ASK? Art Space Kimura - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for ASK? Art Space Kimura. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Kazumi Yoshimine "Passage"
This exhibition of new paintings by Kazumi Yoshimine, who studied at Goldsmiths College in London, presents work that prompts new "ways of seeing." [Image: "Passage of Time 2" (2008), oil on linen, (...)
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Yuji Dogane "Eros, Ego or the Discovery of Eco Sapience"
Fossil fuels are being wrangled out of the earth and squandered. Even now the pace of this expenditure is increasing with no corresponding increment in production of these energy sources. Voices call stridently (...)
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Yoko Okamura Exhibition
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Yoji Kuri Exhibition
This is a regular annual exhibition by Yoji Kuri. This show features about 12 paintings, 4 sculptures, and one animation work. Also, a documentary featuring his work will be screened (1.5 hours).
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ASK? Film Festival 2008
Part One August 25th-29th ASK Film Festival 2007 Competition Grand Prize Winners, entrance free 11:30-19:00 Part Two August 30th-September 3rd Screening of Works by ASK Film Festival 2007 Competition (...)
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Makiko Asada "Stromboli: Journey to the Depths of the Earth"
This solo exhibition features paintings and sculptures taking the famous European volcanic island of Stromboli as their theme.
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Hidetaka Ito + Hiroshi Suzuki "Ambiguous Domain"
This exhibition features media installations centering on sound work by Hidetaka Ito and video work by Hiroshi Suzuki, investigating the ambiguity hidden beneath artistic expression that makes use of digital (...)
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"29 Experts: Recycled Art" Exhibition
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Takafumi Kijima + Group Nijikan Exhibition
Performance: June 9th (Mon) 17:00-18:00 *Entry from 14:00 "You need to admit Steve Reich from the bottom of your heart" by Group Nijikan Reception: June 9th (Mon) 18:00-19:00 Gallery Talk: June (...)
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9th Bijinto Exhibition "The World of Nihonga"
Four person group exhibition of nihonga, unconstrained by traditional frameworks typical of the genre. "Bijinto" means a tower that attracts lovers of beauty. It is also a symbol for female artists, embodying (...)
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Nao Inoue Exhibition
Opening Reception: May 12th (Mon) 17:00-19:00 [Image: "Planet with V-shaped Steel Tower" (2006) Acrylic on canvas 60 × 72.7cm ]
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"Senzoku Gakuin Music College Sound Design Course Graduation" Exhibition
"Soundcreators Lab 2008" is the culmination of sound design work done in 2007 by graduates of Senzoku Gakuin Music College students. Instead of a conventional recital or concert, the many facets of the (...)
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Yotaro Niwa "αM Project 2008: Space that Appears Vol. 1"
Gallery Talk: April 19th (Sat) 18:00-19:00 Yotaro Niwa (artist), Koki Tanaka (guest), and Fumihiko Sumitomo (αM2008 curator) Opening Reception: April 19th (Sat) 19:00−20:00
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Masa Kumagai Exhibition
This exhibition by Kumagai tackles the theme of "toboso," or "barrier" in Japanese. The work toys with and considers notions of inside and outside, black and white, light and dark, highlighting the ambiguities (...)
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Iseo Nose + Nobutaka Ueda "Whirlpool and Memory"
A whirlpool that carries on flowing towards an internalized vision of landscape, movement, and thought, in a tribute to Ervin Laszlo and David Boehm. Taking human memory as its theme, this is a collaborative (...)
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Yuji Dogane "Half of Life and Death, or 'Manuality'"
Yuji Dogane is a biomedia artist whose exhibition two years ago was based around the harvesting of the faint bioelectric potential from people's cheeks, showing its waveforms, in addition to an interactive (...)
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Musashino Art University Visual Communication Design Department "Looking Through a Compound Eye"
Students from the Visual Communication Design Department express the notion of movement from different angles and through various approaches. Moving diagrams of stereoscopic vision, 3D computer graphics (...)
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Young-Soon Park "Marks of Communication"
(Artist's statement) The language of one group is controlled and affected by words of other languages, and affects and controls them in return. Living in Japan has let me experience a certain linguistic (...)
