NADiff a/p/a/r/t - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for NADiff a/p/a/r/t. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Osamu Watanabe Talk
Talk and autograph session for Osamu Watanabe's first collection of works.More »
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Masafumi Sanai "Rarry"
Masafumi Sanai takes great pains to create photo books with a handmade feel that reflect his deep thinking with respect to photography, personally overseeing the layout, production and distribution. This...More »
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"Before and After Superflat Publication" Talk
Talk event by Adrian Favell in commemoration of the publication of "Before and After Superflat", and invited artists and curators. English-Japanese interpretation provided.More »
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Michiko Kon + Hiroshi Nomura Talk
Slideshow and talk that focuses on the origins of Michiko Kon's enigmatic works and her experiments in "reading" with the eye through still life photography depicting self-arranged assortments of objects....More »
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"2nd Coffee Party" Talk
Shimon Minamikawa talks with guest, including Kenichi Eguchi, Erika Kobayashi and Hikotaro Kanehira. [Image: Shimon Minamikawa (2011)]More »
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"1st Coffee Party" Talk
Coffee party organized by Shimon Minamikawa, featuring many guests from the world of art, architecture and design. [Image: Shimon Minamikawa (2011)]More »
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Shimon Minamikawa "Mirror, Music, Multimedia" with Coffee Party
Shimon Minamikawa is known for his paintings that incorporate text, stripes and polka dots onto a single surface, along with human figures and still lifes. This exhibition focuses on his paintings while...More »
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Yoshinori Niwa "Clapping bears in Bern"
Introduces the artist's project from the Swiss city of Bern and its bears. [Images: Yoshinori Niwa "Sketch for the project Clapping bears in Bern"]More »
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Tsubasa Kato + Shu Matsuda "DVD Release Event: Edition"
Moderator: Ryuta Ushiro (Chim Pom) Guests: Tsubasa Kato, Shu Matsuda, Sota Sugawara Customers who purchase either Tsubasa Kato or Shu Matsuda's DVD will receive a special sticker and a signed copy...More »
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Yoichi Sano + Taku Hisamura + Mitsuhiro Yamagiwa "Walk up | and down | form | being formed"
Features three artists' work: pinhole photography, a space installation, and mixed media work exploring scale, distance and movement. There will also be artist talks during the exhibition period. See...More »
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Ryudai Takano "Daily Photos"
Showing at NADiff Window Gallery. [Image: Ryudai Takano, "02.12.17" series, "Daily Photos". Courtesy of Yumiko Chiba Associates, Zeit-Foto Salon ©Ryudai Takano]More »
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"Masayuki Yoshinaga SENTO Publication" Talk Event
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Fumio Tachibana + Hitoshi Okamoto Talk
Features a talk event, slideshow and screening of Tachibana's new short film.More »
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Kyouichi Tsuzuki "Night Alleys: Ueno to Asakusa Underground Cruise"
Award-winning photographer Kyouichi Tsuzuki is known for his series looking at night imagery in unique landscapes. For this exhibition Tsuzuki will showcase his portraits of the Ueno and Asakusa area,...More »
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"Light, Sound, Memory" Talk
Held to commemorate the publication of Nobuhiro Shimura's first monograph, "Highlight", this dialogue will discuss the themes of his exhibition. November 19th (Sat) 17:00-18:30 Free, reservation not...More »
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Tomoko Sawada Talk
Talk to mark the publication of "Takusan no Fushigi", a monthly visually-oriented book aimed at children. Featuring Tomoko Sawada and designer Go Asano.More »
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Motohiro Tomii + Gen Umezu "Experiential Art and the Potential of Books"
Talk that discusses the value of books as devices that offer their readers a vicarious experience.More »
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Motohiro Tomii "5x14"
Showing at NADiff Window Gallery.More »
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Yoko Asakai "Northerly Wind"
This exhibition showcases a series of new landscape photographs by Yoko Asakai, who participated in an artist residency program in Aomori this past summer, exploring the prefecture by car and on foot....More »
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"Aftermath: Earthquake Photographs Publication" Talk Event
Talk event with photographer Kotaro Iizawa and TV director Yusuke Hishida.More »
