Talk (in Japanese only)
Expanded Review & Talk
The Expanded section, now in its second year, began as a Japan-first; this section is dedicated entirely to large-scale works and installations. The goal is to provide not only an enhanced viewing experience, but also create a procurement cycle for large-scale art. This talk invites Ms. Kanazawa Kodama, an organizer of numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad (and who has also been involved in many commissioned works) and Ms. Kisaka Aoi of Chishima Real Estate Co., Ltd. who supports artistic and cultural activities held in Osaka and provides creative activity bases, to explore the social role of art and the potential behind the Expanded section, and share their knowledge in the process.
- Date:
- July 26 (Wed) 18:00-19:30
- Venue:
- Creative Center Osaka 2F
- Guests:
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Kanazawa Kodama (Curator of contemporary art),
Kisaka Aoi（Chishima Real Estate Co., Ltd.）
- Interviewer:
- Sakuraoka Satoshi（FINCH ARTS Director）
- Admission:
- Free (guests will need to pay for admission into Art Osaka)
- Capacity:
- 20 people, pre-registration required
Online Streaming
The talk will be available afterwards to view online until September 3(Sun).
Kanazawa Kodama
Holds a BFA from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, as well as a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art Curating from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in the United Kingdom. After 12 years of working at public art museums, including Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kodama became independent in 2013, and worked afterward as the curatorial director of Towada Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan, from April 2017 to March 2020. Founder and artistic director of Code-a-Machine (Kanazawa Kodama + Masui Shinichiro). Co-chair of JP, an online contemporary art event. Visiting professor at Kyoto University of Arts.
Kisaka Aoi
Graduated from Kobe University, Faculty of Literature. Involved in art management since her studies and freelance mainly in Osaka. 2016 joined Chishima Real Estate Co., Ltd. and is in charge of art projects. 2018, she became Executive Director of Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka.
The Professor’s Eternal Love of Art: From Vermeer to Mpata
Fukuoka Shinichi is a biologist as well as an art lover, and has built a reputation as an ardent Vermeer enthusiast. He has written many books bridging science and art, including Vermeer: Kingdom of Light, a travelogue of his visits to see Vermeer’s works around the globe. Also one of the producers of the Osaka-Kansai Expo which will be held in 2025. Mr. Fukuoka will talk about our love of art and collecting, from an all-encompasing perspective dabbling in the mysteries of destiny (life itself) of artwork, which has had a history longer than our human lifetimes, while unraveling his own history with art.
- Date:
- July 30 (Sun) 13:30-15:00
- Venue:
- Osaka City Central Public Hall B1F, Main Conference Room
- Guest:
- Fukuoka Shinichi (biologist/writer)
- Interviewer:
- Katoh Yoshio（Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art in Japan）
- Fee:
- 1,000 yen (guests will need to pay for admission into Art Osaka)
- Capacity:
- 50 people, registration required (first-come-first-served basis)
- Cooperation:
- YUKIKO KOIDE PRESENTS
*To be distributed at a later date (paid: 500 yen)
Fukuoka Shinichi
Born in Tokyo in 1959. Graduated from Kyoto University. Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University and Visiting Professor at Rockefeller University. While conducting research in molecular biology, he has published a series of grounded books explaining the workings of ‘life’ in an easy-to-understand manner. His flagship work includes the best-selling books Between Organism and Inanimate Object, the Dynamic Equilibrium series, and Reading Nishida’s Philosophy with Fukuoka Shinichi. He has also built a reputation as a great Vermeer fan, and is the author of Vermeer’s Kingdom of Light. His recent works include Seimei Kairyu Galapagos, and the adventure novel, Dr. Dolittle Saves Galapagos. Organizer of the Schola Sapientia by Fukuoka Shinichi seminar series.
Art Cruise & Talk (in Japanese only)
Tours will be offered of the Dojima and Kizu Rivers, with talks by special guests.
- Co-organizer:
- Creative Island Nakanoshima Executive Committee
- Planning and
facilitation: - Kinoshita Chieko (Osaka University 21st Century Kaitokudo, Art Area B1)
- Boarding fee:
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Boarding pass including an ART OSAKA ticket 6,000 yen
Boarding pass only 3,500 yen
- Capacity:
- 35 people per session, registration required (first-come-first-served basis)
Where the Cultural Area Nakanoshima is Headed
Nakanoshima is one of Osaka’s leading cultural areas. This unparalleled area features art museums, various cultural facilities, historical buildings, businesses, in coexistence with a waterfront environment. What fresh creativity lies at the helm in Nakanoshima with the utilization of these resources? With guests invited from two different facilities participating in the Creative Island Nakanoshima network, this talk includes Shima Atsuhiko and his art-museum perspective, along with Hattori Shigeki, who sees things through the viewpoint of design and regional projects.
