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Kenjiro Okazaki

  • “Every single pine needle, every grain of sand at the beach, every fog in the dark woods…,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas, H 210 x W 210 x D 7 cm

  • “‘Who is it, and what have you come here for.’ The mountain stream water slipping quietly through the mossy crag was always cool and clear,…,” 2016, Acrylic paint on canvas, H 235 x W 201.5 x D 7 cm

  • “I suspect you will dry out this water, or otherwise drink it down. But the water will absolutely not perish. The water simply changed form and moved on…,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas, H 210 x W 260 x D 7 cm

  • “Broom of empty space/ Aufheben,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 25 x W 18 x D 3 cm

  • Installation view from solo exhibition “Kenjiro Okazaki,” 2016, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo

  • “Logos / Beat ice in the quest for fire, point to heaven to receive fish,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 18 × W 23 × D 6.5 cm

  • “Ten figures borne from the navel / Vishnu,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 18 × W 23 × D 6.5 cm

  • “Tieholtsodi ’s back / Moon and sun still in the swamp,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 29.5 x W 22 x D 6.5 cm

  • “Land of Po pay / Old man’s clay,” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 22 × W 29.5 × D 6.5 cm

  • “Nestle in the mistletoe (your first shave),” 2016, Acrylic on canvas with wooden frame, H 18 × W 25 x D 6.5 cm

Profile
Kenjiro Okazaki Kenjiro Okazaki (b. 1955) is a Japanese visual artist whose works span over several genres, including painting, sculpture, as well as landscape and architecture.

Many of his works have been featured in public collections throughout Japan and in various exhibitions around the world. In 2002, Okazaki was selected as the director of the Japanese pavilion of the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice Biennale. His works include a collaborative performance ‘I Love my Robot’ with the choreographer Trisha Brown, premiered in early 2007. He received a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in 2014.

Okazaki is an active theoretician and critic, and has authored several books, including Renaissance: Condition of Experience (Bunshun Gakugei Library, 2015) featuring his analysis of Filippo Brunelleschi, and Abstract Art as Impact: The Concrete Genealogy of Abstract Art (Akishobo, 2018) which received the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2019.

Awards
2014 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG)
2007 "I love my robots," Dance work co-created with the Trisha Brown Dance Company,
Grant from Japan Foundation and Asian Cultural Council
1992 Triangle Artists’ Workshop (Pine Plains, New York), Grant from Japan Foundation
1986 Grant from Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to study in New York

Solo Exhibitions
2022 「TOPICA PICTUS Revisited: Forty Red, White, And Blue Shoestrings And A Thousand Telephones」Blum & Poe, Tokyo
2021 TOPICA PICTUS, galerie frank elbaz, Paris
TOPICA PICTUS, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
2020 TOPICA PICTUS, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
TOPICA PICTUS, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
TOPICA PICTUS, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
A Decade or So Ago・As Tears Go By, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2019 Kenjiro Okazaki - Retrospective Strata, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Solo exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2018 Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
2017 'Things’ never die. It only changes its form., A-things, Tokyo
2016 Solo exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
POST / UMUM = OCT / OPUS, Kazenosawa Museum, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
2015 Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
2014 B-things and C-things @ A-things, A-things, Tokyo
Hand painted Ceramic Tile / Painting, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
2011 Solo exhibition, Galleria, Finarte, Nagoya
2010 Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
2009 MOT Collection Special Exhibition: Kenjiro Okazaki, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
2008 Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
2007 ZERO THUMBNAIL, A-things, Tokyo