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Tuomo Rainio "Hakanasa"
Digital imaging continues to expand the possibilities of visual expression. This up and coming artist from Finland mainly uses digital video and photographs to explore such universal themes as existence, (...)
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Chaosmos Exhibition
This exhibition will be broadcast live online. Requests to move the Chaosmos machines will be taken online, and machines will be operated at the times and dates of request. Visit the for requests and online (...)
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Caravan-tai "Luna Park"
[Image: Kaori Yoshikawa "Stairs to the Moon" (2007) Silica clay, cloth, glass, 34.0 x 25.0 x 19.0cm]
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Toshinori Sakai Exhibition
This artist is involved in an individual project sketching his impressions while traveling the nations in the Pacific rim. This exhibition focuses on Los Cabos, Mexico where sunny cacti abound.
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αM Project 2007 On the Trail Vol.4 Takenori Miyamoto Exhibition
-Artist Talk: January 19th (Sat), 18:00-19:00 Takenori Miyamoto x Akihiko Takami (αM2007 curator) No reservations needed. -Reception: January 18th (Sat), 19:00-20:00 [Image: "Yellow varnish #6 (...)
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Permanent Collection Exhibition
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Jun Shirasu Exhibition
This tile painting and print exhibition takes "niwa (garden)" as the theme. [Image: "At bottom of the heart" (2006) Etching, aquatint 5.8 x 4.4cm]
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"Kyobashi Melon Hall" Exhibition
This is the annual Kyobashi Melon Hall exhibition in which art works (painting, sculpture, photograph, illustration, etc.) will be on display and sale.
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Misako Jin Exhibition
2D works using mashi linen paper, sumi ink, pigment, powdered mineral pigments and leaf will be on display. One 200 x 700 cm work and 10 other items are scheduled to be on display. [Image: "Honey" mashi (...)
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Kumiko Yoshizawa "Local"
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Kentaro Izumi "Saien"
8 new richly colored Nihon-ga paintings using 30,000 colors will be on exhibition. The artist has filled each tiny box of the grid on the special paper with lines and colors, as if by digital work. [Image: (...)
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Kei Tanoue + Kumiko Miyamoto Exhibition
Kei Tanaka presents oil paintings and 3D objects taking color resulting from repetitive actions as a theme, and Kumiko Miyamoo's oil paintings feature plants.\ Opening reception is scheduled on the (...)
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Masaki Fujihata "On Something Immature"
The artist has thought for a long time about words, symbols and images, and their interrelationship in movement. Their relationship is said to have become more complicated and newer since specific objects (...)
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"αM Project 2007: On the Trail Vol.2 - Motohiro Tomii" Exhibition
A cube with equidistant slits created by superballs piled into a circular opening in an aluminum board; a sphere comprising a clump of bendy straws; sponges of four colors stacked into a 3D figure; a thin, (...)
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Yoji Kuri "A Walnut in the Head -Beethoven Symphonies-"
This is the annual Yoji Kuri exhibition. This year, approximately 20 paintings and an experimental animated film will be screened. The 24-minute 16mm film has been recorded to the soundtrack of Beethoven's (...)
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Beauty of Gold, Beauty of Silver 2007 Kanazawa Alumnae Tokyo / Ginza Exhibition
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Ayako Tsuboya "Through the Woods"
Opening Party (17:00-20:00) and Gallery Talk (17:00-18:30) are scheduled for opening day, September 3rd (Mon). Image: copyright 2007. ayako tsuboya
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ASK? Film Festival 2007
This is the 3rd ASK? Film Festival. The schedule is listed below. -Part 1. August 20th (Mon) - 24th (Fri), 11:30-19:00 Free 2006 Competition Grand Prize Winner Exhibition Suwami Nogami "3 in the Morning", (...)
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"Shiriagari Kotobuki Particles of the Kingdom" Permanent Collection Exhibition
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Katsuki Tanaka "Matoryonime"
Talk Show: July 21st (Sat), 17:00- Katsuki Tanaka x Gabin Ito
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Taisuke Makihara Exhibition
This is the first exhibition in the series "αM Project 2007 ON THE TRAIL Vol.1" curated by Akihiko Takami. Gallery Talk by Artist and Curator: July 7th, 18:00-19:00 Reception to follow.
