness through the use of plates, the artist not only allows external elements to intervene but also incorporates viewers, at times, as elements of randomness within the artwork by entering the exhibition space.
近年の主な展覧会には、「A Wall of sugar」（フランス、2023年のTour Orion）、オンライン展「In Transit」（スイス、2022年）、そして「Fesitval SI CINEMA」（フランス、2022年）。
Chaelin Jeon was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, and currently resides there. She works with various mediums such as sculpture, painting, and video to unearth and integrate hidden voices from history. Graduated in 2021 MFA Ecole nationale supérieure d’arts de Paris Cergy (ENSAPC), Cergy, France. Graduated in 2018 BFA Hongik university, Seoul, Korea.
Notable exhibitions include “A Wall of sugar” Tour Orion (France, 2023), “In Transit” exposition en ligne (Switzerland, 2022), “Fesitval SI CINEMA” (France, 2022).
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Rin Takahashi 髙橋凜
東京都生まれ。2022年にフランスに交換留学後、2023年東京藝術大学大学院美術研究科グローバルアートプラクティス専攻修了。既存のイメージやオブジェクト、個人の小さな出来事を起点にした作品を手掛け、ドローイング、彫刻、映像、インスタレーション、パフォーマンス、まで多彩なメディアで制作を行う。主な展覧会に「Blind dog」（アートラボあいち、2023年)、「Adventure Something」(École nationale supérieure de paysage、2022年)、「DELTA」(KAYOKOYUKI、駒込倉庫、2021年)がある。
Born in Tokyo. After completing an exchange program in France in 2022, Takahashi Rin received an M.A in Global Art Practice from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2023. They work with found images, objects and personal moments as starting points, employing a variety of media including drawing, sculpture, video, installation and performance. Major exhibitions include “Blind dog” (Art Lab Aichi, 2023), “Adventure Something” (École nationale supérieure de paysage, 2022) and “Delta” (Kayokoyuki, Komagome SOKO, 2021).
Interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Oslo-Tokyo. With the theme of exploring the memory of landscapes, her projects include fieldwork, sound, performance, art books,
graphics, and a variety of other forms. In her artistic practice, Natalie deals with sound as a material tool for awareness and exploration of the way of remembering historical landscapes. The sound in her practice takes on a visual form and helps to find the very borderline between visual and sound art, the border where the one who can't see - can hear, and the one who can't hear - can see.
She graduated from The Oslo National Academy in 2019 and is part of the artistic research project DUNKE-DUNK related to the reconstruction of being in the north of Norway. The research received sponsorship from The Norwegian Barents Secretariat in 2020 and was published in VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research in 2023. In 2022, Natalie received a Japanese government scholarship for: (Un)mute performance: Developing an artistic methodology for ontological instruments based on the history of sound art in Japan (1980-2000) and Hirayama Ikuo Culture and Arts Award 平山郁夫文化芸術賞 in 2023.
The recent artworks have been exhibited in Kunsthall 3,14 Bergen, Norway; Spriten Kunsthall Skien, Norway; Roots&Arts Shiraoi, Japan; ONA Project Room Tokyo, Japan; JCCAC Hong Kong; Above the Clouds Gallery London; UK
https://natalietsyu.com/
Born in 1996 in Osaka Prefecture, Yonemura Yuto is a Kyoto-based artist. He graduated with a degree in mixed media from the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Kyoto University of Art and Design (current Kyoto University of the Arts). Major exhibitions include the outdoor sculpture “AGARUMANS (Best Friend)” ART SCRAMBLE (Grand Front Osaka, 2021), solo exhibiions “BAROM（あるいは幾つかの長い話）” (Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, Kyoto, 2023) and solo exhibiions “BARORORM SQUAD 1人でも立ってられるって！” (NEUTRAL, Kyoto, 2022), “我(WE)” (COHJU contemporary art, Kyoto, 2022), the three-person show “問題のシンボライズ −彫刻・身体・男性性−” (Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, 2022–23) with Shu Ogasawara and Takuya Kumagai, and two-person show “NSFS/止め処ないローレライ” (EUKARYOTE, Tokyo, 2023) with Tomonosuke Kurachi.
この度、イム・ミヌクによる個展「Hyper Yellow」を駒込倉庫にて開催致します。
会期：2024年3月1日(金) - 3月12日(火)
時間：12:00 - 20:00
会場：駒込倉庫（東京都豊島区駒込2-14-2）
入場料：無料
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Komagome SOKO is pleased to announce a solo show, “Hyper Yellow” by Minouk Lim.
Dates: Fri. March 1 - Tue. March 11, 2024
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Venue：Komagome SOKO（2-14-2, Komagome, Toshima-ku）
Admission：Free
The Obayashi Foundation Research Program
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この度、駒込倉庫にて大野綾子、鈴木のぞみ、福本健一郎、Mrs. Yukiのグループショー「共振する風景」を開催します。
"共振する風景"と題された本展覧会では、絵画・写真・石彫など、それぞれの技法と素材により制作された約20点の作品が展示されます。この世界と揺るやかに繋がりを見せ始めたそれぞれの風景を、この機会にぜひご高覧ください。
会期｜2023年10月21日(土) - 11月12日(日)
＊土・日・祝オープン
時間｜12:00 - 18:00
Komagome SOKO is pleased to announce a group show "Resonant Scenery" by Ayako Ohno, Nozomi Suzuki, Kenichiro Fukumoto, Mrs.Yuki.
This exhibition, titled "Resonant Landscape," will feature approximately 20 works created using various techniques and materials, including painting, photography, and stone carving. We hope you will take this opportunity to view the landscapes that have begun to show a shimmering connection with the world around you.
Dates: Sat. October 21 - Sun. November 12, 2023
＊Open on Sat., Sun and National holidays
Hours: 12:00 - 18:00
Komagome SOKO is pleased to announce a solo show "Illuminations" by Tetsuo Mizuguchi.
Dates: Sat. September 9 - Sun. October 1, 2023
＊Open on Fri., Sat., Sun and National holidays
Hours: 12:00 - 18:00
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