Group Exhibition
2021 Kenjiro OKAZAKI & Hisao MATSUURA exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
Special feature exhibition | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Rafaël Rozendaal, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2020 5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Tokyo
-Inside the Collector’s Vault, vol.1- Takahashi Collection, WHAT museum, Tokyo
2019 Parergon: Japanese Art of the 1980s and 1990s, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Abstractions in Asia: from 1960 to nowadays, Vazieux - Art Gallery Paris, Paris
Drawing: Manner | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Aya Kawato, Hideki Makiguchi, Goro Murayama, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2018 Starting Points: Japanese Art of the '80s, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
2015 An Art Exhibition for Children: Whose place is this?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Shunsuke Imai, Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2014 Articulating Form, BankART1929, Kanagawa Prefecture
2007 Europera 5, Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Painting As Forest: Artist as Thinker, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi Prefecture

Publication
2022 TOPICA PICTUS, Iwanami shoten
2021 Collection of Critical Essays, vol. 1: Sensorial Eden, Akishobo
2020 TOPICA PICTUS, Nanarokusha Publishing Inc.
2018 Abstract Art as Impact: The Analysis of Modern Art, Akishobo.
2014 Renaissance: Condition of Experience, Bungeishunju Ltd.
2004 Little Lellolello, Shogakukan Inc.
2004 Popahhpe Popipappu, Crayon House.

Collection
　 Agency for Cultural Affairs
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Benesse Art Site Naoshima
Chiba City Museum of Art
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Iwaki City Art Museum
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
Mitaka City Arts Foundation
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
Ohara Museum of Art
Oita Art Museum
Okazaki City Mindscape Museum
Osaka City Museum of Modern Art
Setagaya Art Museum
Sezon Museum of Modern Art
Taguchi Art Collection
Takahashi Collection
Takamatsu City Museum of Art
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
Faret Tachikawa（Tachikawa City） Fukuyama City
Hiroshima Prefectural Women's University
Yumeooka Art Project（Yokohama City）

Others
Art Fairs
2017　　 Art Basel Miami
Art Stage Singapore
2016 Art Fair Tokyo
2014 Art Basel Hong Kong
Curation
2019 Kazuo Sakata: Recoup Lost Ground, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo
2017 The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact -How Abstract Arts can become Concrete Tools, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi Prefecture

Profile

Kenjiro Okazaki Kenjiro Okazaki (b. 1955) is a Japanese visual artist whose works span over several genres, including painting, sculpture, as well as landscape and architecture.

Many of his works have been featured in public collections throughout Japan and in various exhibitions around the world. In 2002, Okazaki was selected as the director of the Japanese pavilion of the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice Biennale. His works include a collaborative performance ‘I Love my Robot’ with the choreographer Trisha Brown, premiered in early 2007. He received a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG) in 2014.

Okazaki is an active theoretician and critic, and has authored several books, including Renaissance: Condition of Experience (Bunshun Gakugei Library, 2015) featuring his analysis of Filippo Brunelleschi, and Abstract Art as Impact: The Concrete Genealogy of Abstract Art (Akishobo, 2018) which received the Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts in 2019.

Awards

2014 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (HMSG)
2007 "I love my robots," Dance work co-created with the Trisha Brown Dance Company,
Grant from Japan Foundation and Asian Cultural Council
1992 Triangle Artists’ Workshop (Pine Plains, New York), Grant from Japan Foundation
1986 Grant from Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to study in New York

Solo Exhibitions

2022 「TOPICA PICTUS Revisited: Forty Red, White, And Blue Shoestrings And A Thousand Telephones」Blum & Poe, Tokyo
2021 TOPICA PICTUS, galerie frank elbaz, Paris
TOPICA PICTUS, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
2020 TOPICA PICTUS, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
TOPICA PICTUS, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
TOPICA PICTUS, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
A Decade or So Ago・As Tears Go By, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2019 Kenjiro Okazaki - Retrospective Strata, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Solo exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2018 Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
2017 'Things’ never die. It only changes its form., A-things, Tokyo
2016 Solo exhibition, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
POST / UMUM = OCT / OPUS, Kazenosawa Museum, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
2015 Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
2014 B-things and C-things @ A-things, A-things, Tokyo
Hand painted Ceramic Tile / Painting, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
2011 Solo exhibition, Galleria, Finarte, Nagoya
2010 Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
2009 MOT Collection Special Exhibition: Kenjiro Okazaki, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Solo exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
2008 Solo exhibition, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo
2007 ZERO THUMBNAIL, A-things, Tokyo