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G9+1 "Unique Animations"
"G9+1" consists of 9 established animators and one mid-carrier creator. Screenings of their recent works are all being displayed and screened. Theater Screening: June 28th & 29th: (1)14:30- (2)17:30- June (...)
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Shiriagari Kotobuki "My Kingdom's Shrunk."
This is the royal kingdom series, in which the gallery space is buried in drawings.
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Senzoku Gakuen College of Music's Music Design Course Graduation Works Exhibition "Sound Creators Lab 2007"
This is a graduation exhibition for the Senzoku Gakuen College of Music's Music Design Course. On display will be works of excellence by the multi-talented 2006 graduates, ranging from music broadcasting (...)
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8th "Bijinto - Tower by Beauties" Exhibition
Opening Party: May 7th, 17:00- Bellydance Performance: May 12th, 17:00-
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"21 Experts' Recycled Art" Exhibition
This is the second Yoji Kuri project. Recycled art by 21 cartoonists and anime artists will be on display.
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Tomoko Ninomiya "Schwelle vol.3 - Anthology for the Distant Heart"
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Yuiitsu Nakajima Exhibition
A display of approximately 40 calligraphy works based on the theme "the construction of kanji and the quality of lines".
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αM Project / Vol.8 Mio Kaneda Exhibition
This exhibition by Mio Kaneda is the last installation in the series "Room of Life." Artist Talk: March 17th, 17:00-18:00 Mio Kaneda & Yoshio Kato (Guest Curator) Reservations not necessary Opening (...)
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αM Project / Vol.7 Tsuyoshi Mori "100 Scrolls"
In 1993 Mori finished studying on the Nihonga course at Musashino Art University Graduate School, and from 1997 to 1998 he was an artist in residence at the Paris International Art City Studio. Mori's (...)
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Tsutomu Muto "Color + Experiences of Expanding Colors"
Talkshow with Mitsuo Katsui, Masaki Fujihata, Tsutomu Muto February 13th, from 17:00 Free entrance
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Fumitaka Saito "Views I - Another World"
Works with lines drawn in pencils and ink and a controlled use of color will be on display. This exhibition is an extension of the "Shapeless aspects" series.
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Kohei Kawasaki Exhibition
6th "αM Project 2006" Exhibition Kohei Kawahira graduated with a master's degree from Musashino Art University in 2000. His sculptures conjure images of futuristic industrial products such as architectural (...)
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"Kyobashi Melon Restaurant" Exhibition
Following last year's exhibition, artwork in the form of Christmas presents will be on display: paintings, 3D works, photographs and illustrations by 21 artists.
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Kazuyoshi Yamamoto "Room of Life Vol.5"
The featured artist for the 5th "αM Project 2006" is Kazuyoshi Yamamoto (born 1978 in Kochi prefecture). Yamamoto has been creating 'pop' sculptures that consist of layered veneer boards, which he files (...)
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Maiko Kurosawa "Room of Life Vol.4"
For this exhibition, the artist has produced work to the theme of "the room of life", taking the real world and converting it into her own world. Gallery Talk Saturday 25th November, 17:00-18:00 Maiko (...)
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Masaki Fujihata "Portray the silhouette?"
Opening party: October 28th, 17:00-20:00 Artist talk: November 11th, 15:00-17:00
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Kohzuki Watanabe "Body Sacrosanct"
Kohzuki Watanabe regards the body as a resting place for the wandering soul, and her works often feature the human body. The blurring of paint is used to express her emotions while the lines express her (...)
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Koji Takagi "From Science to Art"
Koji Takagi has developed a style of applying the rules of nature to art. His work consists of adopting natural phenomena such as stains of ink from an inkjet printer, electrophoresis of dye, and silver (...)
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Bonnie Rychlak Exhibition
This is an exhibition to the theme of 'water' by Bonnie Rychlak, a sculptor from South California. 3D objects and 2D works made from photographs and glass will on display.
