Take Ninagawa Reopens in Higashi Azabu

Formerly located in Ebisu, Takefloor 404 & 502 has reopened in a larger space in Higashi Azabu, also changing its name to Take Ninagawa. It celebrated its relocation with a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Misaki Kawai.

poster for Misaki Kawai Exhibition

Misaki Kawai Exhibition

at Take Ninagawa
in the Roppongi, Akasaka area
This event has ended - (2008-01-26 - 2008-03-08)

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In Photo Reports by Ashley Rawlings 2008-01-27 print

The glow of the white cube lit up this quiet residential street.

Although bigger than the previous space in Ebisu, the gallery filled up with guests very quickly.

Directors Atsuko Ninagawa (left) and Kazuyuki Takezaki (centre) talk to Atsuko Koyanagi, director of Gallery Koyanagi.

Misaki Kawai standing next to her installation work hanging from the ceiling.

A close up on the lower half of the hanging installation work.Misa Shin, director of Art Fair Tokyo, wondering how to get through the crowd to the other side of the room.

As the gallery became too crowded, the guests spilled into the office space.

Ashley Rawlings

Ashley Rawlings. Ashley is an editor, writer and translator, and was based in Tokyo from 2005 to 2008, where he conducted research into the history of Japanese postwar art at Sophia University. He was the editor of TABlog from 2006 to 2008. More information about his work can be found at www.ashleyrawlings.com » See other writings

Comments

  1. Jose Luis
    2008-01-27

    darn, I wish I had gone! Misaki Kawai is one of my favorite Japanese artists but I didn’t know about this opening until now:/
    Looks fun though, I enjoy these gallery opening posts.

  2. Jose Luis
    2008-01-27

    by the way, does anyone know if they have any of her books or sale?

  3. Ashley Rawlings
    2008-01-28

    I didn’t take a close look, but I did see some small booklets of hers.
    Glad you like these gallery opening posts – will try to keep them coming.

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