Group Exhibition

2021 Kenjiro OKAZAKI & Hisao MATSUURA exhibition, Galleria Finarte, Nagoya
Special feature exhibition | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Rafaël Rozendaal, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2020 5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Tokyo
-Inside the Collector’s Vault, vol.1- Takahashi Collection, WHAT museum, Tokyo
2019 Parergon: Japanese Art of the 1980s and 1990s, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Abstractions in Asia: from 1960 to nowadays, Vazieux - Art Gallery Paris, Paris
Drawing: Manner | Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Aya Kawato, Hideki Makiguchi, Goro Murayama, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2018 Starting Points: Japanese Art of the '80s, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
2015 An Art Exhibition for Children: Whose place is this?, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Shunsuke Imai, Kenjiro Okazaki, Enrico Isamu Oyama, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2014 Articulating Form, BankART1929, Kanagawa Prefecture
2007 Europera 5, Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Painting As Forest: Artist as Thinker, Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi Prefecture

Publication

2022 TOPICA PICTUS, Iwanami shoten
2021 Collection of Critical Essays, vol. 1: Sensorial Eden, Akishobo
2020 TOPICA PICTUS, Nanarokusha Publishing Inc.
2018 Abstract Art as Impact: The Analysis of Modern Art, Akishobo.
2014 Renaissance: Condition of Experience, Bungeishunju Ltd.
2004 Little Lellolello, Shogakukan Inc.
2004 Popahhpe Popipappu, Crayon House.

Collection

　 Agency for Cultural Affairs
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
Benesse Art Site Naoshima
Chiba City Museum of Art
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Iwaki City Art Museum
Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art
Mitaka City Arts Foundation
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama
National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
Ohara Museum of Art
Oita Art Museum
Okazaki City Mindscape Museum
Osaka City Museum of Modern Art
Setagaya Art Museum
Sezon Museum of Modern Art
Taguchi Art Collection
Takahashi Collection
Takamatsu City Museum of Art
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
Faret Tachikawa（Tachikawa City） Fukuyama City
Hiroshima Prefectural Women's University
Yumeooka Art Project（Yokohama City）

Others

Art Fairs
2017　　 Art Basel Miami
Art Stage Singapore
2016 Art Fair Tokyo
2014 Art Basel Hong Kong
Curation
2019 Kazuo Sakata: Recoup Lost Ground, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo
2017 The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact -How Abstract Arts can become Concrete Tools, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi Prefecture

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6

Appointment:

hhttps://calendar.app.google/GsWrCYXcDka8uEjJ6

 

Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6

Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023

Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

    Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5

    Appointment:

    https://calendar.app.google/vzgPq9N6wKwYjea26

     

    Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5

    Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
    Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023

    Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

    Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

    Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

    TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

    Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

    TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

      Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4

       

      Appointment:

      https://calendar.app.google/srfW8N9r8brEGHxh8

       

      Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4

      Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition

      Period: Wednesday, July 19th – Wednesday, August 30th

      Summer Holiday: Wednesday, August 9 – Wednesday, August 16

      Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

      Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

      Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

      TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

      Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

      TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

        Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3

         

        Appointment:

         

        https://calendar.app.google/nHG3C9dWE7NzV3dw9

         

         

         

        Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3
        Venue: TSCA Viewing  space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

         

        Exhibition Period: Saturday, June 3rd –Saturday, July 8th
        Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
        Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
        Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
        TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
        TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL:  gallery@tsca.jp

         

          Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2

          Appointment:

          https://calendar.app.google/6bBTxtnfTK5rafD3A

           

          Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2
          Venue: TSCA Viewing  space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

