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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTIME & STYLE MIDTOWN will present the work of Kazutoshi Shimuta in the upcoming exhibition \u201cART IN TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN VOL. 22: Torso on the Box.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When TIME & STYLE operated TIME & STYLE HOME in Jiyugaoka (Tokyo), \u201cT&S Gallery,\u201d which introduced refined contemporary art of the time, was attached to the store. This gallery was the setting of many artists\u2019 solo and group exhibitions. One particularly striking show featured a superb, tension-filled installation by Kazutoshi Shimuta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the opening of TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN, the exhibition venue was relocated to this new store, and thus became a setting that also calls for awareness of showing art together with furniture and interior design. What sorts of scenes will come about when Mr. Shimuta\u2019s installations are dropped into this unique place for art exhibitions? We encourage you to come and experience this space for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Planning by Banana Art)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making a torso with the shape that is created by stacking six cases on three levels (two cases each) is an idea I\u2019ve had for around ten years. I drew pictures and refined the images, and tried making them three-dimensional using various methods, but I didn\u2019t arrive at a point where I made them works of art. The reason I held on to this idea anyway, I think, is that the image of a torso-like figure (a body that never asserts or expresses itself) is a central part of my interest in creating art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this work, \u201cTorso on the Box,\u201d the torso and the box are equally important elements. The box stores and houses the torso; it\u2019s also a pedestal for displaying the torso. But this alone is not what gives it the same importance as the torso. The reason it\u2019s important is that, from the beginning, I\u2019ve envisioned an exhibition in which the torso is in a contained state. What does this mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Compared to the torso being placed on a box (i.e., pedestal), I think a situation where the torso is contained inside a box is more likely to inspire visitors\u2014and me\u2014to imagine a slightly wider world around the work. And I think this can lead people to reflect on the possibilities of other places and times, and on other ways of being. By making this the landing point, I was finally able to turn the torso into a work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For this exhibition, on the other hand, the venue already has furniture on display, so I didn\u2019t think it was appropriate for that method and decided not to use it. With regard to the state of storage in boxes, I used \u201c11 Torsos in the Boxes\u201d in the direct mail photo. Previously I\u2019ve carried out this method of displaying torsos that are stored in boxes numerous times, as part of the series of works called \u201cpious colors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Kazutoshi Shimuta)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1957 Born in Fukuoka<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1982 Graduated from the Painting Department (Oil Painting program) of Tokyo University of the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1986 Completed Mural Painting Course 2 at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1988 Studied on a DAAD scholarship with Prof. Franz Erhard Walther at the University of Fine Arts 1991 Withdrew from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School after completing all doctoral <\/p>\n\n\n\n Principal exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1991 Solo exhibition \/ Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition \/ Gallery Myu<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group Exhibition: \u201cPoetics of Hue\u201d \/ Kawasaki City Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1992 Solo exhibition \/ Morris Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group exhibition: \u201c1st TRANSART ANNUAL\u201d \/ Yokohama Business Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1993 Solo exhibition \/ Gallery gen<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition \/ Morris Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1994 Solo exhibition \/ Gallery Myu<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1996 Solo exhibition \/ Gallery 360\u00b0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group exhibition: \u201cRequiem \u2013 Koji Enokura and 33 Artists\u201d \/ Saito Memorial Kawaguchi Museum of 1997 Group exhibition: \u201cThe Locked Room\u201d <\/a>[o1]<\/a> \/ Gallery Myu<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition \/ Akiyama Art Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1998 Solo exhibition \/ Kamakura Ntei<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2000 Group exhibition: \u201cFraming\u201d \/ GALERIA RASEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition \/ T&S Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2001 Group exhibition: \u201cExtending the boundaries of painting: exploration of color\u201d \/ Sakura City Group exhibition: \u201cField of Emergence\/Drawing\u201d \/ Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University 2002 Solo exhibition: \u201cOverflowing Carnation\u201d <\/a>[o2]<\/a> \/ TIME & STYLE GALLERIA<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2003 Group exhibition \/ Gallery appel<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2005 Solo exhibition \/ Plaza Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group exhibition: \u201cDJ Brand\u201d \/ The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition: \u201cTORSOHOUSE <\/a>(idle village)[o3]<\/a> \u201d \/ T&S Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2006 Group exhibition: \u201cLVRFI\u201d \/ Studio ONO<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition \/ Akiyama Art Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2008 Group exhibition \/ TIME & STYLE MIDTOWN<\/p>\n\n\n\n Group exhibition: \u201cLVRFI\u201d \/ T&S Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2009 Solo exhibition \/ void+<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition: \u201c16 \u00d7 24 Pious Colors\u201d \/ Akiyama Art Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n Solo exhibition: \u201cTorsohouse \u2013 The Morning after the Flood<\/a>[o4]<\/a> \u201d \/ T&S Gallery <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2011 Group exhibition: \u201c<\/a>100 Years of Art in Matsudo\u201d [o5]<\/a> \/ Matsudo Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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