展示風景川島秀明 Hideaki Kawashima calm 2015 acrylic on canvas 53.0 x 45.0 cm川島秀明 Hideaki Kawashima innocence 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cm川島秀明 Hideaki Kawashima solitude 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cm川島秀明 Hideaki Kawashima dim 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.0 x 53.0 cm展示風景名知聡子 Satoko Nachi Another me 2019 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cm左:中園孔二 Koji Nakazono 不明 oil pastel on wood panel 右:中園孔二 Koji Nakazono 不明 oil pastel on wood panel展示風景有馬かおる作品展示風景大野智史作品展示風景左: 大野智史 Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 60.8 x 51.7 cm 右:大野智史 Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 61.4 x 51.2 cm※Detail※Detail小出ナオキ作品展示風景左:桑原正彦 Masahiko Kuwahara 土地の経歴 2002 oil on canvas 65.2×53.0cm 右:桑原正彦 Masahiko Kuwahara 新種 New Species 2001 oil on canvas 72.7×72.7cmDiego Singh ディエゴ・シン drastic pursuits (one eye left) 2007 resin, clay, silver, fake fur, wood 241.3 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm
Face Exhibition
We visited the group exhibition “Face” held at Tomio Koyama Gallery.
“Face” exhibition, Tomio Koyama Gallery
This exhibition began when, due to the impact of COVID-19, we could no longer hold the show for Cambodian artist Khvay Samnang.
Under the pandemic, everyone wears a mask. We cannot see faces. If we never meet again someone we have just met for the first time, we will never see their face; even for people we know, all we can do is picture the face we once saw. Of course, if we could share a meal, things would be different.
In the midst of all this, the idea for “Face” came to me while I was talking with Yoshikazu Shiga of Sprout Curation, who is currently curating the exhibition “I Wanted to See Your ‘Face'” at CADAN Yurakucho. There are many artists at Tomio Koyama Gallery who take the face as their subject. Artists who keep drawing faces. What kind of appeal, what kind of meaning, does the face carry? As guest artists, we welcomed Kaoru Arima through MISAKO & ROSEN, and with the cooperation of Gallery Art Morimoto we added watercolors by Katsuzo Satomi — an artist known for his landscapes but who I have always thought captured faces with a raw, contemporary edge — provided by his surviving family.
Several of the artists have contributed comments about the face.
To all of you who will now view the exhibition wearing masks, I would like you to look at these unmasked faces in the works.
Tomio Koyama
Under the pandemic, many galleries have made mask-wearing and temperature checks mandatory, and many operate on an advance-reservation basis. Held in such an environment, this became an exhibition of faces viewed by mask-wearing visitors.
Installation viewHideaki Kawashima calm 2015 acrylic on canvas 53.0 x 45.0 cmHideaki Kawashima innocence 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cmHideaki Kawashima solitude 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cmHideaki Kawashima dim 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.0 x 53.0 cmInstallation viewSatoko Nachi Another me 2019 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cmLeft: Koji Nakazono Untitled oil pastel on wood panel Right: Koji Nakazono Untitled oil pastel on wood panelInstallation viewKaoru Arima installation viewSatoshi Ohno installation viewLeft: Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 60.8 x 51.7 cm Right: Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 61.4 x 51.2 cm※Detail※DetailNaoki Koide installation viewLeft: Masahiko Kuwahara History of the Land 2002 oil on canvas 65.2×53.0cm Right: Masahiko Kuwahara New Species 2001 oil on canvas 72.7×72.7cmDiego Singh drastic pursuits (one eye left) 2007 resin, clay, silver, fake fur, wood 241.3 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm
展览现场Hideaki Kawashima calm 2015 acrylic on canvas 53.0 x 45.0 cmHideaki Kawashima innocence 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cmHideaki Kawashima solitude 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cmHideaki Kawashima dim 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.0 x 53.0 cm展览现场Satoko Nachi Another me 2019 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cm左:Koji Nakazono 无题 oil pastel on wood panel 右:Koji Nakazono 无题 oil pastel on wood panel展览现场Kaoru Arima 作品展览现场Satoshi Ohno 作品展览现场左:Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 60.8 x 51.7 cm 右:Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 61.4 x 51.2 cm※Detail※DetailNaoki Koide 作品展览现场左:Masahiko Kuwahara 土地的经历 2002 oil on canvas 65.2×53.0cm 右:Masahiko Kuwahara 新种 New Species 2001 oil on canvas 72.7×72.7cmDiego Singh drastic pursuits (one eye left) 2007 resin, clay, silver, fake fur, wood 241.3 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm
얼굴전
Tomio Koyama Gallery에서 열리고 있는 그룹전 “얼굴”을 방문했습니다.
