INTERVIEW] Through Stuffed Toys, a Mixed Reality of Disgust and Cuteness: Hidehiko Iijima A stuffed rabbit with only its face painted black. The soft stuffed rabbit is surrounded by hard tree branches and straight concrete blocks, creating a fresh and...
Exhibition] Group Exhibition "UPDRAFT" Rising Artist from 100(Hyaku) nin 10 2023/24 9s Gallery is pleased to announce "UPDRAFT" Rising Artist from 100(Hyaku) nin 10 , a group exhibition from 5/18/2024 to 6/1/2024, featuring Kamakiriko, Nakamitsuki, Ruca Tairaku, Hidehiko Iijima, and Kai Inoue.
INTERVIEW] What is the "inner child" that Haruko Kumagai depicts in her first solo exhibition, "Yuukyu no Kodomo" (The Child of Eternity)? 9s Gallery is pleased to present "Yuukyu no Kodomo," a solo exhibition by Seiko Kumagai from Thursday, 2/22/2024 to Thursday, 2/29/2024. Haruko Kumagai's works are based on her childhood memories and traumas of sexual crimes....
[Exhibition] Kumagai Haruko Solo Exhibition - Yuukyu no Ko 9s Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition "Yukyu no ko" by Haruko Kumagai from Thursday, 2/22/2024 to Thursday, 2/29/2024. Solo Exhibition 9s Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition "Yukyu no ko" by Haruko Kumagai from Thursday, 2/22/2024 to Thursday, 2/29/2024. Introduction (Who is this artist? What does s/he do? Haruko Kumagai is an artist who has been creating works that confront the trauma of childhood memories and sexual assault. She has been attracting attention from the art scene. Her work continues to evolve, incorporating a wide variety of expressions, from the rich matiere of her own emotions on canvas to the "Akkun" series, in which she depicts her own inner child with her expansive brush strokes. In this work, she also took on the challenge of creating ceramics for the first time. She is an artist of note who continues to expand her range of expression.