TOKAS-Emerging 2019

TANIZAKI Momoko
"lonely girl　already time"

As if to confront the situation of an age in which indirect communication seems to prevail, Tanizaki Momoko chose the format of the painting as a directly and physically mediated means of expressing human emotions and relationships. The works exhibited here depict sceneries that incorporate elements borrowed from the realms of music and martial arts, presented in an installation format along with such objects as water tanks and plants.

Lonely girl already time,　2018　Oil and acrylic on panel

SUNADA Yurika
"engram"

Inspired by the ”engram” theory as proposed by a German biologist in the early 20th century, Sunada Yurika has been creating movable three-dimensional objects embodying memories that are stored in the brain, forgotten, and sometimes distorted. By juxtaposing aspects of light, shadow, sound and space, she visualizes traces of time and memory.

invisible,　2018　Iron, motor

ODAWARA Nodoka
"Sculpting Overcoming Modernity"

Focusing on the statue of female nudes in Miyakezaka, Tokyo, that is known as “the Peace of Statues,” Odawara Nodoka reexamines the institution of the “sculpture” in the process of modernization in Japan. Along with works based on various materials related to the pedestal that initially carried an equestrian statue of a soldier in the war, and was later altered for reuse with female nude sculptures, here she exhibits replicas of the sculptures’ heads that visitors are allowed to touch.

Empty pedestal,　2017　Neon tube, acrylic, electric wire

ASHIKAWA Mizuki
"Out of range"

Taking things encountered during walks as her central motif, and slightly dramatizing the events she witnessed, Ashikawa Mizuki creates monochromatic lithographs that depict sceneries somewhere between reality and fiction. In this exhibition she presents works in which certain elements in the garden and in the bay window vaguely suggest the presence of humans, based on her own impression when visiting TOKAS Hongo.

About singularity point,　2019　Lithograph on paper

MIYASAKA Naoki
"Three Spaces"

Miyasaka Naoki examines the concept of space that takes on various different appearances depending on the method of perception. In this exhibition he sets up three spaces that are each defined through mutual monitoring, in an attempt to acquire multiple perspectives by imagining how other people perceive things.

Grant: Nomura Foundation
CV Projection 1,　2015　Mixed media

HOJO Tomoko
"Sotto Voce"

Focusing on voices expressing (female) views that have been muted in the course of history, Hojo Tomoko suggests in her works possible ways of playfully substituting the underlying power structure of society. Revolving around Ono Yoko’s past exhibitions and statements, the works exhibited here make the muted voices audible/visible by highlighting the frameworks of difference, subjectivity, authority, prejudice and desire that intervene between “things that actually happened in the past” and “things that are described as the truth.

Grant: istyle Art Sports Foundation
Wish Piece II,　2018　Wooden Box, music player, stethoscope