- Date:
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July 29 (Sat) 12:00 Departure from Wakamatsu-hama (Nakanoshima) –
Arrival at Creative Center Osaka (Kitakagaya) at 13:10
- Guests:
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Shima Atsuhiko (Director of The National Museum of Art, Osaka),
Hattori Shigeki (Head Director, graf)
Shima Atsuhiko
Born in Toyama, 1956, and graduated from Waseda University in 1980. Having worked previously as a curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama and The National Museum of Art, Osaka, as a director of Aichi Prefectual Museum of Art, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, arriving at a director of The National Museum of Art ,Osaka in 2021.
Hattori Shigeki
Born 1970 in Osaka, Japan. graf Representative, Creative Director, Designer. Professor at Kyoto University of Art. graf is a creative unit that considers and implements various elements of daily life from the perspective of manufacturing. graf has been active since 1993, and has developed new fields by taking advantage of the environment and characteristics of different industries. In addition to serving as the president of graf, Hattori also designs and directs work as a conceptor. His products translate society from the perspective of all design fields.
Osaka, Waterfront, Art
This year marks the second year Art Osaka has been held at two different locations; the Nakanoshima and Kitakagaya Areas. Connected through the Osaka waterways, both house a trove of art and creativity that Osaka city should be proud of. Two artists from Osaka will be invited to talk about the future possibilities of the intersection between Osaka, Waterfronts, and Art, both from their places of creation and through the themes of their artwork.
- Date:
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July 29 (Sat) 13:30 Departure from Creative Center Osaka (Kitakagaya) –
Arrival at Wakamatsu-hama (Nakanoshima) at 14:40
- Guests:
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Osaki Nobuyuki (artist),
Oozu Daisaku (artist)
Osaki Nobuyuki
Born in Osaka in 1975. Completed graduate studies at Kyoto City University of Arts, and was a Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs overseas trainee for emerging artists in Germany from 2021-22. Currently based in Aichi and Osaka. In order to perceive the world based on his own existence, he creates works that visualize uncertainty, through unique methods such as dissolving painted pictures. His work deepens the sensations and thoughts that arise through images disappearing, and have us examine the existance of motifs and images such as memory and time.
Oozu Daisaku
With the themes of depiction/depicting, Oozu continues to re-capture humans active in light and shadow in his photography centered work. Born in Osaka in 1973. Recent exhibitions include: flow / float (solo exhibition at Gallery Parc, Kyoto, Japan), Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki, 2023), Rokko Meets Art (Kobe, 2022), Loop Line (solo exhibition at eitoeiko, Tokyo, 2022), Unfinished Spiral (solo exhibition at Old – Museum Zoo Station / Tokyo / 2019), Love Love Show 2 (Aomori Museum of Art / 2017), Saitama Triennale (Saitama / 2016), etc.
Planning and facilitation
Kinoshita Chieko
Born in 1971. Graduated from Kobe Design University Graduate School. Specialized in contemporary art, cultural policy, and project production. After working as an art producer at Kobe Art Village Center, he joined Osaka University in 2005. He is mainly engaged in the management of “Art Area B1,” a community space for businesses, NPOs, and universities, and the “Creative Island Nakanoshima,” a network project of 14 institutions including art museums, with the theme of “society-academia co-creation. In addition, he is an expert committee member and project director of cultural policy for government, corporations, and foundations.
Associated Event
Greater Kansai
Kansai Gallery Map
For more information on galleries in Kansai, please click here.
https://kansai-gallery-map.info/en/
Kitakagaya Area
Cochi Cafe Pop-up Store
Cochi Cafe from Kohama in Suminoeku will have a pop-up store offering a special menu in the Expanded venue.
- Open:
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July 28(Fri), 29(Sat)11:00-19:00（L.O.18:30）/
30(Sun)11:00-18:00（L.O.17:30）
- Venue:
- Creative Center Osaka 2F, Kitchen Space
- Menu:
- Asian Soup Rice(Saturday and Sunday only), Onigiri (genmai-age, only sold here), Kakigori (shaved ice with either strawberry, caramel banana pudding, mix juice, or houjicha milk sweet potato flavors), drinks (coffee, homemade enzyme syrup juice)
*Please be aware that our base store will be closed during the event.
Special opening of art-related facilities in Kitakagaya during ART OSAKA
Art-related facilities in Kitakagaya will be open especially for ART OSAKA. Guests are invited to come and see it as part of the six-day event celebrating art throughout the entire Kitakagaya area.