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"Art, Censorship and the Emperor" Talk
This talk, held to commemorate the publication of a new book that explores the implications of a 2009 traveling exhibition entitled "Into the Atomic Sunshine", will examine the relationship between politics...More »
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Tatsuo Fukushima Talk Event
Talk event with Tatsuo Fukushima, celebrating the publication of his life's work as three photography books. There will also be a concurrent mini photography book fair.More »
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Numabooks + NAM "Numabookcat"
Numabookcat is a mobile bookstore produced by Numabooks in collaboration with the graphic and art collective NAM. Numabooks will select 12 books and mail them to you based on what you tell them about yourself...More »
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Jiro Takamatsu "Purification and Tautology"
Jiro Takamatsu (1936-98) has been a prominent leader of the Japanese contemporary art scene ever since the early 1960s. He attracted much attention for his activities as one of the members of the art collective...More »
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"Spectacle on the Bay" Talk Event
Talk event discussing the contents of the three-month Spectacle on the Bay dance, fashion, music, film and architecture event.More »
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"Painter Makoto Murata: World Giants Series" Exhibition
Makoto Murata is well know as a plain-speaking arts journalist and as head of the BankART School, but up till now there have been few opportunities to view his own artworks. Murata started producing...More »
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Meo Saito + Kyoichi Tsuzuki Talk Session
At this talk session, Meo Saito and Kyoichi Tsuzuki will discuss Superflat monotony, hygienic and sanitized art and an increasing desire for simplistic formulations in contrast to "Showa-era" passions...More »
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"Mooog Yamamoto + Jun Tsuzuki Talk!" Event
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Taro Izumi "Cloud, looks like a spider"
Showing in NADiff Window Gallery.More »
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"Art Products from Japan" Exhibition
Working in collaboration with young artists and organizers, NADiff A/P/A/R/T presents a selection of unique works and art-related goods gathered from all over Japan. There will also be festivities and...More »
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Izumi Kato "Paintings and Sculptures"
Izumi Kato is one of the most active Japanese artists today, following his appearance at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and then at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in late 2010 to January of this year. His works...More »
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Reico Motohara "Loss of memory"
Video installation work featuring clay being melted. Showing in NADiff Window Gallery.More »
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Kosuke Ichikawa "Flowers"
In addition to new incense paintings, Ichikawa will also be displaying a series of bags and card cases produced in collaboration with B Yoshida. Talk: May 7th (Sat) 17:00-19:00 with Shinji Ishii, Akihito...More »
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mamoru "etude for everyday life" Talk Event
Apr. 17th (Sun.) 17:00-19:00 Guest: Mami Kataoka (Chief curator, Mori Art Museum) Venue: NADiff a/p/a/r/t Admission free, no reservation is needed. [Image: mamoru "etude no.39 instant noodle" Live...More »
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Iichiro Tanaka "makeshift art Launch" Talk Event
A talk event to celebrate the launch of Iichiro Tanaka's "makeshift art". Admission free, no reservation needed.More »
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Yosuke Kobashi "jiga-jisan"
Solo exhibition of self-portraits in bright colors and surrealistic settings by painter Yosuke Kobashi. Artist talk: April 9th (Sat) 18:00- [Image: Yosuke Kobashi "self-portrait 235" (2011) oil on...More »
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Eiji Yuzawa Talk & Autograph Session
Talk: March 12th (Fri) 18:00-20:00, 1F Guest: Hideto Fuse (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Arts) Admission free, no reservation required. More »
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ON ZA LINE "The Garden as Science Fiction"
On display are selected works from "The Garden as Science Fiction" collection. These ceramic pieces are a tribute to nature.More »
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"Screens of Diffused Reflections" Exhibition
This exhibition is being held to celebrate the launch of "Time Traveler x 5", a book project by a group of video artists. Their works will be on display mostly in the gallery window spaces. See website...More »
