Openings in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Tokyo Art Week opens a new front with simultaneous exhibition openings by the major commercial galleries in East Tokyo.

poster for Tomoo Gokita Exhibition

Tomoo Gokita Exhibition

at Taka Ishii Gallery
in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
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poster for Runa Islam

Runa Islam "The Restless Subject"

at Shugoarts
in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
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poster for Kumie Tsuda

Kumie Tsuda "Perfect is Not Perfect"

at Tomio Koyama Gallery
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Taka Ishii Gallery is holding a solo show of work by Tomoo Gokita.

With Art Fair Tokyo and 101Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair, together with all the other Tokyo Art Week events taking place at the moment, these openings were particularly busy.

Shugoarts is showing a video installation by Runa Islam in an exhibition titled 'The Restless Subject'.

Neon works inhabit the far corner of the gallery.Next door at Miyake Fine Arts, Director Shinichi Miyake (right) talks to a guest about the Florian Süssmayr exhibition they are currently holding.

Hiromi Yoshii is holding an exhibition of New York-based artist Nick Mauss.

The view from Hiromi Yoshii's alcove space.Kido Press, Inc. is exhibiting works by Thai artist Wisut Ponnimit.

Ceramic and installation work by Kumie Tsuda are on display at Tomio Koyama Gallery.

Zenshi is showing work by Tai Ogawa, in an exhibition titled 'The End of the World and Mother-Fucker'.

Ashley Rawlings

Ashley Rawlings. Born in 1981 in London. After a year of studying painting and mixed media at Chelsea College of Art & Design, he took on Japanese Studies at Cambridge. He moved to Tokyo in 2005, where he studies the history of Japanese post-war art at Sophia University and works as a freelance writer, translator and editor. As well as writing and editing for TABlog, he writes for the Japan Times and the ART iT website. He is also the editor of Art Space Tokyo, an intimate guide to the Tokyo art world. When not in galleries and museums or taking photographs, he enjoys losing himself in among Tokyo's skyscrapers, wandering silent streets, and riding out the occasional earthquakes. Will only consider returning to Britain once they've fixed the weather. Contact at: ashley (at) tokyoartbeat.com » See other writings

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