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Yoji Kuri "Manyuki"
This exhibition consists of 30-40 paintings for kamaboko boards, new acrylic and silkscreen paintings, and a showing of the animated movie 'The Statue of Liberty' that was released in 1979.
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ASK? Movie Festival 2006
Part 1: 7/31 - 8/5 (Free Entrance) Grand Prize Winner of Ask? Film Festival 2005 Ryoko Yamaguchi "Fire" Part 2: 8/7 - 8/12 (Free Entrance) Prize Winners of Ask? Film Festival 2005 Kei Takahashi, (...)
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Takuma Ishikawa "The Room of Life II"
[Artist's Talk] July 18th, 17:00-18:00 No reservation required Takuma Ishikawa and guest curator Yoshio Kato [Opening Reception] July 18th, 18:00-19:30
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Kei Ohyama and Yu Hirata "An Ordinary Sunday"
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Takehiko Kamei Exhibition
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Recycled Art by 13 Manga Artists
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Sound Creators Lab 2006
This is an exhibition by the graduates of the Music and Sound Effect Design Course at Senzoku Gakuen University. 6/5 18:00-21:00 : opening party 6/6-6/9 19:00-20:00 : live performance 6/10 14:00- (...)
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αM Project / Vol.1 Takuma Uematsu "Room of Life"
There will be an artist talk with Takuya Uematsu and guest curator Yoshio Kato on May 27th, 17:00-18:00. An opening reception will follow that, from 18:00 to 19:30.
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Seventh 'Bijinto - Towers by Beauties'
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"Have a nice day"
On display, paintings created in Bangkok over the past 2 years.
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Katsuhiko Tomita "Nagomi"
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Osamu Nagimoto "Harmony"
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αM Project 2005 / Vol.8 Urara Ura × Meiro Koizumi × Emi Ikematsu (Nameko Shinsan) "Sexy Politics"
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αM Project 2005 / Vol.7 Iichiro Tanaka x Tatsumi Masuoka "A Dream Home of My Own"
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Akira Hosokawa Exhibition
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Address 5 Yoyogi Seminar - Video Department Alumni and Friends Exhibition
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Akio Hizume "Fibonacci Dragon"
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Nao Inoue "Hippocampus Poetry Art"
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Yuji Dogane "Beauty Music"
Cooperation of Ippei Ogura (Music), Chikara Sudo (Sound), Akiyo Miyagi (Illustrations), Hanaki Ota (Roses), NES (Equipment)。
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αM Project 2005/ Vol.6/Hideaki Idetsuki
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αM Project 2005 / Vol.5 Atsushi Suzuki × Tohru Nakazaki
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Masaki Fujihata "Unreflective Mirror 2005"
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αM Project 2005 / Vol.4 Akira Suzuki × Masayoshi Yamada
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αM Project 2005 / Vol.3 "All About Me - Ghazel"
Currently based in Paris and active internationally, Ghazel was born in Iran and spent her teens in Tehran. She refers to her video work "Me" where she skis and rides a motorbike while clad in the traditional (...)
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2005 Hiroko Uehara Exhibition vol. 2
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Shiriagari Kotobuki
Second exhibition of cartoonist Shiriagari Kotobuki at Art Space Kimura, following the show that took place in May last year. After a week of preparation at the gallery space, the entire venue, from the (...)
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Yoji Kuri
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ASK Film Festival 2004 Competition Award Winner Exhibition
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αM Project 2005 / Vol.2 Go Watanabe+Sai Hashizume "Secret Girls Up and Down"
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αM Project 2005 - Vol.1 Masakatsu Kondo "NeoLandscape"
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Masahiro Tomioka Chaosmos '05 "Like Clinamen"
An interpretation of the philosophies of Ancient Greece philosopher Epicurus and poet Lucretius through a video installation entitled "Chaosmos Clinamen Machine" and a performance, by Masahiro Tomioka. (...)
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Alpha M Project / Vol.9 Shiro Matsui+Namiko Fujishiro "aquaria"
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Kazuhiro Kobayashi