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Chie Matsui "Heidi 50 - On the Day"
This screening session features works selected by Chie Matsui herself, ranging from her early minimalist work "She Reaches" (2000) to recent pieces from her Heidi series. Matsui is a graduate of the...More »
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Tadashi Kawamata "Field Sketch"
On display are early snapshots and original prints by the Paris-based artist Tadashi Kawamata, who showed his work at the Venice Biennale in 1982 while still enrolled at the Tokyo University of the Arts....More »
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"Photography Secessionist Declaration" Talk Event
Free entry, reservation not requiredMore »
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"Paper Sky Vol. 34" Talk Event
This talk marks the launch of issue 34 of Paper Sky magazine, which includes a photographic tour of New York with Shingo Wakagi. Wakagi and Paper Sky editor Lucas Badtke-Berkow will talk about the various...More »
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"Photography Secessionist Declaration" Exhibition
Featuring the participation of 3 photographers and two critics, this exhibition attempts to explore anew the possibilities of photography at a time when photo montages, processing and digitalization have...More »
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Koichiro Fujii Exhibition
This exhibition features works by Koichiro Fujii that were first shown at the Shanghai World Expo this year - the world's first "large-scale translucent template sculptures". Also on display are 20 charcoal...More »
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Atsuhiro Ito Exhibition
Born in 1965, Atsuhiro Ito is a noted sound artist known for his Optron instrument. This exhibition features a number of 2D works, objects and sculptures, as well as a series of talks and sound performances...More »
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Tomoyasu Murata "Splicing"
Tomoyasu Murata is known for both his puppet animation works and installations made out of objects reminiscent of the Showa period. On display at the basement gallery are works modeled after the 60 year...More »
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Kiichiro Adachi "Soap/Soap"
Kiichiro Adachi was born in Osaka in 1979 and is currently based in Tokyo. His telephone box disco, "e.e.no.24", created a stir at the "Space for your Future" exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art,...More »
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"Suzuki Kaita Made in India" Exhibition
The Hindu festival Kumbh Mela is said to be the world's largest and most devout religious event. This exhibition, which is being held to mark the launch of two publications from Nandi Books (a printing...More »
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Ai Yamaguchi "Hogara Hogara"
This solo exhibition by Ai Yamaguchi is being held in conjunction with the eagerly anticipated release of "Hogara Hogara," the first monograph of her work to be published. Since her debut in 1998, Yamaguchi...More »
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Motohiro Tomii "Stack"
Motohiro Tomii neither calls himself a "sculptor", nor his work "sculpture". In fact, his work attempts to expand the possibilities of the materials he uses, the intimate relationship of his works to the...More »
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Yuichi Higashionna "Fluorescent"
This exhibition showcases new color lithographs and drawings by Higashionna that evolved in parallel with paintings from his Flowers series, which he has been working on since 2001. Traces of his chosen...More »
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Mika Ninagawa "Ninagawa Baroque/Extreme"
This spring, all four floors of the NADiff A/P/A/R/T building will come together to co-organize an exhibition of one of the most popular photographers of our time, Mika Ninagawa. Ninagawa is famous...More »
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Motohiro Tomii Exhibition
This exhibition features a number of books from the NADiff bookshop selected by novelist Shin Fukunaga that Motohiro Tomii has transformed into sculptures. Talk event with Motohiro Tomii and Shin Fukunaga Date...More »
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"Mixed Bathing World: The Magic of Art and Place" Talk Event
"Mixed Bathing World" was a contemporary art festival held in Beppu in 2009. Documents and photos from the event have just been released in the form of a book. A panel of participants and organizers from...More »
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"Asia on the Rise: Contemporary Art Now" Talk Event
This talk by Fumio Nanjo, director of the Mori Art Museum, is being held to mark the release of his latest book. Nanjo will address issues relating to contemporary Asian art in emerging economies and societies...More »