“얼굴전” Tomio Koyama Gallery
이번 전시는 코로나19의 영향으로 캄보디아 아티스트 Khvay Samnang의 전시를 개최할 수 없게 된 것이 계기가 되어 시작되었습니다.
코로나19 상황 속에서 마스크를 착용한 사람들. 얼굴을 볼 수 없습니다. 처음 만난 사람은 앞으로 만나지 않는다면 평생 얼굴을 볼 수 없고, 아는 사람이라 해도 예전에 봤던 얼굴을 상상할 수밖에 없습니다. 물론 함께 식사라도 할 수 있다면 좋겠지만요.
그러던 중, 이번 “얼굴”의 아이디어는 지금 CADAN 유라쿠초에서 열리고 있는 전시 — 당신의 “얼굴”이 보고 싶었다 — 를 큐레이션하고 있는 Sprout Curation의 Yoshikazu Shiga 씨와 대화하던 중에 떠올랐습니다. Tomio Koyama Gallery에는 얼굴을 주제로 삼는 작가가 여러 명 있습니다. 얼굴을 계속 그리는 작가들. 그때, 얼굴에는 어떤 매력과 의미가 있는가? 게스트 아티스트로서 MISAKO & ROSEN을 통해 Kaoru Arima 씨를 참여시켰고, 나아가 Gallery Art Morimoto의 협력으로, 풍경화로도 유명하지만 생생하고 현대적인 감각으로 얼굴을 그린다고 평소 생각해온 Katsuzo Satomi 씨의 수채화를 유족으로부터 대여받아 추가했습니다.
몇몇 작가는 얼굴에 대한 코멘트를 함께 보내주셨습니다.
지금, 마스크를 쓰고 전시를 관람하게 되실 여러분들께 마스크 없는 얼굴의 작품들을 보여드리고자 합니다.
Tomio Koyama
코로나 상황 속에서 마스크 착용과 발열 체크가 의무화된 갤러리가 많고, 사전 예약제로 운영되는 곳도 상당수입니다. 그런 환경에서 열린 전시였기에, 마스크를 착용한 관람객이 감상하는 얼굴전이 되었습니다.
전시 풍경Hideaki Kawashima calm 2015 acrylic on canvas 53.0 x 45.0 cmHideaki Kawashima innocence 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cmHideaki Kawashima solitude 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.5 x 53.0 cmHideaki Kawashima dim 2015 acrylic on canvas 65.0 x 53.0 cm전시 풍경Satoko Nachi Another me 2019 oil on canvas 116.7 x 91.0 cm왼쪽: Koji Nakazono 무제 oil pastel on wood panel 오른쪽: Koji Nakazono 무제 oil pastel on wood panel전시 풍경Kaoru Arima 작품 전시 풍경Satoshi Ohno 작품 전시 풍경왼쪽: Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 60.8 x 51.7 cm 오른쪽: Satoshi Ohno Self portrait, funny smile. 2017 oil and spray on canvas 61.4 x 51.2 cm※Detail※DetailNaoki Koide 작품 전시 풍경왼쪽: Masahiko Kuwahara 땅의 이력 2002 oil on canvas 65.2×53.0cm 오른쪽: Masahiko Kuwahara 신종 New Species 2001 oil on canvas 72.7×72.7cmDiego Singh drastic pursuits (one eye left) 2007 resin, clay, silver, fake fur, wood 241.3 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm