(private use only)
at Art Gallery Miyauchi, Hatsukaichishi, Hiroshima
Participating artists
Yu Araki / Bouie Choi / Anthony Chin / Kara Chin / Gary Clough /Taro Izumi / Rikako Kawauchi / Kong Chun Hei / South Ho / Tang Kwok Hin / Kyung Hwa Shon / Daniel Silva / Alma Tischlerwood / Ryo Uchida / Ayaka Ura / Wang Ruobing / Sai / Guanyu Xu / The Portland Inn Project
Curated by Yutaka Inagawa (Artist-curator)
*The installation views featured on this page were captured by two photographers. The artist-curator, Yutaka Inagawa, took some of the photographs, while the rest are the work of Kensuke Hashimoto. Photos taken by Kensuke Hashimoto are credited. All images are displayed courtesy of Art Gallery Miyauchi.
In this exhibition, I have endeavored to construct a multi-axial and porous structure, replete with multiple focal points that interweave artist intentions, artworks, and creative interventions by the artist-curator.
The original artist-approved environments have been imaginatively transformed, creating a cacophony of polyphonic configurations intertwined with the artworks. These tailor-made spaces, ephemeral in nature, showcase each artwork within a unique, architectural-esque entity, celebrating a confluence of multiple narratives and experimental approaches.
By weaving together artworks with interventions by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa—including a bold pairing/grouping of different artworks, sculptural pedestals, mural works, colorful trimmed timbers, Chat GPT-created avatars, and Junkichi Kageyama's 'Samba of Insects' from the Collection of Art Gallery Miyauchi—along with various structural and spatial adjustments— the exhibition becomes a dynamic mash-up of artwork by the exhibiting artists, in-between entities created by Inagawa, and the architectural nuances of the space.
This creative amalgamation transforms the exhibition space into a mini-lab type of creative biome, fostering fluid interrelations and exploring multiple potential states for the exhibition format and hosting environment.
A diverse collection of artworks on the first floor, each creatively juxtaposed within the enigmatic realms designed by Yutaka Inagawa.
Installation view of the first floor featuring works by various artists, set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa
Featuring Rikako Kawauchi ('in the morning', 2023) and four campaign posters from The Portland Inn Project's "100 YEAR PLAN," set within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Featuring Alma Tischlerwood ('FRAGILE STATES', 2024) set within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Kyung Hwa Shon ('39N 125E 22','39N 125E 00-01’, '39N 125E 00-02’, 2024) and Gary Clough ( 'Blue Repair Vessel’ , 2024) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Featuring Rikako Kawauchi's 'Magic Antler' (2022) and Kyung Hwa Shon ('39N 125E 00-02', 2024) set within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures—including Junkichi Kageyama's 'Samba of Insects' from the Collection of Art Gallery Miyauchi—crafted by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Kyung Hwa Shon ('39N 125E 00-02’, 2024), Alma Tischlerwood ('Carrying On', 2020) and Rikako Kawauchi ('magic antler’, 2022) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Alma Tischlerwood’s 'FRAGILE STATES' uniquely juxtaposed within the tailor-made environments crafted by Yutaka Inagawa.
Sai’s '当我们同在一起 (Together) No. 3' (2023),uniquely juxtaposed within the tailor-made environments crafted by Yutaka Inagawa."
Sai and The Portland Inn Project artworks playfully juxtaposed within bespoke environments crafted by Yutaka Inagawa on the first floor, creating an enigmatic interplay.
Featuring Kyung Hwa Shon ('39N 125E 22', 2024) set within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Ryo Uchida ('the case of diamonds’, 2023 / 'about the weather #1’, 2022), Ayaka Ura (‘Discussion where flies gather(17 April, 2024) / Diary about relationship with (a lacked) (9 April, 2024)’ , 2024) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Kara Chin ('Fitbit Worship', 2020) and Ayaka Ura (Discussion where flies gather (17 April, 2024) / Diary about relationship with (a lacked) (9 April, 2024)), ’), set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Featuring Kara Chin ('Fitbit Worship', 2020) sets within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Kara Chin ('Bad Insulation', 2024) sets within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Yu Araki ('FUEL’, 2019) and The Portland Inn Project (‘The Portland Pigeon’) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
A series of eight A1-sized posters displaying manipulated email correspondences reenacted by AI avatars of both Yutaka Inagawa and Taro Izumi. These posters are structured within unique environments crafted by Yutaka Inagawa.