          Exhibition Period: Saturday, April 14th – Saturday, May 27th
          Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
          Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
          Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
          TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
          TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL:  gallery@tsca.jp

            Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1

             Appointment:

            https://calendar.app.google/HtT5t2aXGXbPGqLQ6

            Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1
            Venue: TSCA Viewing  space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

            Exhibition Period: Saturday, February 14th – Friday, March 10th
            Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
            Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
            Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
            TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
            TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL:  gallery@tsca.jp

              Kenjro Okazaki：Morikazu Kumagai Talk

              (Japanese)

              東京国立近代美術館（竹橋）にて開催されている「熊谷守一 生きるよろこび」の関連イベントで、1月13日（土）14:00より岡﨑乾二郎が講演いたします。

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              【イベント概要】
              講演会「モリカズについて、いま語れることの全て」
              日時：1月13日（土）14:00〜15:30（開場は開演の30分前）
              場所：東京国立近代美術館講堂（地下1階）
              講師：岡﨑乾二郎（造形作家、批評家）
              詳細：先着150名＊
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              【展覧会概要】
              「没後40年 熊谷守一 生きるよろこび」
              会　　場：東京国立近代美術館 1階 企画展ギャラリー
              期　　間：2017年12月1日（金）〜2018年3月21日（水・祝）
              休 館 日：月曜日（ただし 1月8日、2月12日は開館）、年末年始（12月28日～2018年１月１日）、1月9日（火）、2月13日（火）
              開館時間：10:00〜17:00（金、土曜日は20:00まで、入館は閉館30分前まで）
              観 覧 料：一般 1,400円（1,000円）／大学・専門学校生 900円（600円）／高校生 400円（200円）
              ＊（　）内は20名以上の団体料金、＊中学生以下、障がい者手帳等をご提示の方とその付添者（１名）は無料。
              展覧会ウェブサイト：http://kumagai2017.exhn.jp
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                Kenjiro Okazaki : Art Basel Miami Beach 2017

                (Japanese)

                【Art Basel Miami Beach 2017出展のお知らせ】
                　
                　
                Takuro Someya Contemporary Artは2017年12月7日（木）からアメリカ・フロリダ州のマイアミビーチで開催されるArt Basel Miami Beach 2017に出展いたします。
                　
                今回、アーティストのキャリアを問わず3年以内に制作された作品を発表するセクションのNova Sectorにて、岡﨑乾二郎の個展形式で新作絵画を発表いたします。
                　
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                Art Basel Miami Beach 2017
                　
                一般公開：
                12月7日（木）15:00〜20:00（ベルニサージュ：11:00〜15:00 ＊招待制）
                12月8日（金）12:00〜20:00
                12月9日（土）12:00〜20:00
                12月10日（日）12:00〜18:00
                　
                会場：
                Miami Beach Convention Center
                1901 Convention Center Drive
                Miami Beach, FL 33139
                　
                ブース番号：
                N24
                　
                Art Basel Miami Beach 2017 Official Website：
                https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach

                Kenjiro Okazaki

                (Japanese)

                京都市のnowakiにて、7月14日(金)～7月23日(日)おかざき乾じろと詩人・ぱくきょんみの展覧会「カイダンの女」が開催されます。
                　

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                「カイダンの女」
                　
                整　　形：おかざき乾じろ
                テキスト：ぱくきょんみ
                会　　期：2017年7月14日(金) – 7月23日(日) 
                時　　間：11:00 – 19:00
                会　　場：nowaki
                〒606-8386 京都府京都市左京区川端通仁王門下ル新丸太町49-1

                  Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools” Talk

                  (Japanese)

