Articles
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“Questioning the event at hand. the act of broadening one’s thinking” (1) – Dancer Iwamoto Aki
From Fukui to overseas. I got information that there are dancers in Europe where contemporary dance is popular and I got in touch with them. Iwamoto Aki（岩本亜樹）interviewed overseas about what she thinks, what she thinks, and what she... -
“Have a perspective on the times” – sculptor Iwamoto Takashi
Iwamoto Takashi（岩本宇司） is a sculptor who makes large rough pieces out of wood. He also presents pictures of the scenery in the city and drawings larger than his height. I visited Mr. Iwamoto's studio to learn about the transition of... -
“I want people to see my way of life through my work.” – Live painting artist NISHINO Kain
Do you know a performance called live painting that shows the painting process in real time? We can see it at various events in Fukui, Japan. NISHINO Kain is a live painting artist based in Fukui, Japan. She expresses her life through it... -
A retrospective exhibition of MATSUYAMA Mitsuaki, a pioneer graphic designer in Fukui. About 80 items including posters are exhibited.
"A guidepost of beauty. MATSUYAMA Mitsuaki Exhibition" will be held at the Fukui City Art Museum. From January 30, 2020. A retrospective exhibition of MATSUYAMA Mitsuaki , who died in 2019. He is a graphic designer born in Fukui. The exe... -
Report on the open house event “Nakagami-tei” designed by ISOZAKI Arata in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
In Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, there are two houses designed by architect ISOZAKI Arata. One of them, "Nakagami-tei," was opened to the public. This article is a report on the event. The house is made of concrete and feature... -
Announcing “Art Book Cafe # 1 Let’s talk about art at the center in Fukui”
GEISEN.art will hold an event "Art Book Cafe # 1 Let's talk about art at the center in Fukui" on October 19, 2019. We will exhibit 55 domestic and foreign art books collected in a bookstore near Fukui Station. There is also a space where... -
An exhibition at a bookstore in Fukui City “Scenery Where Words are Born”. 12 original paintings will be exhibited.
The exhibition "nakaban original art exhibition of Scenery Where Words are Born" will begin on September 12 at the bookstore "Waon Shobo" in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture. The event commemorating the publication of Scenery Where Words are... -
The “Fusuma Exhibition” is held in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture. There are related events such as live painting.
The planned exhibition "Dai Fusuma-ten" will start at the Paper Museum (Shinzaike-cho, Echizen-shi, Fukui) on September 6, 2019. Fusuma are doors that allow people living in Japanese houses to arrange their spaces freely. Echizen City Ha... -
“I have my own item called illustration.” – Interview with a scratching artist WAKABAYASHI Tomomi
Recently, scratchingart books have been crowded in bookstores and general stores. Some of readers may have actually bought a book and finished it. It is a common scratchingart to finish a work by shaving a black sheet. However, WAKABAYAS... -
Washi based artist KASHIO Masaji has published a collection of his works. Includes about 70 works since 1960’s.
KASHIO Masaji, a washi based artist living in Minamiechizen-town, Fukui Prefecture, published "KASHIO Masaji Collection" in early July 2019. KASHIO was born in 1933. After graduating from Fukui University, while working as an art teacher... -
Exhibition of NINAGAWA Mika and NINAGAWA Hiroko started in Awara City, Fukui JAPAN
"NINAGAWA Mika and NINAGAWA Hiroko - The world of richly colored pictures and quilts "- started on July 20, at Kanaz Forest of Creation in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture. The exhibition by photographer and film director NINAGAWA Mika, daug... -
NAGATA Mihoko ＆ MASUKO Tsuyoshi – Stained Glass Exhibition –
An exhibition by two stained glass artists is being held at Art Space KITANOSHO ( Fukui-shi, JAPAN). MASUKO's work is a work in which a sheet of flat glass has been made three-dimensional. And his work combines one part with a certain ru...