- Dates:
- July 28 (Fri) – 30 (Sun),
Chidori Bunka will be open from July 22 (Sat) – 31 (Mon) ※Closed: July 25 (Tue) , 26 (Wed)
Participating Establishments
MASK (Mega Art Storage Kitakagaya)
Former steelworks and storehouse, MASK is a storage room for exhibiting large-scale artwork. Here you can view works from internationally acclaimed seven contemporary artists such as Kenji Yanobe and Miwa Yanagi.
https://mask.chishima-foundation.com/
Open: July 28-30, 11:00-19:00
Admission: free
SSK (Super Studio Kitakagaya)
SSK is the largest shared studio in Osaka where talented, up-and-coming artists and creators from various fields actively create art. During the period, SSK Art Fair 2023, an exhibition held by volunteer residents, will be held in the SSK space.
Open: July 28-30, 11:00-19:00
Admission: free
M@M (Morimura@Museum)
A private art museum of artist Yasumasa Morimura, the 8th exhibition “Face -KAO-,” which ended in May, will be on special display on the first floor, where “Emu-no-ichi” will be held, featuring unique stores selling aromas, sundries, shaved ice, and other items. Please enjoy this exclusive event.
https://www.morimura-at-museum.org/
Open: July 28-30, 12:00-19:00（Last admission 18:30）
Admission: Adults and University students: 600 yen
High school and junior high school students: 200 yen
Elementary school students and under: Free
*”Emu-no-ichi” is held only on Saturday and Sunday.
Chidori Bunka
We are pleased to present “Ba”, a solo exhibition by Tategami Kotaro, who mainly works in painting. The word “Ba” has multiple meanings, and this exhibition attempts to create a space to reconsider “religious experiences” in the present age.
Tategami Kotaro Solo Exhibition “Ba”
Dates: July 22-31, 11:30-18:00
※Closed: July 25, 26
Gelateria solege’s Kitchen Car Makes an Appearance
Enjoy the freshness of gelato from Gelateria “solege” at kagoo.
- Dates:
- July 26 (Wed)-31 (Mon)
*Scheduled according to the opening hours of the Expanded section.
“Kitakagaya Crawl”, a Ticketed Circuitous Event
A ticket-based event will be held for the first time, allowing visitors to tour around Kitakagaya’s stores. Thirty-two stores, including cafes, taverns, general stores, workshops, and public bathhouses, will participate in the event. Each store will offer a special “Kitakagaya Crawl Menu” to welcome visitors.
- Dates:
- July 28 (Fri)-30 (Sun)
- Crawl ticket:
- 2,000 yen (3 tickets) *You can enjoy a special menu worth 800 yen with one ticket.
- Participating
stores: - 32 stores in Kitakagaya area including cafes, pubs, general stores, massage stores, workshops, and public bathhouses.
- Sold at:
- participating stores in advance / participating stores at the door, ART OSAKA 2023 Expanded venues
*Sales will start in early July at participating stores.
Nakanoshima Area
NAKANOSHIMA SOCIAL EAT AWAKE Pop-up Store
NAKANOSHIMA SOCIAL EAT AWAKE from Osaka City Central Public Hall will have a pop-up store opening in the cafe lounge on the second floor.
- Open:
- July 28(Fri) 13:00-19:00
29(Sat) 11:00-19:00
30(Sun) 11:00-17:00
- Venue:
- Osaka City Central Public Hall, 2F Cafe Lounge (Meeting Room 7, 8)
Exhibition: Ma: The Space of Creation
- Dates:
- July 28 (Fri) – 31 (Mon) 11:30-18:00, closed July 31 (Mon)
- Venue:
- graf porch
- Exhibiting
artists: - Arai Midori, Imamura Hajime, Kurokawa Gaku, Konno Kenta, Saijo Akane, Martha Tuttle, Matsunobu Soshi, Wada Naosuke
- Planning:
- Delta
- Cooperation:
- graf, ART OSAKA
- Cooperating
Galleries: - ARTCOURT Gallery, FINCH ARTS, Gallery Nomart, HARMAS GALLERY, KOKI ARTS, TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY
- Grant:
- Osaka City Grant Program
Participant establishments in the creative network Creative Island Nakanoshima and discounts on offer
Enjoy Art Osaka and art in Nakanoshima with the special discounts on offer.
- Participating
establishments
during the period: -
The National Museum of Art, Osaka [July 8 (Sat) – August 6 (Sun)],
graf shop & kitchen [July 28 (Fri) – 30 (Sun)]
In cooperation with Creative Island Nakanoshima Executive Committee