3 is a Magic Number three is a magic number 14
We visited the solo exhibition “3 is a Magic Number three is a magic number 14” by the artist collective “three,” made up of three artists (Hiroki Kawasaki, Shuhei Sasaki, and Kitaro Koide) all born in Fukushima Prefecture in 1986.
The venue was the Takasaki City Museum of Art. It is a conveniently located museum, easily reached on foot from Takasaki Station.
1st Floor
Once you purchase a ticket and enter, there is an entrance where you pass through a curtain made of vinyl packages containing the exhibition flyers. Visitors can tear off one from the bottom in sequence, so each person can take one home.
2nd Floor
Going up the stairs, the 2nd floor space presents an installation of “Daruma” dolls, which are also designated as a traditional craft of the host city of Takasaki.
This is a participatory exhibition where visitors can paint in one eye of a Daruma doll and write their own name on it (one per person).
Another participatory project uses the fish-shaped soy sauce bottles that also appear in the installation.
3rd Floor
The exhibition room on the 3rd floor presents a series of works using character figures.
There was also a screening of a video documenting the production process.
Including the participatory elements, a pop and playful world unfolded throughout the show.
