Chuo-ku Tourism Association correspondent blog

At MEGUMI OGITA GALLERY (Megumi Ogita Gallery), located on the first basement floor of the Ginza Otsuka Building, Ginza 2-chome, Tomokazu Hiroe's new solo exhibition "Hellish Toy Story - From Jigoku Soshi Paper-" is currently being held.

Hiroe's solo exhibition at the gallery will be the third time.

 

I don't know what is professional, but Hiroe seems to be making the groundwork with the same classical technique of painting as Rubens, "Second Flender Technique" ().

 

By the way, Rubens is a leading painter and diplomat representing the Baroque Flanders (now Belgium). The climax of the TV anime "Flanders Dog", a scene where you still cry every time you see it, and the picture that Nello at the end is the Rubens masterpiece "The Ascending of Christ" actually hung over the Virgin Mary Cathedral in Antwerp.

 

At the venue, a masterpiece with the motif of the flame of "hell grass paper", a war painting in which demon and toy soldiers are mixed up in hell, and Hiroe's first mural with the motif of "birds and beasts caricature" (directly drawn on the wall of the gallery!) It was on display

I got a mysterious, bright and lively impression of the terrible theme of "Hell Soshi Paper".

 

The fusion of the flatness of Japanese painting and the three-dimensionality of Western painting, the dynamism of red flames and the still life-like contrast of stuffed animals and toys is fresh.

 

The period is until December 5th (Sat).

Opening hours are from 11:00 to 19:00, and are closed on Sundays, Mondays and holidays.

Click here for the website of Megumi Ogita Gallery.　⇒

http://www.megumiogita.com/

 

 

 

　　  On November 1st, three galleries in Ginza were specially opened on this day, so I went out with excitement.

　The first thing I visited was "Yasushiyama Gallery" near Kabukiza.

　A lot of works by Yasushi Kanzaki were exhibited.

It's all made by carving out from one tree.

　I would like to introduce some wonderful works.

Both the bozuki and the apples are carved out of one tree, the same as the outer frame.

　

These candles and their hanging wax are made of a picture frame and a tree.

　

The second house I visited was Ginza Yanagi Gallery.

　On this day, a lot of works by artist Tatsuhiko Shimamura were exhibited.

He drew softly based on "white table and petrag" and white.

Please enjoy the soft atmosphere with the whole picture.

　

The third house is "Gallery Hayashi".

The "Primary and Portrait Exhibition" was being held, and it was a collaboration between portraits by photographer Hidemi Shinoda and picture frames created by classical techniques by picture frame writer Haruko Ishii.

I photographed the atmosphere at the entrance and watched it slowly inside.　I felt that good photos and good picture frames were increasing each other's value.

　

I'd like to introduce you to 　Xmas Art Festa. 24 galleries in Ginza and Kyobashi districts will participate. Both you and you feel that the threshold is high will welcome you during this period, so feel free to go there.

Period: From December 11 (Fri) to 19 (Sat), 2015.　This is also a must-see!

For more information, please visit the Ginza Gallery's website.　

http://www.ginza-galleries.com/xmasartfes.html