                  豊田市美術館にて4月22日（土）〜6月11日（日）まで開催中の岡﨑乾二郎が企画監修を務めた展覧会「岡﨑乾二郎の認識　―　抽象の力―現実（concrete）展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」にて、5月14日（日）14時より、岡﨑による講演会が行われます。
                  　
                  講演会「抽象の力―現実（concrete）展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」
                  講師：岡崎乾二郎（本展監修者、造形作家）
                  会場：美術館1階講堂（定員172名、先着順、聴講無料）
                  日時：5月14日（日）　14:00-（開場は13:30-）
                  　　　美術館１階講堂（先着172名）事前申込不要
                  　
                  また、本展覧会について福永信氏によるレビューが関西圏のカルチャーイベントに関するウェブマガジン「REALKYOTO」（下記リンク）にてご覧いただけます。
                  　
                  http://realkyoto.jp/review/abstract-art-as-impac/
                  　　
                  戦前から現代までの「抽象芸術」の歴史を俯瞰した本展覧会をわかりやすく紐解いた内容となっております。
                  　
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                  【展覧会概要】
                  「岡﨑乾二郎の認識　―　抽象の力―現実（concrete）展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」
                  http://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/…/20…/special/okazaki.html
                  　　
                  会　　場：豊田市美術館　展示室1～4
                  期　　間：4月22日（土）〜6月11日（日）
                  休 館 日：月曜日（5月1日は開館）
                  開館時間：10:00～17:30（入場は17:00まで）
                  主　　催：豊田市美術館
                  観 覧 料：一般800円（700円）／高大生500円（400円）／中学生以下無料　＊（　）内は20名以上の団体料金、＊障がい者手帳をお持ちの方（介添者1名）、豊田市内在住・在学の高校生、豊田市内在住の75歳以上は無料（要証明）

                  企画監修：岡﨑乾二郎（造形作家）

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                    Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools”

                    “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki – Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools,” curated by Kenjiro Okazaki, will be opening at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi Prefecture) on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017. Aside from his active career as an artist, Okazaki has introduced innovative views on artworks and art history based on his broad knowledge of culture and art. He will examine the primal intentions of Abstract Art in this exhibition through exploring the art collection built by Toyota Municipal Museum of Art since its opening in 1995.

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                    “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki – Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools”

                    https://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/exhibition/2017/special/Kenjiro_Okazaki/

                     

                    Period: April 22 (Sat) – June 11 (Sun)

                    Closed: Mondays (except May 1)
                    Hours: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (entrance until 5 p.m.)
                    Organized by: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
                    Admission Fees: Adults ¥800; High school and university students ¥500 
                    ＊Free for elementary and junior high school students, high school student (live in Toyota City),
                    senior (75 and over) and mentally or physically disabled people with one attendant.
                    Curated by: Kenjiro Okazaki (Artist)

                    Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6

                    Appointment:

                    hhttps://calendar.app.google/GsWrCYXcDka8uEjJ6

                     

                    Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 6

                    Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
                    Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023

                    Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

                    Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

                    Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

                    TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

                    Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

                    TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

                      Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5

                      Appointment:

                      https://calendar.app.google/vzgPq9N6wKwYjea26

                       

                      Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 5

                      Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
                      Exhibition Period: Thursday, September 14, 2023– Saturday, October 14, 2023

                      Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

                      Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

                      Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

                      TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex Ⅰ 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

                      Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

                      TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

                        Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4

                         

                        Appointment:

                        https://calendar.app.google/srfW8N9r8brEGHxh8

                         

                        Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 4

                        Venue: TSCA Viewing space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art Exhibition

                        Period: Wednesday, July 19th – Wednesday, August 30th

                        Summer Holiday: Wednesday, August 9 – Wednesday, August 16

                        Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

                        Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays

                        Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

                        TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa

                        Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan

                        TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL: gallery@tsca.jp

                          Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3

                           

                          Appointment:

                           

                          https://calendar.app.google/nHG3C9dWE7NzV3dw9

                           

                           

                           

                          Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 3
                          Venue: TSCA Viewing  space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

                           

