OlL by Bijutsu Techo Art Journal 5th Anniversary Vol.2 : OlL SELECTION
Roppongi Tsutaya Books
We are pleased to announce that gallery UG will be participating in "OlL by Bijutsu Techo Art Journal 5th Anniversary Vol.2 : OlL SELECTION."
From gallery UG, we will be showcasing works by Kunihiko NOHARA and Takaoki TAJIMA, both of whom were previously featured in the OlL SELECTION series that highlighted individual artists. Their works will be available for purchase on the OlL online platform.
Launched in 2019, OlL by Bijutsu Techo Art Journal is an art marketplace created by Bijutsu Techo Art Journal, which has long reported on trends in the art scene, in collaboration with Japan's leading galleries and art stores. Since its inception, the platform has been dedicated to providing art lovers with a more immersive purchasing experience through online engagement. We are excited to participate in the second installment of this special project, which aims to further promote online art sales and celebrate OlL by Bijutsu Techo Art Journal’s 5th anniversary.
If you are in the area, we warmly invite you to stop by.
We are pleased to announce that gallery UG Osaka Umeda will be holding a solo exhibition by our exclusive artist, Tomoko WADA, from Wednesday, October 9th to Tuesday, October 29th.
Tomoko WADA creates Japanese-style paintings featuring the gentle and soft forms of young children as her motif. Her delicate brushstrokes and tender colors evoke the fleeting and nostalgic memories of childhood, captivating viewers with her dreamy, ephemeral imagery.
"Connecting artworks to people, connecting people to each other through art."
galleryUG are always there for our artists.
We will grow together with the artists and support them from production to promotion.
We aim to further enrich and expand the contemporary art scene by proposing the ideal way for galleries to be.
The motifs chosen by Nami OKADA for her artwork are places she has visited personally. Her artwork arouses feelings of déjà vu and of reaching across time in viewers, whose backgrounds all differ.
Each person forms a distinct impression of a given building or piece of scenery due to the differences in their memories and experiences. Such spaces thus possess a multitude of forms.
It is only when there is commonality in the interpretations of multiple viewers that a given piece of scenery takes on certain meaning.
OKADA brings life to One View by exploring the relationship between pieces of scenery that have taken on meaning due to the overlapping of such commonalities and pieces of scenery whose meaning has yet to take shape.
In moments when I feel like I’m in a place independent of my surroundings,
I sometimes feel like I’m in a different time and space.
The feeling is like clouds or smoke that change shape with no regard for time
that people have to live by, and it also feels like a space of my own.
To turn, various scenes that came up in my imagination from things I encountered.
To express freedom, time and desires that are on the verge of being discarded from memory.
That is what is important, in order for me to be me and for a person to be them self.
2F TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ, 1-32-8, Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
8 minutes walk from Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line(Exit B)
11 minutes walk from Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line Tennozu Isle Station(Central Exit)
3F TERRADA ART COMPLEX Ⅱ, 1-32-8, Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
8 minutes walk from Tennozu Isle Station on the Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit Rinkai Line(Exit B)
11 minutes walk from Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport Line Tennozu Isle Station(Central Exit)
11F Daimaru Umeda Department Store
3-1-1, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka
From JR Osaka Station from 1-minute walk/JR Kita-Shinchi Station a 6-minute walk
From Midosuji Line Umeda Station from 2-minute walk/Tanimachi Line Higashi-Umeda Station from 8-minute walk/Yotsubashi Line Nishi-Umeda Station a 4-minute walk
From Hankyu Umeda Station from 13-minute walk/Hanshin Umeda Station a 12-minute walk
This is a production studio for exclusive artists of gallery UG, which will open in 2020. It was built to approach and support artists from a long-term perspective.
