Held in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture at the base of Mt. Fuji, Fuji Textile Week is a hybrid event of art exhibitions and displays at local textile producers. Surrounded by nature, the city of Fujiyoshida boasts a tradition of textile-making that has continued for more than 1,000 years. While modernization has put pressure on Japan’s traditional textile businesses, many changes have been happening in Fujiyoshida over the past decade. 

Interest in regional revitalization has grown, projects aimed at bringing back industries have been launched, and creative professionals with ideas going beyond tourism are coming to Fujiyoshida. The city is working with a diverse group of people to map out its future.

Focusing on textiles as a natural resource, Fuji Textile Week 2021 intends to build a network of creative exchange that will support the invigoration and continuation of textile-making. Around ten groups of creators, including installation artist Shinji Ohmaki, architect Yumi Koori, and clothing-project organizer Yoshinari Nishio, will hold exhibitions around Fujiyoshida’s city center in locations such as former stores, warehouses, a previous bank building, and 12 sites where textiles are made. There will also be talks by artists and textile makers, live performances, and bus tours to the textile houses, among other interactive events. Discover the identity of Fujiyoshida and the fresh potential of textiles at Fuji Textile Week 2021. 

[Schedule]
Textile & Art Exhibitions: Dec. 10 (Fri), 2021–Jan. 9 (Sun), 2022
Displays at textile makers: Dec. 10 (Fri)–Dec. 12 (Sun) 
Please see the official website for details.



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下吉田の町では、中心地に残った古い空き家に、町の外からやってきた人々が移り住み、地域の人たちと混ざり合って新しいコミュニティを形成しはじめています。そんなコミュニティが支えるアーティストレジデンスは、創作・交流・町づくり、様々な要素が含まれている豊かな環境となっています。また、甲府や長野とのコミュニティの交流や、機織りの町の歴史や土壌を活かしたプログラムづくりを行っています。

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Displaying works from this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair. It is an open competition where anyone can submit a set of five illustrations, both from published and unpublished books, making it a gateway to success for new artists. In 2021, 76 artists from 23 countries, including Japan, were selected for the competition. Enjoy these unique works in Art Museum & Library, Ota, which holds more than 16,000 picture books and children's books from 60 countries around the world in its collection. 

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Art Museum & Library, Ota is a platform of knowledge and sensitivity that brings creativity to the city. The museum and library aims to be a base for the future development of the city by utilizing the creativity of the citizens of Ota, which has been nurtured through “making things”. The museum and library is a place where people can simultaneously view a wide variety of art works that stimulate their senses with fresh ideas, and library materials that provide a wide range of knowledge as a source of creative ideas. By doing so, we will help to blossom the creativity inherent in Ota citizens, and together with creative citizens, we will develop a variety of projects that will spread throughout the city and bring vitality to the city center.

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The genderless and borderless uniform label Biede will open its first showroom store, Biede Minamiaoyama, on December 4, 2012. The store will be located at Stein Box, a gallery space operated by Kleinstein, which produces and manages Biede. Biede presents short stories with its collections, in which the protagonist experiences something extraordinary. Biede Minamiaoyama will display all the new products from Biede's Collection 02, which was announced in October this year, as well as products from Collection 01, which was announced last year, and will be a place where customers can actually try on the products before purchasing them online. 

Also on display will be the photographic work taken by Quentin Shi (a.k.a. Shi Xiaofan) for Biede, which will be changed periodically. While sales will continue to be conducted online, there will also be events and special offers in the showroom store. For more details, please check Instagram (@biede_official).
*The exhibition period is unconfirmed; the end date displayed on TAB is tentative.

[Image: Photography Tsukasa Kudo ©BIÉDE]

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STEIN BOX is a showroom / gallery space created by KLEINSTEIN CO., LTD. We established this space in a corner of Minami Aoyama as a place to hold our projects and experimental exhibitions.

