Gakudai Kawasumi, Akiyoshi Kojima, Chikai Hori, Nao Morimoto

Hidehiko Tajima, Junichi Yamada, Hinako Kasagi, Shota Hanaki, Yuichiro Maekawa, Kazuo Amano, Atsuhiko Shima

「Under the theme of “Something of Painting”, both the exhibition and the series of talks were aimed at examining what is “to create, to continue, and painting in future”. While there have been numbers of great painters from Tokai region, Katsuhisa Sato who organized the exhibition himself is one prominent artist who works both on paintings and installations based in Nagoya.
Due to a widely expanded variety of materials and methods applied in the contemporary art-making, there have been numerous collaborations and participatory works by artist groups recently. In the meantime, “painting” remains a genre which still requires one to pursue expression in solitude through such a primitive action to “paint”, just like many of painters in history had gone through. It was an attempt to examine ideas and experiences among artists and curators who regularly deal with the idea of “painting”, based on concerns from each artist.
While the exhibition and talks became good opportunities to share and present each artist’s perspective toward art-making, various response from audience also showed high interest for population associated with “painting” that seem to be peculiar to the Tokai region.

Saturday 21 November 2015
18:00–20:00
Venue | Minatomachi POTLUCK BUILDING 2F: Project Space
Speakers | Hidehiko Tajima (Artist), Junji Yamada (Artist), Hinako Kasagi (Curator of Nagoya City Art Museum)
Interviewer | Katsuhisa Sato
Visitors | 50

Friday 27 November 2015
19:00–21:00
Venue | Minatomachi POTLUCK BUILDING 2F: Project Space
Speakers | Shota Hanaki (Artist), Yuichiro Maekawa (Artist), Kazuo Amano (Art Critic)
Interviewer | Katsuhisa Sato
Visitors | 80

Saturday 19 December 2015
18:00–20:00
Venue | Minatomachi POTLUCK BUILDING 1F: Lounge Space
Speakers | “Something of Painting” participating artists (Gakudai Kawasumi, Akiyoshi Kojima, Chikai Hori, Nao Morimoto), Atsuhiko Shima (Director of Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art)
Interviewer | Katsuhisa Sato
Visitors | 93