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ART IN TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN VOL.21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2022\/6\/20-7\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time & Style Midtown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soaring windows in deeply recessed rear alcoves; high walls partitioning the space but leaving unobstructed views; a ceiling whose presence has become ambiguous and inorganic concrete pillars; wooden floors given further refinement and character; outdoor light coming in through guazy silk curtains from a wide-open southwestern window. This compelling interior-design store space draws out creators\u2019 curiosity and artistic expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time & Style Midtown celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Since its launch, its store concept has developed partly as a setting for art exhibitions. Having said that, the space is nothing like an art gallery\u2014nor is it merely an approximation of stylish interiors. Instead of elevating art to the realm of the extraordinary, the exhibits have always been created from the perspective of presenting art to visitors as something dropped into the space like an everyday scene from ordinary life. Counting small events and unannounced experimental shows, a total of 66 exhibits have been held here over the past 15 years. Among them is the special series ART IN TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN, in which artists have firmly engaged with this difficult but intriguing space, determined to present something compelling in the unique setting. This exhibition is the 21st in that series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cART IN TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN VOL. 21: A CERTAIN FORM\u201d is an exhibition of works by Kazue Okada. Informed by pictorial concepts and working in concord with spaces, this artist discovers and shows forms that are neither \u201cpaintings\u201d nor \u201csculptures\u201d while confronting the challenges of each specific setting. A living scene with a wide sofa; a dining scene with a large, impressive wooden table; a bookshelf with an orderly, library-like array of books covering an entire wall\u2014various made-to-order scenes, and a variety of furnishings and implements connecting one scene to another. With all these shapes, colors and impressions as creative clues, the \u201ccertain forms\u201d captured by Okada are dropped into the exhibition venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will occur within the Time & Style Midtown space and the works created by Okada through the clues this space provides? We hope you\u2019ll come and see for yourself.
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Kazue OKADA\u3000Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1976    Born in Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003    Graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003 \u2013 2006    Managed the independently run \u201cStudio ONO\u201d (Sagami-Ono, Kanagawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005    Completed the graduate course in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Principal exhibitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000     \u201cPerspective to that Person\u201d \/  gallery art soko (Shimotakaido, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001\u3000  \u201cSPACE BATTLE\u201d \/ gallery art soko (Shimotakaido, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Solo exhibition: \u201cKazue Okada\u201d \/ mixed\u00a0media (Shizuoka)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cgreen.space2_licht\/schatten\u201d \/ Bauhaus-Universit\u00e4t Weimar (Weimar, Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004     \u201cBeyond the Steam\u201d \/ Daikokuyu (Nippori, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Festa Furuuchi in Sagami-Ono \/  Studio ONO (Sagami-Ono, Kanagawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005     \u201cROSA! The Exposed Colour \u2013 Pink\u201d \/ Chinretsukan Gallery (Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno campus)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006     \u201cShimuchiguhagu\u201d \/  Studio ONO (Sagami-Ono, Kanagawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cFour Artists\u201d \/ Studio ONO (Sagami-Ono, Kanagawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007     \u201cSaihakken!\u201d Gokiso Brick Warehouse, Downtown Exhibition in Joso City (Ibaraki)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008     \u201cEach Landscape\u201d \/ former Hotoku Bank\u201d Downtown Exhibition in Joso City (Ibaraki)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cFukei<\/em> in Landscape\u201d \/ Kansuke Naka Literature Memorial (Shizuoka)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009     \u201c\u20195\u00d72\u2019 part 2 – Women Only\u201d \/ Gendai HEIGHTS Gallery  DEN&.ST (Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cUnchanging Things…\u201d \/ Gokiso Brick Warehouse, Downtown Exhibition in Joso City (Ibaraki)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cART in TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN Vol. 8\u201d \/ TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN (Roppongi, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010     \u201cReishiki\u201d \/ O JUN Residence (Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011      \u201cSCENE 1\u201d \/ TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN (Roppongi, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

               \u201cTown + Artist =\u201d \/ Nakayama Atelier, Downtown Exhibition in Joso City (Ibaraki)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

               \u201cItazu Litho-Gra\ufb01k Collection  + Kazue Okada New Lithographs\u201d \/ The Artcomplex Center Tokyo (Shinjuku, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012     \u201cSCENE 2\u201d \/ TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN (Roppongi, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             \u201cFOURSIXTY EXHIBITION\u201d \/ Nagoya Citizens\u2019 Gallery Yada (Aichi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             \u201cAttempt 4\u201d \/ Museum Haus Kasuya (Kinugasa, Kanagawa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013     Solo exhibition: \u201cKazue Okada\u201d \/  See Saw Gallery (Nagoya)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

             \u201cBonsai:  TIME & STYLE + Kato Manseien\u201d \/ TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN (Roppongi, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014      \u201cTIME & STYLE RESIDENCE Itazu Litho-Grafik – \u2018Color Walls II\u2019\u201d \/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              TIME & STYLE RESIDENCE (Futakotamagawa, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cItazukushi\u201d \/ See Saw Gallery (Nagoya)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cMITSUKOSHI + Geidai, Summer Art Festival 2014 Exhibition featuring young artists of the next generation\u201d \/ Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi (Nihonbashi, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cUnknown Nature \u2013 Unknown Series No. 5\u201d \/ Ayumi Gallery (Kagurazaka, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017     Akiko Suso Summer Hat Exhibition – \u201cMovement of the earth\u2019s crust\u201d \/  DEE’S HALL (Omotesando, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2019 – \u201cHETEROTOPIA\u201d\u00a0\/ Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Ueno, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020     \u201cContinuing Form\u201d –  RenRen \/ TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN (Roppongi, Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \u201cDriving Force + Art Orque\u201d \/ Brick-One (Tokyo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Solo exhibition: \u201cLine and Depth\u201d \/  See Saw Gallery (Nagoya)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Competitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014-2016     Hokkaido Higashikawa Elementary School Artwork Competition \u2013 Workshop Creation with Higashikawa elementary students \/ Higashikawa Elementary School, Asahikawa (Hokkaido)  – collaborative project with TIME & STYLE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Works in permanent collections<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003     In Park an der llm, Goethes Gartenhaus, Herdergarten Weimar (Weimar, Germany)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016     In Hokkaido Higashikawa Elementary School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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