9 Eyes — 9 Artists
The “Hikarie Contemporary Art Eye” series, supervised by gallerist Tomio Koyama, is a program that opens up the Japanese art scene from new perspectives. Its 13th edition is an exhibition of artists currently drawing attention, chosen by nine people — artists, curators, and art collectors.
Each artist was chosen through the perspective of an artist creating art, the perspective of a curator building exhibitions and approaching history, and the perspective of an art collector who finds joy in seeing works and reaffirms his or her own position by owning them — each from their own standpoint, their own taste, and their own will.
Participating Artists — Nominators
The nine selected artists and their nominators are as follows.
- Junko Igawa — Yuri Mitsuda (Manager, Curatorial Department, DIC Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art)
- Kumi Kaguraoka — Makoto Takeuchi (Art collector, Director, CTO & CPO of BizReach, Inc.)
- Asami Shoji — Reiko Tsubaki (Curator, Mori Art Museum)
- Yu Takamizawa — Toru Kuwakubo (Painter)
- Kazuyuki Takezaki — Satoshi Shiraki & Michiyo Kamata (Art collectors)
- Yasuko Toyoshima — Fumihiko Sumitomo (Director, Arts Maebashi)
- Koji Nakano — Izumi Kato (Artist)
- Ayano Nanakarage — Aiko Miyanaga (Artist)
- Miryam Haddad — Miwa Taguchi (Art collector, Taguchi Art Collection)
Each nominator’s reasons were posted at the venue.
Junko Igawa
Kumi Kaguraoka
Right: Kumi Kaguraoka ≪Prottype of Extender finger≫ 2019 @15
Right: Kumi Kaguraoka ≪Prottype of Prima Legs(Left)- no.1≫ 2019 @8
Asami Shoji
Kazuyuki Takezaki
Yasuko Toyoshima
Koji Nakano
Ayano Nanakarage
Miryam Haddad
