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“Daily waves” Mio Nakamikawa August 2016th – September 8nd, 29

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"Daily waves" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 8th (Friday), 29
Exhibitor: Mio Nakamikawa (2nd year master's student, Western painting major)

Exhibition of paintings


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　The space created by the painting, which exudes a faint light, evokes the tranquil time before the sun rises at dawn. The subdued blue, which is hard to call navy blue, resembles the sky at dawn. The curtains painted in that blue remind one of the moment when one blinks and wakes up early in the morning, and looks through the gap in the curtains to see what's outside. The unique brushstrokes, which seem to have been pulled, move back and forth between photography and painting. The balloons, which appear to have been drawn from a photograph, and the painting, which seems to have been intentionally blurred. You can feel the artist's reality in both. Classical paintings create a sense of depth by applying thin layers of paint, but in this artist's work, you can feel the paints mixed together in a single layer. It seems to succinctly express the frivolity and chaos of modern times, and also to depict transience.
　The title of the exhibition can be translated literally as "Daily Waves." What exists in each day is the artist's definite time. It may be something as fleeting as a photograph, or something so fast that it cannot be captured. There were a group of works there that quietly gazed upon things that pass by in a drifting time. (Hanako Furuya)

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"Trip & Gift" Chiri Kubota August 2016nd - August 8th, 22

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"Trip & Gift" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 8th (Friday), 22
Exhibitor: Chisato Kubota (3rd year student, Visual Design major)

My hobbies: Traveling, eating, and seeing the smiles on people's faces when they receive gifts.
What I don't like: Meeting people in Shinjuku.
This exhibition is sure to make you feel like you've traveled this summer, whether you've traveled before or not.

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The moment when you look around at souvenirs on your travels is the moment when you look back on what you saw, experienced, and gained on your trip, and at the same time, it is the moment when you think of your family and friends back home, that is, the people to whom you will give the souvenirs. This exhibition "Trip & Gift" conveyed the artist's pure feelings about his travels without any distortion. It also reminded the viewers of their own feelings for their hometowns.
　The exhibited works are original souvenir designs by the artist himself, using local specialties from each prefecture in Japan as motifs. Bottled jam from eastern Japan, tea from warm Areas of studys, sweets... The brightly colored bottles and packages that make you feel the sweetness in your mouth just by looking at them are like souvenirs from each prefecture, and you can't help but look for souvenirs from your own prefecture. And at that moment, the viewer's thoughts turn to their own hometown. What are the specialties of your hometown, where are your nostalgic places, and what kind of people did you live with? This exhibition represents the artist's feelings about travel and the joy of souvenirs, but from the viewer's perspective, I think that it is conveyed by transferring it to each viewer's feelings about their own hometown. I think that an exhibition like this, where the artist's pure feelings are expressed in a concrete form and result in a slightly different or even deeper meaning for the viewer, is very interesting.
　As the title of this work suggests, a souvenir is a gift. Of course, souvenirs can be something you buy for yourself as a memento, but a gift bought for a family member or friend is certainly a gift. Because it is for someone, you think about what kind of gift would make them happy and what would be appropriate. The artist has written that she herself enjoys choosing souvenirs, so when creating this piece, she must have thought about what kind of souvenir she would like to give as a gift, and what kind of gift would make someone happy to receive. I am quite particular about giving gifts to others, and if a local specialty souvenir like this one was lined up in a souvenir shop, I'm sure I would pick it up. (Yamazaki Shoka)

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"Active Stillness" Fujishima Sakko July 2016th - July 7th, 25