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Yuma Tomiyasu’s (b. 1983) installations blur distinctions between real and unreal and feature themes such as psychic and paranormal phenomena and the world of dreams. She believes that important things are hidden in our society, which tends to exclude and avoid unexplainable things, and creates works where viewers can experience the world with five, or sometimes even six senses. This exhibition connects to the exhibition “Aperto 15” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa) and the piece "The Pale Horse”, which is inspired by a dream she had as a child. In addition, this exhibition also features Tomiyasu’s paintings and sculptures. 

[Image: Yuma Tomiyasu “The Pale Horse” (2021), from “Aperto 15: Tomiyasu Yuma ‘The Pale Horse’” 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, photo by Hiroshi Noguchi] 

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Art Front is a gallery space planned and operated by Art Front Gallery Co. The gallery space has its roots in Hillside Gallery, which has organized leading exhibitions for more than 20 years since 1984, including those of Masashi Kawamata, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, and Shintaro Tanaka.

In 2010, the gallery was reopened. The gallery organizes about 10 solo and group exhibitions a year, focusing on young to mid-career artists who are ahead of their time, and also introduces overseas artists active in the international art scene. One of our strengths is that we can hold exhibitions of artists participating in art festivals such as the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale and the Setouchi International Art Festival at the same time. We hope you will enjoy the wide variety of exhibitions in the culturally rich Daikanyama neighborhood of Tokyo.
(We also offer art coordination services for your home, office, or villa in our viewing room.)

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"Update Rinne" is an ongoing work and exhibition by Kazuki Takakura. This version, "Ver4.0 Heaven, Hell, Great Hell” is the fourth and last exhibition in the series following "ver1.0" at Artist Fair Kyoto in March 2021, "ver2.0" at STYLY in April 2021, and "ver3.0 " at Haus Kyoto in July 2021. 
The series is referring to the concepts of Japanese Buddhism and Eastern philosophy on the relationship between “material/body as a hardware” and “soul/spirit as a software”. The works will be sold as NFTs and as editioned works linked to the blockchain certificate "Cert." issued by "Startbahn Cert”.


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First solo exhibition by musician OLAibi. Photographer Hiroko Matsubara captures OLAibi as she moves into the forest, spends time observing it, and records its sounds. For this exhibition, she creates an installation of white noises collected from nature. In addition, OLAibi will also release a new song and a sound-photo book. A live performance will be held on the last days of the exhibition.

[Related event]
Live Performance
Date: December 25 (Sat) and December 26 (Sun)
Time: 19:00-20:00 (Open at 18:30)
Venue: Clear Gallery Tokyo
Fee: ¥4000 (tax included)
Capacity: 30 people per session
Reservation: Peatix https://kikoenaiuma.peatix.com 


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Clear Gallery Tokyo was founded in Tokyo in 2007 by Yoichi Nakamuta as a means to combine contemporary art and collectible design within and beyond Asia. Since then, it has positioned itself as a well-known venue for both local and international artists to showcase experimental and innovative works. Beginning with an exploration of vast and varied disciplines, CLEAR GALLERY TOKYO continues to push past beyond the boundaries of art by seeking and cultivating fresh talents that will bring new dimensions to the global art community, and functions as a hub for emerging cultures and new aesthetics values, creating a casual and exciting mixture of art communities around the world. 

Joker cards created by a cast of 25 artists, including both Nihonga and Western-style painters. At times the “maid” in a game of Old Maid, at times a powerful wild card, the innate charm of the Joker will be fully expressed for all to enjoy.

An original deck of cards (limited edition of 8 ) will also be available for purchase during the exhibition, featuring reproductions of the various Jokers and flip-side designs presented by each artist.

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A gallery-selected group of illustrators, print artists, and Nihonga painters present works in which images and texts resonate and deepen the meaning of each other. 

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Laid-back gallery space with a high ceiling. Exhibits artwork of various genres. 

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Time & Style Midtown is pleased to present the Scene 5 “exercise” exhibition featuring two artists, Takuro Usui and Shoko Masunaga. This exhibition “Scene” is a series of exhibitions that began to take on the characteristics of Time & Style as a unique interior design shop and create an exhibition that focuses on the shop as a whole. This exhibition is the fifth in the series, which started to create a scene (Scene) for the artists to come into contact with the shop and its customers.

