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...
INTERVIEW] Kunihiro Watanabe: The "Beauty of Lines and Margins" of Japanese Manga as Art Artist Kunihiro Watanabe will participate in the three-person exhibition "Spring Makes Me Meet You" at 9s Gallery from April 13 to 20. He is an artist who continues his practice of incorporating Japanese manga into art...
Paintings for cafes and restaurants Recommended paintings for each type of store and how to find them Have you ever had the experience of coming to a café for a cup of coffee and suddenly being comforted by a picture on display? Pictures displayed in cafes and restaurants create an image of...
[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.