                          Exhibition Period: Saturday, June 3rd –Saturday, July 8th
                          Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
                          Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
                          Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
                          TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
                          TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL:  gallery@tsca.jp

                           

                            Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2

                            Appointment:

                            https://calendar.app.google/6bBTxtnfTK5rafD3A

                             

                            Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 2
                            Venue: TSCA Viewing  space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

                            Exhibition Period: Saturday, April 14th – Saturday, May 27th
                            Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
                            Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
                            Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
                            TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
                            TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL:  gallery@tsca.jp

                              Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1

                               Appointment:

                              https://calendar.app.google/HtT5t2aXGXbPGqLQ6

                              Kenjiro Okazaki: Zero Thumbnail Viewing Vol. 1
                              Venue: TSCA Viewing  space｜Takuro Someya Contemporary Art

                              Exhibition Period: Saturday, February 14th – Friday, March 10th
                              Open: Tue – Sat 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
                              Closed: Sun, Mon and National Holidays
                              Takuro Someya Contemporary Art
                              TSCA 3F TERRADA Art Complex 1-33-10 Higashi-Shinagawa Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan
                              TEL 03-6712-9887 ｜FAX 03-4578-0318 ｜E-MAIL:  gallery@tsca.jp

                                Kenjro Okazaki：Morikazu Kumagai Talk

                                (Japanese)

                                東京国立近代美術館（竹橋）にて開催されている「熊谷守一 生きるよろこび」の関連イベントで、1月13日（土）14:00より岡﨑乾二郎が講演いたします。

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                                【イベント概要】
                                講演会「モリカズについて、いま語れることの全て」
                                日時：1月13日（土）14:00〜15:30（開場は開演の30分前）
                                場所：東京国立近代美術館講堂（地下1階）
                                講師：岡﨑乾二郎（造形作家、批評家）
                                詳細：先着150名＊
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                                【展覧会概要】
                                「没後40年 熊谷守一 生きるよろこび」
                                会　　場：東京国立近代美術館 1階 企画展ギャラリー
                                期　　間：2017年12月1日（金）〜2018年3月21日（水・祝）
                                休 館 日：月曜日（ただし 1月8日、2月12日は開館）、年末年始（12月28日～2018年１月１日）、1月9日（火）、2月13日（火）
                                開館時間：10:00〜17:00（金、土曜日は20:00まで、入館は閉館30分前まで）
                                観 覧 料：一般 1,400円（1,000円）／大学・専門学校生 900円（600円）／高校生 400円（200円）
                                ＊（　）内は20名以上の団体料金、＊中学生以下、障がい者手帳等をご提示の方とその付添者（１名）は無料。
                                展覧会ウェブサイト：http://kumagai2017.exhn.jp
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                                  Kenjiro Okazaki : Art Basel Miami Beach 2017

                                  (Japanese)

                                  【Art Basel Miami Beach 2017出展のお知らせ】
                                  　
                                  　
                                  Takuro Someya Contemporary Artは2017年12月7日（木）からアメリカ・フロリダ州のマイアミビーチで開催されるArt Basel Miami Beach 2017に出展いたします。
                                  　
                                  今回、アーティストのキャリアを問わず3年以内に制作された作品を発表するセクションのNova Sectorにて、岡﨑乾二郎の個展形式で新作絵画を発表いたします。
                                  　
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                                  Art Basel Miami Beach 2017
                                  　
                                  一般公開：
                                  12月7日（木）15:00〜20:00（ベルニサージュ：11:00〜15:00 ＊招待制）
                                  12月8日（金）12:00〜20:00
                                  12月9日（土）12:00〜20:00
                                  12月10日（日）12:00〜18:00
                                  　
                                  会場：
                                  Miami Beach Convention Center
                                  1901 Convention Center Drive
                                  Miami Beach, FL 33139
                                  　
                                  ブース番号：
                                  N24
                                  　
                                  Art Basel Miami Beach 2017 Official Website：
                                  https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach

