[Image: Tohru Nakazaki "Sign Shop Nakazaki" (2014) Photo: Kuniya Oyamada]

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This is the first large-scale solo exhibition at a museum of art in which Mito-born and -based contemporary artist Tohru Nakasaki interprets Mito from his own unique perspective.

The exhibition will weave together old and new work, including work based on the motif of billboards, a representative early work, three-dimensional work made from colored acrylic and fluorescent light, and an installation that extracts words from research and interviews to create a story. The exhibition will also include sculptures made from fluorescent light materials and installations that extract words from research and interviews to create a story.

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Art Tower Mito is a cultural complex with a concert hall, theater, and contemporary art gallery, all of which feature a distinctive 100-meter-tall tower commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mito. Since its opening in 1990, the three divisions of music, theater, and fine arts have been conducting a variety of attractive and independently planned programs, as well as various projects in cooperation with citizens as a base for local cultural activities. The Contemporary Art Gallery holds three to four exhibitions a year, including solo exhibitions by world-renowned artists, solo exhibitions by leading Japanese artists, and group exhibitions with themes that respond to the times.

Tohru Nakazaki "Fiction Traveler"

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