The fourth installment of the "Takeover" series, a collaboration between CADAN (Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association) and Isetan Men's, titled "Winter Takeover," kicks off on December 23rd. Titled "Takeover," a promotional term used on Instagram and other social media, this series features contemporary art that reflects the current era. A variety of contemporary art will appear on the floors of the Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building over four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
Highlights
- This year-long collaboration project between CADAN, organized by 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.
- Special installations tailored to the floor themes will appear in the cubic exhibition space SI (Store Identity) on four floors of the Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building.
- Four artists represented by CADAN member galleries each season will present their works.
Exhibition Contents
1st Floor: Entrance, Men's Accessories...Isoya Hirofumi (Gallery: Aoyama | Meguro)
2nd Floor: Men's Creators...COBRA (Gallery: XYZ collective)
4th Floor: Men's Luxury...Motobori Yuji (Gallery: Yamaki Fine Art)
6th Floor: Men's Contemporary...Kabu Shiho (Gallery: KAYOKOYUKI)
Information about the Artist and His Works
[1st Floor] Isotani Hirofumi (Gallery: Aoyama | Meguro)
Born in Tokyo in 1978. He studied architecture at Tokyo University of the Arts and fine arts at the same university's graduate school and Goldsmiths, University of London. His sculptures, photographs, drawings, and installations that incorporate them are extremely tranquil and poetic, yet with an architectural sense of scale and precision, they challenge the consistency of perception and an integrated sense of time.
Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibition "Flow as the Prototype" (Aoyama | Meguro, Tokyo, 2019), "Roppongi Crossing 2019: Connecting Things" (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019), and "Syncopation: Masters of the Century and Contemporary Art" (Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, 2019). His works are included in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou National des Arts et des Culture, Paris, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, and others.
Hiroshi Isotani "Bananas and Postcards" (2014) postcard, spinning rack / 155×45×45cm
A work made up of two postcard stands, one large and one small, and postcards. The postcards show the artist cutting a banana and a red onion, respectively. Each rack is also fitted with postcards arranged in the shape of a bunch of bananas or an onion bulb.
This is an attempt to create a shift by shaking up the stable structures of our everyday perception of time, the flow of things, and spatial understanding.
[2nd Floor] COBRA (Gallery: XYZ collective)
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1981. Currently based in Tokyo, COBRA runs the artist space "XYZ collective." He has produced many works that comically express ordinary, mundane themes through video. Many of his comical video works are self-created and performed, and many of his performances are limited to the video. In recent years, he has participated in many exhibitions where he has created sculptures with pictures of cheese inside traps.
Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibition "COBRA SOLO SHOW" (Four Seasons/Zurich, 2019), the solo exhibition "The Museum" (Fig/Tokyo, 2019), the two-person exhibition "Ken Kagami & COBRA 'Romantic Comedy'" (MISAKO & ROSEN/Tokyo, 2020), the group exhibition "The Sentimental Organization of the World" (Crevecoeur/Paris, 2020), and the group exhibition "TGC curated by XYZ collective" (Weiss Falk/Basel, 2020).
COBRA "Story of Eggs (Bird Gallery for birds)" (2020) Bird cage, acrylic on canvas
It may seem obvious, but paintings in the art world are created, exhibited, and purchased for people to appreciate. This work challenges this stereotype by changing its perspective and developing and creating it with irony and humor. As the title suggests, the paintings displayed inside this birdcage are themed around eggs and adventure, and were created for birds.
【4th Floor】Honbori Yuji (Gallery: Yamaki Fine Art)
Born in Kobe in 1958. Graduated from the Graduate School of Sculpture at Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts in 1983. Having the opportunity to create using recycled materials from a shrine, he discovered a new path to confront Buddhist statues. Since presenting his "cardboard Buddha statue" at the Kobe Biennale (2009) and his solo exhibition at the Tokyo INAX Gallery (2010), he has continued to present his work at art fairs and exhibitions around the country.
Yuji Motobori "Bishamonten" (2017) Cardboard, Mixed Media / 80×75×230cm
Using used cardboard and wrapping paper, Motobori creates Japanese gods, Buddhas, and religious buildings, working under the motto "where there is paper to throw away, there is a god to pick it up." Motobori's works, which show the "reincarnation" of everyday consumed items, aptly depict the balance of modern society through their duality: transparency when viewed from the front, and a material feel when viewed from the side.