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"Actively Still" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016, 7 (Monday) to July 25, 7 (Friday) 29:9 – 00:18　
Exhibitor: Sakko Fujishima (2nd year student, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Art major)
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　Time flows without stopping, whether it be the past, present, or future. No two moments are ever the same. This work captures such a "moment" on screen.
　The exhibits were screenshots that had been blown up and printed out. It was interesting that they were not just photographs. In today's society, where the internet is widespread, screenshots are even easier than taking photographs. There are probably many viewers who use screenshots on a daily basis. The artist's idea of ​​using such a casual, everyday action as a creative technique was unique. However, it was not something that the artist had drawn. It was a kind of act of presenting to us something that already exists. It was reminiscent of Duchamp's Fountain, known as a ready-made artist, and it must have given viewers a sense of the diversity of artistic expression.
　A dichotomy emerged between the work and the caption. The work was given its title based on its latitude. Whether a factory is built on the land, a house is built on it, or the owner changes, the land continues to function as "land" and remains forever unchanged, although the way it is viewed changes. But what about the work itself? Leaving something as a work of art means capturing a moment on the screen. When you look at this work, you cannot deny the possibility that it is just a record of "that time" and that the "present" is a completely different scene. A relationship between eternity and ephemerality is born between the work and the title.
　As for the exhibition as a whole, the greeting was easy for the viewer to understand, and it was an introduction that made it easy to get into the works, and it served as a foothold when appreciating them. In the greeting, I was also able to think about the artist's intention in using the word "stroll" while viewing the works.
This exhibition made me realize that the "present" we are living in is becoming the "past." (Takada Kazune)

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"Made in Japan" Risa Higuchi July 2016th - July 7nd, 19

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"The Great Passage" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 7th (Friday), 19
Exhibitor: Risa Higuchi (4th year, Crafts, Woodworking, Construction Major)

An exhibition of three-dimensional works made from natural materials.


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Uniquely shaped bags, vessels, and clothing-like items were placed on blue and yellow square sheets. At first glance, none of them looked practical, and some of them were unclear for what purpose. According to what appeared to be roughly handwritten captions on brown paper on the desk, the materials used were lacquer filter paper, tree bark, rattan, and ceramic. The names of the items were unfamiliar, and I had never seen any examples of them being used as materials, so the unique textures were refreshing. They seemed more like works of art to be appreciated, rather than tools to be used.
I also noticed the clear plastic speakers at the entrance to the gallery. They are an unusual shape for a speaker. They have a rather modern shape that contrasts with the atmosphere of the artworks on display. Music was playing throughout the exhibition, and the combination of the music and the artworks created a somewhat ethnic atmosphere inside the gallery. It was interesting to see how the gallery space was created by both the artworks and the music. (Ichikawa Taiya)

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"Before I start talking, I get a little quiet." Shusaku July 2016th - July 7th, 4

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"Be quiet for a moment before you start talking" will be held.
Venue: Art Gallery T+
Date: July 2016st (Monday) - August 7th (Friday), 4
Exhibitor: Shusaku (Western Film MC1)

Let's stop making excuses to hide who we are and not know where to start.

Experiences make us.
Experience is the past.
The past becomes a memory.
Memories are romanticized and affirmed.

So, are we ourselves beings that can be glorified and affirmed?

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　Artists tend to think that creating good works is everything, but how you create the space surrounding the work is just as important. The artist here is good at that. I remember that in his previous solo exhibition, he had done meticulous exhibition preparations to make the works look their best, but this time, he made an even bolder, more relaxed use of the space. Books that he used as reference for his work were lined up next to the counter, drawings covered the entire wall, and pictures were drawn with tape on the floor. There were several prints outlining the concept of the exhibition, and even the artist's life up to now was described in detail. The overall impression of the works was that they were drawn as they wished of things that had happened in the past, but I felt that these works would not have been able to stand as works without the space.
　I often hear people say that contemporary art is hard to understand and boring, but I think that's because the space doesn't make the most of the work. Exhibitions that have been designed to suit the work are enjoyable in their own way, even if you don't understand it well. When I took that into consideration, I felt that this exhibition was very entertaining for the viewer.
(Fumika Horikoshi)

There's a bit of silence before he speaks.