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Taylor Deupree "Unseen"
Taylor Deupree is a leading exponent of contemporary minimal and ambient electronic music. This showcase of Deupree's photography, his first in Japan, offers viewers a glimpse at his genre-crossing talent...More »
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Kyoko Murase Exhibition
On display are around 16 previously unexhibited drawings produced between 1998 and 2009. Murase's works are full of a sensitivity towards human memories and the surrounding environment. [Image: Kyoko...More »
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Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver "No Fear"
Shuzo Azuchi Gulliver was born in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture. He began experimenting with art and began staging Happenings while still in high school. He studied philosophy at Ritsumeikan University in...More »
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Chika Kato "Surface"
Showcases works by video artist Chika Kato at Nadiff's window gallery. Since graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2002, Kato has been creating videos, photographs and drawings. In recent years...More »
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Toshio Shibata "A View for Grey"
On view are contact sheets that condense the beauty of the large color prints by a "Ihee Kimura Award" winning photographer who depicts artificial landscapes such as dams. More »
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Daido Moriyama "Around Magazine Work 1965-1974"
Leading photographer Daido Moriyama continues to capture everyday scenes with his camera. This autumn saw the publication of two books that collect more than 1000 of his works taken during 1965 and 1974....More »
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Tomoko Inagaki + Takuma Uematsu "One day, I meet... vol.2"
Nadiff a/p/a/r/t gallery is pleased to present new works by collaborative unit "Ine wo Ueru Hito", composed of Tomoko Inagaki and Takuma Uematsu. Inagaki is known for her video installations that expose...More »
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Swamp "The Scenery of a Beautiful Cancer"
This exhibition will present two painters, Itohisa Takano and Yasuhiro Yamane, who have met in 1997 at the launch of the alternative space Obscure at the Komaba hall of residence of Tokyo University. They...More »
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"Mexican Contemporary Art of Today" Talk Event
The Embassy of Mexico in Japan is delighted to announce the 400th Anniversary of Friendly Relations between Mexico and Japan. For this occasion, we invite two artists from Mexico, Carlos Ranc, who works...More »
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Eye "& Co. Soon"
NADiff Gallery will be hosting with magical, Artroom (June 21st-July 18th), artist Eye's solo show from June 21st to July 12th. After carrying out performances with loading shovels from the early 80s,...More »
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Chim Pom "Hiroshima!!"
In October 2008, the art unit Chim Pom wrote "pika", roughly meaning "flash!", in katakana in the sky above Hiroshima City. This act was initially meant to be material for their video piece, but inadvertently...More »
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Ryudai Takano "With Me"
Talk Event by Yuji Yamashita + Ryudai Takano Date & Time: April 29th (Wed) 18:00-20:00 (Doors open 17:30) Free admission. Reservation not required. [Image: "with AA" from the series "With Me"...More »
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Taisuke Koyama "Entropix: High Speed Slide Show"
For only three days, NaDiff Gallery presents Taisuke Koyama's video installation consisting of a "high speed slide show" and new inkjet prints. His works will also be presented at G/P Gallery located in...More »
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"Nude!! No Nude!? by Kishin NADiff A/P/A/R/T x Kishin" Exhibition
Commemorating the release of photographer Kishin Shinoyama's photo book "Nude by Kishin," which comprises nude photographs taken by him in the last 50 years, NADiff A/P/A/R/T, the art complex in Ebisu...More »
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Taro Izumi "A Hole Instead of a Mountain"
While conscious of the bodily aspects of his work, Taro Izumi creates performances that contain dizzying moments when his behaviors and actions go beyond our expectations. He documents his performances...More »
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Mika Ninagawa "Gift Goods and Prints @ NADiff a/p/a/r/t"
On display at NADiff a/p/a/r/t are Mika Ninagawa's original items which will make the perfect gift for this holiday season. Ninagawa's photography vividly captures the momentary beauty and atmosphere...More »
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Nao Tsuda "Smoke Face"