【6th Floor】Kagabu Shiho (Gallery: KAYOKOYUKI)
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1981. After graduating from Bunka Women's University's Sculpture Course, she completed her Master's degree in Sculpture at Tama Art University's Graduate School of Fine Arts. Since 2017, she has been based in Milan for two years with the support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Emerging Artist Overseas Training Program. She currently resides in Tokyo.
Major exhibitions include "DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2021", The National Art Center, Tokyo (Tokyo, 2021), "Made in Fuchu: 20 Years of Public Studio", Fuchu Art Museum (Tokyo, 2020), "Tokorozawa Biennale "Side Line 2015", Former Tokorozawa Municipal Second School Lunch Center (Saitama, 2015), "Artist File 2013 - Contemporary Artists", The National Art Center, Tokyo (Tokyo, 2013), and "Dissemination //Itabashi//2011 Living the Scene", Itabashi Art Museum (Tokyo, 2011).
Shiho Kagabe "Lightning-Wonder by Wonder" (2020) paper, stainless steel, hanger, video / 185×185×180cm
Kagabe has created sculptural works using a variety of objects, including unwanted items from everyday life, broken and discarded lost items, and building materials available at hardware stores. In Kagabe's works, the everyday meanings and functions of these objects are deconstructed, and by combining and joining them, new relationships are formed and they are placed within the space. Kagabe says, "The objects that make up my works and I myself both exist according to the same laws of the Earth, and in that sense, the two are connected." "I doubt the rules defined by humans, but I believe in global and universal rules," says Toribe. By getting close to the objects and listening to the voices they emit, he becomes a part of them, constructing in the exhibition space the creation and circulation of what could be called the laws of nature.
Event Details
Title: "CADAN×ISETAN MEN'S: Winter Takeover"
Dates: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 – Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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
What is SI?
The Men's Building was reborn in March last year with its new statement, "As a man, and as a human," and these cubic spaces (SI Store Identity) were installed on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th floors as a welcoming space. Art works are exhibited according to a theme set each year.
About CADAN
CADAN: Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon is a general incorporated association. It is a non-profit industry association established in 2015 with the aim of contributing to the development of contemporary art in Japan by promoting and popularizing Japanese contemporary art, establishing and developing the contemporary art market, increasing the international recognition of contemporary artists, and supporting young artists and nurturing their talent. There are currently 47 member galleries. (https://cadan.org)
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Highlights
- This year-long collaboration project between CADAN, organized by 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.
- Special installations tailored to the floor themes will appear in the cubic exhibition space SI (Store Identity) on four floors of the Isetan Shinjuku Men's Building.
- Four artists represented by CADAN member galleries each season will present their works.
Exhibition Contents
1st Floor: Entrance, Men's Accessories...Isoya Hirofumi (Gallery: Aoyama | Meguro)
2nd Floor: Men's Creators...COBRA (Gallery: XYZ collective)
4th Floor: Men's Luxury...Motobori Yuji (Gallery: Yamaki Fine Art)
6th Floor: Men's Contemporary...Kabu Shiho (Gallery: KAYOKOYUKI)
Information about the Artist and His Works
[1st Floor] Isotani Hirofumi (Gallery: Aoyama | Meguro)
Born in Tokyo in 1978. He studied architecture at Tokyo University of the Arts and fine arts at the same university's graduate school and Goldsmiths, University of London. His sculptures, photographs, drawings, and installations that incorporate them are extremely tranquil and poetic, yet with an architectural sense of scale and precision, they challenge the consistency of perception and an integrated sense of time.
Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibition "Flow as the Prototype" (Aoyama | Meguro, Tokyo, 2019), "Roppongi Crossing 2019: Connecting Things" (Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019), and "Syncopation: Masters of the Century and Contemporary Art" (Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, 2019). His works are included in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou National des Arts et des Culture, Paris, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, and others.
Hiroshi Isotani "Bananas and Postcards" (2014) postcard, spinning rack / 155×45×45cm
A work made up of two postcard stands, one large and one small, and postcards. The postcards show the artist cutting a banana and a red onion, respectively. Each rack is also fitted with postcards arranged in the shape of a bunch of bananas or an onion bulb.
This is an attempt to create a shift by shaking up the stable structures of our everyday perception of time, the flow of things, and spatial understanding.
[2nd Floor] COBRA (Gallery: XYZ collective)
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1981. Currently based in Tokyo, COBRA runs the artist space "XYZ collective." He has produced many works that comically express ordinary, mundane themes through video. Many of his comical video works are self-created and performed, and many of his performances are limited to the video. In recent years, he has participated in many exhibitions where he has created sculptures with pictures of cheese inside traps.
Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibition "COBRA SOLO SHOW" (Four Seasons/Zurich, 2019), the solo exhibition "The Museum" (Fig/Tokyo, 2019), the two-person exhibition "Ken Kagami & COBRA 'Romantic Comedy'" (MISAKO & ROSEN/Tokyo, 2020), the group exhibition "The Sentimental Organization of the World" (Crevecoeur/Paris, 2020), and the group exhibition "TGC curated by XYZ collective" (Weiss Falk/Basel, 2020).
COBRA "Story of Eggs (Bird Gallery for birds)" (2020) Bird cage, acrylic on canvas
It may seem obvious, but paintings in the art world are created, exhibited, and purchased for people to appreciate. This work challenges this stereotype by changing its perspective and developing and creating it with irony and humor. As the title suggests, the paintings displayed inside this birdcage are themed around eggs and adventure, and were created for birds.
【4th Floor】Honbori Yuji (Gallery: Yamaki Fine Art)
Born in Kobe in 1958. Graduated from the Graduate School of Sculpture at Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts in 1983. Having the opportunity to create using recycled materials from a shrine, he discovered a new path to confront Buddhist statues. Since presenting his "cardboard Buddha statue" at the Kobe Biennale (2009) and his solo exhibition at the Tokyo INAX Gallery (2010), he has continued to present his work at art fairs and exhibitions around the country.
Yuji Motobori "Bishamonten" (2017) Cardboard, Mixed Media / 80×75×230cm
Using used cardboard and wrapping paper, Motobori creates Japanese gods, Buddhas, and religious buildings, working under the motto "where there is paper to throw away, there is a god to pick it up." Motobori's works, which show the "reincarnation" of everyday consumed items, aptly depict the balance of modern society through their duality: transparency when viewed from the front, and a material feel when viewed from the side.
【6th Floor】Kagabu Shiho (Gallery: KAYOKOYUKI)
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1981. After graduating from Bunka Women's University's Sculpture Course, she completed her Master's degree in Sculpture at Tama Art University's Graduate School of Fine Arts. Since 2017, she has been based in Milan for two years with the support of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Emerging Artist Overseas Training Program. She currently resides in Tokyo.
Major exhibitions include "DOMANI: The Art of Tomorrow 2021", The National Art Center, Tokyo (Tokyo, 2021), "Made in Fuchu: 20 Years of Public Studio", Fuchu Art Museum (Tokyo, 2020), "Tokorozawa Biennale "Side Line 2015", Former Tokorozawa Municipal Second School Lunch Center (Saitama, 2015), "Artist File 2013 - Contemporary Artists", The National Art Center, Tokyo (Tokyo, 2013), and "Dissemination //Itabashi//2011 Living the Scene", Itabashi Art Museum (Tokyo, 2011).
Shiho Kagabe "Lightning-Wonder by Wonder" (2020) paper, stainless steel, hanger, video / 185×185×180cm
Kagabe has created sculptural works using a variety of objects, including unwanted items from everyday life, broken and discarded lost items, and building materials available at hardware stores. In Kagabe's works, the everyday meanings and functions of these objects are deconstructed, and by combining and joining them, new relationships are formed and they are placed within the space. Kagabe says, "The objects that make up my works and I myself both exist according to the same laws of the Earth, and in that sense, the two are connected." "I doubt the rules defined by humans, but I believe in global and universal rules," says Toribe. By getting close to the objects and listening to the voices they emit, he becomes a part of them, constructing in the exhibition space the creation and circulation of what could be called the laws of nature.
Event Details
Title: "CADAN×ISETAN MEN'S: Winter Takeover"
Dates: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 – Tuesday, March 30, 2021
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
What is SI?
The Men's Building was reborn in March last year with its new statement, "As a man, and as a human," and these cubic spaces (SI Store Identity) were installed on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th floors as a welcoming space. Art works are exhibited according to a theme set each year.
About CADAN
CADAN: Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon is a general incorporated association. It is a non-profit industry association established in 2015 with the aim of contributing to the development of contemporary art in Japan by promoting and popularizing Japanese contemporary art, establishing and developing the contemporary art market, increasing the international recognition of contemporary artists, and supporting young artists and nurturing their talent. There are currently 47 member galleries. (https://cadan.org)
*The content of this event may be changed or canceled due to unforeseen circumstances. We ask for your understanding.
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