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ACG Reflections 2: Practices of Transition -Satoshi Kawata, Hitoshi Nomura, Saburo Murakami-
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Satoshi Kawata, Hitoshi Nomura, Saburo Murakami
ACG Reflections is an exhibition that spotlights the practices of seasoned artists, reexamining the threads that run through their works and the evolution of their artistic journeys.
In the postwar art scene in the Kansai region of Japan, the acute sensitivities of artists spurred the development of experimental approaches that engaged with materials and space through the active involvement of the body. Their works resist becoming fixed Things, instead unfolding as movement generated through processes of transformation that encompass phenomena and actions. Earlier works are often revisited and reinterpreted using alternative materials and methods.
This exhibition will also highlight Saburo Murakami’s “Paper-Breaking” series and documentation capturing the decisive moment (1956); Hitoshi Nomura’s The Center of Gravity: Movement and Turning the Arm with a Movie Camera: Person, Landscape, which record the repetition of bodily movements on film (both in 1972); and Satoshi Kawata’s mural work which encompasses the acts of painting, removal, and relocation (2025, produced at ARTCOURT Gallery).
Together, the unique process-driven practices of these three artists invite us to reconsider the enduring relationship between movement, body, space, and the realm of plastic expression in postwar and contemporary Kansai.
In the postwar art scene in the Kansai region of Japan, the acute sensitivities of artists spurred the development of experimental approaches that engaged with materials and space through the active involvement of the body. Their works resist becoming fixed Things, instead unfolding as movement generated through processes of transformation that encompass phenomena and actions. Earlier works are often revisited and reinterpreted using alternative materials and methods.
This exhibition will also highlight Saburo Murakami’s “Paper-Breaking” series and documentation capturing the decisive moment (1956); Hitoshi Nomura’s The Center of Gravity: Movement and Turning the Arm with a Movie Camera: Person, Landscape, which record the repetition of bodily movements on film (both in 1972); and Satoshi Kawata’s mural work which encompasses the acts of painting, removal, and relocation (2025, produced at ARTCOURT Gallery).
Together, the unique process-driven practices of these three artists invite us to reconsider the enduring relationship between movement, body, space, and the realm of plastic expression in postwar and contemporary Kansai.
Schedule | Aug 19 (Tue) 2025-Sep 20 (Sat) 2025 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.artcourtgallery.com/eng/exhibitions/13978/ | ||||
| Venue | Artcourt Gallery https://www.artcourtgallery.com/eng/ | ||||
| Location | 1F OAP Art Court, 1-8-5 Tenmabashi, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0042 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from the West exit of Sakuranomiya Station on the JR Loop line, 10 minute walk from exit 9 at Minami-morimachi Station on the Tanimachi and Sakaisuji subway lines, 10 minute walk from exit 9 at Osakatenmangu Station on the JR Tozai line | ||||
| Phone | 06-6354-5444 | ||||
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