Four campaign posters from The Portland Inn Project's "100 YEAR PLAN," photographed by Felicity Crawshaw and designed by Muir Dan, are juxtaposed with email correspondences by AI-generated avatars of Taro Izumi and the artist-curator. This configuration creates a dynamic interplay and creative tension within the artistically engineered exhibition space, which also features artist catalogues and merchandise.
Installation view of the thrid floor featuring works by various artists, set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa
Artworks by Kara Chin ('Awakening Ceremony’, 2021), Ryo Uchida ('round:NXYZ’, 2024 / 'carnite landowner’, 2021) and Wang Ruobing ('Three Planks’, 2021) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa
Artworks by Kara Chin ('Awakening Ceremony’, 2021), Ryo Uchida ('round:NXYZ’, 2024) and Guanyu Xu ('RK-08282018-01142022’, Series: Resident Aliens, 2022) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Kara Chin ('Awakening Ceremony’, 2021) sets within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Featuring Wang Ruobing ('Three Planks,', 2021) sets within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Installation view of the thrid floor featuring works by various artists, set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa
Artworks by Guanyu Xu ('LP-08292016-04112021', Series: Resident Aliens, 2022) and Ryo Uchida ('court', 2024,) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Featuring Guanyu Xu ('RK-08282018-01142022', Series: Resident Aliens, 2022) and Kong Chun Hei ('Flooding', 2019) set within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa
Featuring Daniel Silva ('WE', 2024) set within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Anthony Chin ('The incomplete Momotaro: Sacred Sailor (IV)’, 2024), Sai (‘Untitled Walk II’, 2021), Bouie Choi ('That moment, we are homed’, 2023) and Ryo Uchida ('crosspiece #4’, 2023) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Photo by Kensuke Hashimoto
Courtesy of Art Gallery Miyauchi
Artworks by Sai (‘Untitled Walk II’, 2021) and Bouie Choi ('That moment, we are homed’, 2023) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Photo by Kensuke Hashimoto
Courtesy of Art Gallery Miyauchi
Artworks by Bouie Choi ('The portal’, 2022 / 'My sedimentary rock’, 2022 / 'That night the bus stalled’, 2022) and Sai ('当我们同在一起 (Together) No. 3’, 2023 / 'Erlang Shen_01’, 2021 / 'Tok......Tok......’, 2021) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Sai (‘Untitled Walk II’, 2021 / 'Tok......Tok......’, 2021), Bouie Choi ('That moment, we are homed’, 2023 / “My sedimentary rock”, ), Ryo Uchida ('on the lotus’, 2022) and Daniel Silva (‘Insects in Translation’, 2024) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Tang Kwok Hin ('Twisting Caps', 2024) sets within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Artworks by Tang Kwok Hin ('Twisting Caps', 2024) sets within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa
Artworks by Kong Chun Hei ('Flooding’, 2019) and Daniel Silva ('Wax Over Flesh’, 2024) set within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Rearranged artworks by Kong Chun Hei ('Flooding', 2019) and Daniel Silva ('Wax Over Flesh', 2024), are showcased within bespoke environments and structures engineered by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa
Featuring environmental posters from The Portland Inn Project’s youth club alongside email correspondence by AI-generated avatars of Taro Izumi and Yutaka Inagawa—part of the artist-curator’s intervention—all installed within the uniquely engineered spaces curated by Yutaka Inagawa.
Feturing Taro Izumi sets within unique environmental 'manipulations' and structures by artist-curator Yutaka Inagawa.
Performance of 'See Like a Bee' by Bill and Hayley (Anna Francis and Rebecca Davies of The Portland Inn Project) during the preview night, 19th April
Date: 20th April, 10:30-18:00
Moderator: Yutaka Inagawa
Speakers: Yu Araki, Anthony Chin, Kara Chin, Gary Clough, Rikako Kawauchi, Kyung Hwa Shon, Daniel Silva, Ryo Uchida, Ayaka Ura, Sai, The Portland Inn Project
Venue: Saharada Assembly Hall
Theme 1: Coexistence
Explores the evolving relationships between artists, their artworks, and audience perceptions. Includes discussions on the exhibition’s unique structure that diverges from traditional thematic setups to foster diverse interpretations and deeper engagement.
Theme 2: Codependency
Examines the symbiotic dynamics between art communities, exhibitions, and regional influences. This discussion delves into how artworks interact with and impact their surroundings, highlighting case studies that illustrate the intricate connections within art ecosystems.
Following the talk session on 20th April, artists and attendees came together to foster and deepen friendships.