                                  Kenjiro Okazaki

                                  (Japanese)

                                  京都市のnowakiにて、7月14日(金)～7月23日(日)おかざき乾じろと詩人・ぱくきょんみの展覧会「カイダンの女」が開催されます。
                                  　

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                                  「カイダンの女」
                                  　
                                  整　　形：おかざき乾じろ
                                  テキスト：ぱくきょんみ
                                  会　　期：2017年7月14日(金) – 7月23日(日) 
                                  時　　間：11:00 – 19:00
                                  会　　場：nowaki
                                  〒606-8386 京都府京都市左京区川端通仁王門下ル新丸太町49-1

                                    Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools” Talk

                                    (Japanese)

                                    豊田市美術館にて4月22日（土）〜6月11日（日）まで開催中の岡﨑乾二郎が企画監修を務めた展覧会「岡﨑乾二郎の認識　―　抽象の力―現実（concrete）展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」にて、5月14日（日）14時より、岡﨑による講演会が行われます。
                                    　
                                    講演会「抽象の力―現実（concrete）展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」
                                    講師：岡崎乾二郎（本展監修者、造形作家）
                                    会場：美術館1階講堂（定員172名、先着順、聴講無料）
                                    日時：5月14日（日）　14:00-（開場は13:30-）
                                    　　　美術館１階講堂（先着172名）事前申込不要
                                    　
                                    また、本展覧会について福永信氏によるレビューが関西圏のカルチャーイベントに関するウェブマガジン「REALKYOTO」（下記リンク）にてご覧いただけます。
                                    　
                                    http://realkyoto.jp/review/abstract-art-as-impac/
                                    　　
                                    戦前から現代までの「抽象芸術」の歴史を俯瞰した本展覧会をわかりやすく紐解いた内容となっております。
                                    　
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                                    【展覧会概要】
                                    「岡﨑乾二郎の認識　―　抽象の力―現実（concrete）展開する、抽象芸術の系譜」
                                    http://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/…/20…/special/okazaki.html
                                    　　
                                    会　　場：豊田市美術館　展示室1～4
                                    期　　間：4月22日（土）〜6月11日（日）
                                    休 館 日：月曜日（5月1日は開館）
                                    開館時間：10:00～17:30（入場は17:00まで）
                                    主　　催：豊田市美術館
                                    観 覧 料：一般800円（700円）／高大生500円（400円）／中学生以下無料　＊（　）内は20名以上の団体料金、＊障がい者手帳をお持ちの方（介添者1名）、豊田市内在住・在学の高校生、豊田市内在住の75歳以上は無料（要証明）

                                    企画監修：岡﨑乾二郎（造形作家）

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                                      Kenjiro Okazaki: “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki - Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools”

                                      “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki – Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools,” curated by Kenjiro Okazaki, will be opening at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art (Aichi Prefecture) on Saturday, April 22nd, 2017. Aside from his active career as an artist, Okazaki has introduced innovative views on artworks and art history based on his broad knowledge of culture and art. He will examine the primal intentions of Abstract Art in this exhibition through exploring the art collection built by Toyota Municipal Museum of Art since its opening in 1995.

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                                      “The Insight of Kenjiro Okazaki – Abstract Art as Impact —How Abstract Arts Can Become Concrete Tools”

                                      https://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/exhibition/2017/special/Kenjiro_Okazaki/

                                       

                                      Period: April 22 (Sat) – June 11 (Sun)

                                      Closed: Mondays (except May 1)
                                      Hours: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (entrance until 5 p.m.)
                                      Organized by: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
                                      Admission Fees: Adults ¥800; High school and university students ¥500 
                                      ＊Free for elementary and junior high school students, high school student (live in Toyota City),
                                      senior (75 and over) and mentally or physically disabled people with one attendant.
                                      Curated by: Kenjiro Okazaki (Artist)

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