Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

Hello. It's Hanes, a new correspondent!
I visited a gallery in Ginza for the first time the other day, influenced by my correspondent seniors.
For me, who is not familiar with art, I had the image of "a gallery seems to have a high threshold."
When I actually visited, the image was dispelled, and it turned into a positive impression, "I want to go again!"
This time, I would like to introduce a wonderful gallery that made me think so.

The gallery is located in the Okuno Building, a luxury designer's condominium built in 1932.
This building, which has witnessed the transition of Ginza for more than 85 years, has been reborn as a center of art in Ginza, and is still active in Balibari.



The gallery you are looking for is on the upper floor, so you'll move with a retro manual elevator that you've been concerned about for a long time!
It's very fresh for me who got used to automatic doors.
I think this elevator is the gateway to the world of mysterious stories.

　

The number of floors is analog, but it is somewhat reminiscent of Western antiques.
If you look at the needle that moves smoothly as you move up and down the elevator, you will feel like you have a time slip.



And we arrived at Gallery Camellia with a lovely atmosphere in No. 502.



Currently, Kazumi Nagaoka exhibition "Appearance" is being held.
After completing a teacher training course at Kochi University, he was nearing his graduation.
Mr. Nagaoka said that he met a terracotta teacher from Tokyo at a workshop held in Kochi.
I was able to make the most of the goodness of the soil, and I was fascinated by the terracotta that says, "What I actually created will take shape as it is."
He seems to have been working since then.

Many of Mr. Nagaoka's works make viewers feel gentle and calm.
Works have been set up in shops, clinics, clinics, clinics, etc., mainly in Okayama, Hyogo, and Kagawa prefectures.
Recently, he provided relief to the Daita Kindergarten New Garden Building attached to Daita Church in Setagaya-ku.
Since there are only wonderful works, I would like to introduce some of them after obtaining permission from Mr. Nagaoka himself and the owner of the gallery.

"I'm afraid,"



"Stand up,"



"Beat of the sky" (foreground) / "Sound (yellow)", "Sound (peach)" (back)



"A flash,"



In addition, works on the theme of clouds and flowers are also exhibited.

The gentle colors and textures include incorporating ceramic techniques and making their own colors using makeup mud.
This is realized by Mr. Nagaoka's desire to make use of the texture of the soil.

This exhibition will be held until Sunday.
It's around this time when it's warm and cheerful...Why don't you get lost in the world of stories in Ginza?

■Kazumi Nagaoka Exhibition "Appears"
April 3 (Tuesday)-April 15 (Sunday) 2018
From 12:00 to 19:00 (last day 16:30)
https://www.facebook.com/kazumi.terra/

■Gallery Camellia
〒No. 502, Okuno Building No. 1-9-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
http://gallerycamellia.jp/
1 minute walk from Exit 10 of Ginza 1-chome Station on the Yurakucho Line
5-minute walk from Exit A13 of Ginza Station on the Ginza Line, Hibiya Line, Marunouchi Line
5-minute walk from Exit 2 of Kyobashi Station on the Ginza Line