"Seasonal Cohabit ~Summer & Autumn~", the second installment of the "Seasonal Cohabit" series, an art collaboration project between Isetan Men's and CADAN (Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association), will begin on July 21st.

The origin of the word "Seasonal Cohabit" for this collaboration project is meant to convey the idea of "different people living together in peace," and it is a coined word that evokes a society that respects sustainable diversity.

This series features contemporary art that reflects the current era, and a variety of contemporary art will appear on the floors of the building over the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Special installations tailored to the floor themes will be displayed in SI (Store Identity), a cubic exhibition space set up on four floors of the Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building.


Event Details
"CADAN x ISETAN MEN'S: Seasonal Cohabit ~Summer & Autumn~"
Period: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 – Tuesday, November 30, 2021 [133 days]
Location: 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th floors of the Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building
Organizer: Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building
Cooperation: Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association

This is a year-long collaborative project between CADAN (Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association), an organization made up of Japan's leading contemporary art galleries, and Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building, which aims to be the world's number one men's fashion store.


Exhibition Details
1st Floor Entrance... Nori Hattori + Kenya Sato, Katsuhiro Saiki (Gallery: Sprout Curation)
2nd Floor Men's Creators... Kengo Kito (Gallery: rin art association)
4th Floor Men's Luxury... Yasuaki Hamada (Gallery: 4649)
6th Floor Men's Contemporary... Taishi Nishi (Gallery: FINCH ARTS)

Artist and Artwork Information

【1st Floor】 Nori Hattori + Kenya Sato (Nori Hattori / Sato Kenya), Katsuhiro Saiki (Gallery: Sprout Curation)
Nori Hattori (Nori Hattori) Born in 1981
Graduated from Keio University in 2005. In the same year, he moved to the UK and graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London. He practices industrial painting using laser cutters and optical film.

Sato Kenya (Born 1981)
After graduating from the Tokyo University of Science Graduate School in 2007, he was involved in architecture and art projects in the Netherlands. In 2015, he founded studio niko.

Saiki Katsuhiro (Born 1969)
Primarily using photography as a medium, he creates works that question the relationship between the representation of images and their presence in exhibition spaces. He was active in New York from 2004 to 2018. His major solo exhibitions include "Talking about Dreams Before Breakfast" (Curated by Sprout/Tokyo, 2018) and "Non Architectural Photographs" (Galerie Musee/Tokyo, 2018). He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both in Japan and abroad.


Katsuhiro Saiki "My Inside Is Your Outside, Your Outside Is My Inside #2,3" (2017) Plastic bottle / 395 x 83 x 83 mm

Nori Hattori and Kenya Sato brought ideas from their respective perspectives, engaged in repeated dialogue, and made new discoveries in the process of creating handmade furniture. Playing freely. A work that is both architecture and painting. They participated in this project with the aim of creating such things. Katsuhiro Saiki is participating with a conceptual work in which two plastic bottles share each other's inside and outside.


[2nd Floor] Kito Kengo (Gallery: rin art association)
Born in 1977. Professor at Kyoto University of Arts Graduate School. Graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts, with a degree in Oil Painting in 2003. Selected solo exhibitions include "Multiple Star I, II, III" (Hara Museum ARC/Tokyo, 2017). Group exhibitions include "Roppongi Crossing 2007: Pulses towards the Future" (Mori Art Museum/Tokyo, 2007), "Artist File" (The National Art Center, Tokyo/Tokyo, 2011), "Mono No Aware" (The Hermitage Museum/Saint Petersburg, 2013), and "Secrets of Art" (Takamatsu City Museum of Art/Kagawa, 2019). In 2020, his solo exhibition "Full Lightness" was held at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, marking the museum's first exhibition since its reopening. He has received high praise both in Japan and abroad for his works, which combine the modern colors of industrial products like hula hoops and shampoo bottles with expansiveness evoking living organisms and the universe.


Kengo Kito "active galaxy" (2014) Postcard stand, acrylic panel, motor, mirror
Photo: Shinya Kogure

Looking out the window of the apartment where I lived in Berlin, I noticed that the building across the street had the same window frames. The uniformity of the buildings and window shapes, along with the diversity of the people who live within, could be glimpsed through the curtainless window. This work depicts the everyday lives of these people by changing the light coming in through the window into red, blue, and green colors, likening it to postcards stuck in a postcard stand placed in front of a souvenir shop in Berlin. The constantly rotating light and the many colors mix together to create a work that expresses the diverse people who live and breathe life in the same way.


[4th Floor] Hamada Yasuyuki (Gallery: 4649)
Born in 1988. Graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School in 2018, and has been a member of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna since 2021. His major exhibitions include "Neighbors" (Mumei/Tokyo, 2019), "NADA Miami Project booth" (NADA Miami/Florida, 2018 and 2019), and "Gemutlich Loch,Tschuss" (Justice/Vienna, 2018). Hamada creates original objects that imitate mass-produced goods using DIY technologies such as 3D printing and single-board microcomputers, and through these he creates spaces that evoke the sense of incongruity felt when the viewer confronts the object, as well as spaces that direct the viewer's imagination toward something absent from the situation.


Yasuaki Hamada "Neighbours" (2021) Paint on 3D printed resin and mixed media Resin, lacquer, 3D print / 11.3 x 15.2 x 34.9cm (folded)

These dollhouses are miniatures made from 3D printed materials (or laser-cut wood) based on the artist's CAD data drawings, assembled like a plastic model. The wheels and handles indicate that these figures are not simply figurines but can actually be used as carry cases or dollhouses. The fictional, nonexistent Gothic architecture that serves as the artist's motif symbolizes his anti-rationalism.


[6th Floor] Nishi Taishi (Gallery: FINCH ARTS)
Born in 1983. Focusing on themes of anonymity and the boundary between fiction and reality, Nishi Taishi creates paintings that evolved from charcoal drawings, as well as ceramic works made from black clay and three-dimensional works made by smearing mud on clothing and firing them. His major exhibitions include the "14th Shiseido Art Egg Nishi Taishi Exhibition" (Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, 2020), "Looking at the Dark Side of the Moon" (Finch Arts, Kyoto, 2020), and the Grand Prix at the "Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2015" (Maru Building Marucube, Tokyo, 2015).


Nishi Futoshi "Fire Fairy and Green Guardian" (2020-2021) Ceramic clay, glaze, wood, size variable

A weed whose name I don't know was blooming with beautifully colored petals along the road. I found a similar flower in a distant meadow. Imagine various events happening in the world appearing in the form of fairies.


About CADAN
Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon (CADAN) is a general incorporated association. Founded in 2015, CADAN is a non-profit industry association dedicated to contributing to the development of Japanese contemporary art by promoting and popularizing Japanese contemporary art, establishing and developing the contemporary art market, raising the international profile of contemporary artists, and supporting young artists and fostering talent. Currently, 40 galleries are members. (https://cadan.org)

What is SI (Store Identity)?
The Isetan Shinjuku Men's Store, which was renovated in March 2019 with the new mission statement "As a man, and as a human," welcomes visitors to the store. Located on the first, second, fourth, and sixth floors of the Isetan Shinjuku Men's Store, SI (Store Identity) is a cubic space where artworks are exhibited according to seasonal themes.

Upcoming Events
"CADAN x ISETAN MEN'S: Seasonal Cohabit ~Winter & Spring~"
Dates: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - Tuesday, March 28, 2022


*The content of this event may be changed or canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. Please note.



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