Nadiff Gallery is holding a solo exhibition of photographer Nao Tsuda, who captures landscapes with his unique perspective. Up until this point, Tsuda has traveled to various locations. By merging himself...More »
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"happa in NADiff" Exhibition
A group of designers and architects from "happa" in Nakameguro, who handled the interior design of this venue NADiff a/p/a/r/t, present their new works in the staircase space on the 1st floor of the building....More »
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Taisuke Koyama x Gentaro Ishizuka Talk Event
Taisuke Koyama numbers among one of the most promising young photographers whose recent photo book "Entropix" was published by Art Beat Publishers & G/P Gallery in September this year. To celebrating...More »
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Yasuyuki Nishio "Super Healthy Child"
Yasuyuki Nishio is known for his large-scale paintings and sculptures of girls, as well as his paintings of ghosts and dead female figures. Celebrating the publication of his artist book, this exhibition...More »
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"Tokyo Guide 2008 by the Group 1965" Exhibition
Showa Yonju-nen-kai, or "The Group 1965" is an artist group whose members were all born in 1965 (Showa 40). Team leader Hiroyuki Matsukage, and members Makoto Aida, Sumihisa Arima, Oscar Oiwa, Tsuyoshi...More »
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Fuyuko Matsui Talk Event
This is a talk event inviting artist Fuyuko Matsui, Akimitsu Naruyama of Naruyama Gallery, and Akio Nagasawa (fashion designer).More »
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Chim Pom "Japanese Art is 10 Years Behind"
Nadiff's inaugural exhibition at their new location kicks off with an exhibition of the art group Chim Pom, known for their transgressive, performance-based video and installation works. Opening Reception:...More »
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Akira Inoue "Soundings 2007"
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Chika Kato "Farther and Closer"
In the Nadiff shop area, still photographs from a video work "Pain Flower" by Chika Kato are on display. Various stories evolve out of the fragmented images. More »
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Koki Tanaka "Sound Test etc."
Gallery Talk: April 28th (Sat), 17:00-18:30 Koki Tanaka with guests Jun Aoki (architect) and Kenjiro Hosaka (curator of National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)More »
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Stefano Cagol "The Flu ID"
Italian artist Stefano Cagol has been exhibiting his video art all over the world. Cagol's work often refers to notions of fluidity and influence. His work brings up questions about the endless story of...More »
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"Portrait Session" Exhibition
This exhibition presents portraits by 31 artists, some of whom are already known for their activities in Japan and abroad, while others are young and relatively unknown; all of them express their ideas...More »
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Daido Moriyama "Record No.6"
This exhibition celebrates the long-awaited republication of Daido Moriyama's photographic journal "Record". Started in 1972, it reached its 5th issue before being put on hold until now. Finally, after...More »
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Junko Takahashi "The Receptionist"
To celebrate the release of Junko Takahashi's newest photography book "The Receptionist" from Nazraeli press, original prints and film installations will be on display. Takahashi takes "human beings...More »
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"Magical Mag #001" Exhibition
This exhibition is being held to celebrate the publication of Magical Artroom's magazine "Magical Mag." This publication will contain an interview with Shigeo Goto, accessories by Kentaro Ishihara, works...More »
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Shinro Ohtake "Unpleasant Afternoon"
Shinro Ohtake has chosen some of pieces out of the body of his drawing work and installed them in the gallery space. The artist made his debut against the backdrop of "New Painting" in the 1980s. Making...More »
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Ushio Shinohara "The Revenge of the Poisonous Frog"
Ushio Shinohara, commonly known as Gyu-chan, was a prominent figure in the anarchist movement that protested against the Art establishment in the 1960s for his distinctive wildness. 40 years on his counter-conventional...More »
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Shoji Ueda + Shiro Sano + Anju "Another Drop of Rain"
For this exhibition, film-maker Shiro Sano has made "Another drop of Rain", a film made of still images. The exhibition incorporates work by the other artists to form an installation. Gallery Talks Tuesday...More »