In Scene 5 “exercise,” based on the purpose of “Scene,” we will focus on the “product display” to propose and introduce the products. The exhibition was designed to allow visitors to experience the difference between a “display exhibition” and an “art exhibition.” In the interior shop, where people and products are constantly changing, and the display environment is continuously moving, the two artists have taken on the atmosphere of the shop and the products more flexibly, and based on their own experience and senses as artists, they have created an exhibition in which you can experience their approach to display.

Takuro Usui’s work is a series of installations and videos that use the shapes and patterns of familiar everyday objects, the environment, and the materials that make up the situation. Usui’s work is based on the artist’s awareness of the changes and discomforts that can occur from the minimal processing and experimentation of everyday objects. The work of Shoko Masunaga is based on the artist’s subjective perception of the environment in which her work is created and on certain rules of painting and sculpture. The result may be a repetitive pattern or shape or a borrowed outline from the environment, but it is always an extension of the artist’s sensory act of drawing. Although the two artists’ approaches to expression are different, they share a common denominator in that their work develops in various ways in response to the environment.

In the context of this exhibition, we invite you to discover the characteristics and differences between the two artists and their interaction with Time & Style’s products. The exhibition will be constantly fine-tuned, and the works will be replaced according to the situation to comply with the purpose of the exhibition.

Venue: Tokyo Midtown Galleria 3F
Part 1: December 6 (Monday) – December 25 (Saturday), 2021
Part 2: January 17 (Monday) – January 31 (Monday), 2022
*Please note that during the period between part 1 and part 2, some of the works will be taken down for the New Year holidays, but the exhibition will remain open.

[Image: (Left) Takuro Usui “Balance Game” (2021), stop-motion animation / (Right) Shoko Masunaga “Box, Box, Box” (2019), MDF, canvas, acrylic paint, pencil, cardboard, wood, size variable]

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[Related event]
Opening Talk 
Date: December 11 (Sat) 18:00

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Mujin-to Production is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Yoko Asakai, “touch” which will be the first in about 6 years at the gallery since the relocation of Mujin-to Production.

The exhibition features a new series in which Asakai pays attention to phenomena in and around her home and created works while movement is restricted due to the pandemic caused by Covid-19, comparing and contrasting with a project she worked on before the pandemic in which she documented the daily lives of others. In addition, a video installation will be exhibited along with the photographs as a bridge between the before and after of the pandemic.

At the beginning of 2020, it became difficult for Asakai to continue an ongoing series “wayfinding,” themed on mobility, which she had been working on since 2016 due to the pandemic, and as a result, it led to the creation of the series “Higurashi,” documented from the fixed observation viewpoint as to compare with “wayfinding.” 

“Higurashi” is a series of observations and records of people gathering to enjoy fireworks every night on the riverbed near Asakai’s home. The people who have lost the way to enjoy the fireworks other than gathering there on the riverbed, while wearing masks looks like they are performing a ritual or trying to regain their lost daily life, and it is even mystic. Fireworks are a summer tradition in Japan, and at the same time, they have a history of being launched for the purpose of relieving souls and eliminating plague. Through fireworks, people are regaining and sharing the enjoyment of their daily lives in the days of the pandemic, where extraordinary life has become everyday life.

Another series of photographs exhibited with “Higurashi” is “Meals”, which goes into the daily lives of others and records their dining table. This is a series taken before the pandemic and will be the first to be exhibited in Japan. This series, which was interrupted because it became difficult to easily visit and shoot at other people’s houses, is a record of everyday life before “Higurashi” became an extraordinary everyday life.

The video work “Bubble” that connects these two series is a recording of the perspective from the everyday scenery of Asakai’s home, the environment, seasons, human beings, and boundaries along with the sound.

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Mujin-to Production opened in 2006 in Koenji and moved to Kiyosumi-Shirakawa and then to Kotobashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo in 2019. The gallery manages artists who visualize their keen observations and reflections on contemporary society and history through expression. In addition to exhibitions at the gallery, we also organize many exhibitions outside the gallery depending on the concept of the work. In addition to exhibitions, we have produced many artist products such as books and DVDs to introduce the artists' vision. In the case of gallery exhibitions, the concept of the exhibition starts from the production of the DM.
Artists represented include Kazuhiko Hachiya, Ryota Yagi, Chim↑Pom, Sachiko Kazama, Ryohei Usui, Yoko Asakai, Yukihiro Taguchi, Osamu Matsuda, Tsubasa Kato, Meiro Koizumi, and Yu Araki.

