MIZUMA ART GALLERY
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
SATORU AOYAMA
Satoru Aoyama, who studied textiles at Goldsmiths College in London and fiber and material studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is known for his meticulously detailed embroidery works. Produced with industrial sewing machines, these works expand the boundaries of the medium of embroidery while also raising questions about human labor, technology, and modernization. Aoyama’s recent solo exhibition at the Meguro Museum of Art, “A Boy Who Sews Forever,” showcased works inspired by things that have disappeared or become obsolete with the passage of time, including the school he used to attend in Tokyo’s Meguro district and Labor Day demonstrations in New York City. Building on these themes, this solo exhibition will feature a series of works focusing on things and people that are disappearing from today’s capitalist society.
VENUE
VENUE
MIZUMA ART GALLERY
- A2
- Iidabashi
Executive Director Sueo Mizuma opened Mizuma Art Gallery in Tokyo in 1994. Since its founding, the gallery has represented artists from Japan and, increasingly, the surrounding regions whose works exhibit unique sensibilities unaffected by stylistic trends. Matching the rapid expansion of Asia’s contemporary art market, Mizuma Art Gallery established additional spaces in Beijing and Singapore in 2008 and 2012, respectively. In 2014 the gallery opened the artist residency space Rumah Kijang Mizuma in Yogyakarta to facilitate exchanges between Indonesian and Japanese artists. Mizuma Art Gallery is an active participant in international art fairs, including Art Basel Hong Kong and the Armory Show in New York, and continues to support and promote many internationally active artists.