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Koichi Enomoto "The Rest of Alpha"
This exhibition is introducing the young and upcoming painter Koichi Enomoto. Having participated in the seminal "After the Reality" exhibition (which will travel to New York this summer after showing...More »
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Miwako Ichikawa, Eri & Suiren Higashino "Continuous Diary"
This exhibition is a collaboration between Miwako Ichikawa, Eri and Suiren Higashino, three artists each working in diverse fields. The work on show is a diary which they have each taken turns in writing,...More »
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Ryudai Takano "In My Room"
Ryudai Takano is a photographer who takes portraits of men from a unique approach. In a lighting studio, the models are made to take a variety of clichéd poses, and while doing so, gradually take off the...More »
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Masaki Asakawa "Optic Nerve"
Extracting specific colors and shapes from real life scenes, Masaki Asakawa creates panoramic works that stay burned on the retina. The works resemble cutting edge graphic design, but in fact touch the...More »
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Haruki Maiko Exhibition
Exhibition includes a gallery talk on January 21 from 6-8pm.More »
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Yasumasa Morimura "Barco Negro Na Mesa"
The black-and-white still-life pictures Yasumasa Morimura took during his early period in the mid 1980s find their origins in the 1920s and 30s experimental photography when silver salt film mesmerized...More »
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Ozawa Tsuyoshi: Art Football DVD Launch, Talk and Screening
Art Football World Cup 2004: Sweden vs. Japan, which was screened during “Ozawa Tsuyoshi: Answer with Yes and No!” (24 August–5 December, 2004), documents the artist’s irreverent art project “2004 Art...More »
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Sako Kojima "Sakoo"
Sako Kojima's work reflects the female body and physiology in a variety of ways - she explores how the "forest inside every woman" holds together because of a dualistic structure consisting of emotional...More »
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My Moleskine Exhibition Japan
My Moleskine shows simultaneously in 5 venues the work of over 80 Japanese and foreign graphic designers, musicians, stylists, illustrators and photographers. The exhibition places importance on the creative...More »
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Koki Tanaka - Cause is Consequence
Koki Tanaka is well-known for his video-based installations. Looking at them is like peeping into an offbeat world of oddities that arise in daily life. In this showcase "Cause is Consequence", held simultaneously...More »
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"Summer Jumbo" Summer Festival by Showa 40th kai
Seven artists born in the Showa 40 year are once again coming together at Nadiff. They will be proposing a special way of spending the summer, their 40th summer! The exhibition will cover "40 exhibitions",...More »
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Shintsubo Kenshu Exhibition - Memory
Shintsubo Kenshu is an installation artist turned photographer. In this "memory" exhibition, his series of portraits of a group of four girls, will be on display.More »
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Tomoko Konoike - A crash landing on Mimio
After graduating from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Tomoko Konoike first worked as a toy designer; in 2000, she debuted as a contemporary painter. Konoike's illustrations for the "Horror...More »
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CC gazetteer - Taiji Matsue
Photographs of cities and landscapes by Taiji Matsue.More »
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Daido Moriyama + Nobuyoshi Araki Exhibition
Two great photographers of Japan, Daido Moriyama and Nobuyoshi Araki's installations. The photographs taken from "Moriyama, Shinjuku, Araki" last summer are used for the three dimentional exhibition.More »
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Yurie Nagashima Exhibition - Not Six
The model is the husband of the photographer. For seven years she took photographs of him, created graphic works, and installations. The result is presented in this exhibition.More »
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Slip Knot - Nobuya Hoki
Nobuya Hoki has been highly appreciated since his "Voca 2000" and "Roppongi Crossing" exhibitions. He is currently one of the most noteworthy drawing artists.More »
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Tokyo Sceneries II
Itohisa Takano has been a member of an alternative art group "Obscure". His past five drawing collection books have all sold out - his delicate power of expression captivates the viewers. "Tokyo Fukei...More »