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Yozo Hamaguchi was the third son of the 10th scion of the 350-year-old soy sauce maker Yamasa, Kihei Hamaguchi, himself a Nanga Japanese-style painter and collector. The 5th scion had been an accomplished Nanga painter during the Edo period. 
Yozo was a pioneer of the color mezzotint copper engraving technique and has a strong following worldwide. Upon his return to Japan in 1996 after long stints living in Paris and San Francisco Musee Hamaguchi Yozo was started to permanently exhibit his works. 

Concurrent with Johns’ forthcoming dual retrospective, Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror, at the Whitney Museum of Art, New York and the Philadelphia Museum Art (September 29, 2021 – February 13, 2022), this exhibition will focus on the artist’s prints, spanning the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Conceived between the East coast and the hurricane-prone island of St. Martin, these works evoke seeing and seasonality, deploying the corporeal and metaphorical figure of the eye, both human and of the storm.

*This exhibition is part of Art Week Tokyo.

[Image: Installation view of Jasper Johns: Eyes in the Persistence of Form, Fergus McCaffrey Tokyo, September 2021 © Jasper Johns and ULAE/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Published by ULAE; Courtesy of Fergus McCaffrey Gallery; Photo: Ryuichi Maruo ]

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Founded in 2006, Fergus McCaffrey represents an increasingly global group of post-war and contemporary artists from the United States, Europe, and Japan. For over a decade, the gallery has developed a multifaceted program, representing over 24 artists and estates worldwide. Internationally recognized for its promotion of postwar Japanese and seminal western artists, Fergus McCaffrey has locations in New York, Tokyo, and St. Barth. The gallery opened its Tokyo outpost in March 2018 with an exhibition of paintings by Robert Ryman, and its program since 2019 featured exhibitions by Ari Marcopoulos, Jasper Johns, Richard Serra, Kazuo Shiraga, Min Tanaka, Carolee Schneemann, Matthew Barney, Rita Ackermann and Andro Wekua among others. 

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Finland is a treasure house of rich nature and beautiful design. The many products that have been used for a long time in this country, said to boast the world's highest level of happiness, are backed by the idea of "remembering the great outdoors." Surrounded by such designs, the people of Finland have always loved a lifestyle that incorporates the benefits of the earth into their lives.

From the 1930s to the 1970s, designers, architects, and artists who are still widely known today emerged, and their successes helped to establish Finnish design, which continues to this day.

Under the supervision of the Helsinki Art Museum (HAM), this exhibition features textiles by Marimekko and Finlayson, glass art by Kaj Frank, ceramics, furniture, and other products, as well as paintings from the same period. With approximately 250 works and 80 related materials, the exhibition introduces the history of Finnish design, which has produced masterpieces that have been loved for generations.

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A free-form art museum where you can enjoy art at any time.
A pillar-less exhibition room with a total floor space of 837m2 and a ceiling height of 4m.
A variety of spaces can be created by freely configuring the movable wall panels.

The Bunkamura Museum of Art is an art museum that holds various art events and exhibitions. The Museum holds thematic, visionary, and topical exhibitions, focusing on the trend of modern art, as well as solo exhibitions of artists whose work have rarely been introduced in Japan before, and exhibitions of masterpieces from prominent overseas museums.

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In 79 AD, the Roman city of Pompeii was destroyed by a massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius located near Naples, Italy. The excavation of the buried Pompeii began in the 18th century and continues to this day. This exhibition features various artifacts from wall paintings, statues, and handicrafts to everyday items such as tableware and cooking utensils. It will guide visitors through the urban society and prosperous life of citizens from 2000 years ago. With full cooperation with the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, this exhibition is a rare opportunity to experience the downfall of Pompeii. 

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