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2020.03.03 update

CADAN and Isetan Men's Store have launched "Takeover," a year-long collaborative project.


Starting this spring, CADAN (Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association), an organization comprised of leading contemporary art galleries in Japan, and ISETAN MEN'S Building will launch a year-long collaborative project called "Takeover." Special installations tailored to the theme of each floor will appear in the cubic exhibition space SI (Store Identity) located on four floors of Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building . Four artists, represented by CADAN member galleries, will present their works each season.

  1. What does the promotional term "Takeover" mean?
  2. Four installations, each tailored to the floor's theme, will appear.
    1. 1. Ken Kagami (Affiliated gallery: MISAKO & ROSEN)
    2. 2. Tetsuro Kano (Affiliated gallery: Yuka Tsuruno Gallery)
    3. 3. Susumu Koshimizu (Affiliated gallery: Tokyo Gallery + BTAP)
    4. 4. Ittah Yoda (Retailer: Sprout Curation)

What does the promotional term "Takeover" mean?



The Contemporary Art Dealers Association Nippon (CADAN) is a non-profit industry organization established in 2015 with the aim of contributing to the development of contemporary art in Japan by promoting and popularizing contemporary art in Japan, establishing and developing the contemporary art market, improving the international recognition of contemporary artists, and supporting and nurturing young artists. It currently has 37 member galleries.

The name of the collaborative project, "Takeover," originates from a promotional term used on social media platforms such as Instagram. By taking over each other's work, the project aims to use the ISETAN MEN'S building as a venue to offer customers the contemporary art handled by the galleries that make up CADAN as something of new value.

This series will feature contemporary art that reflects the current era, with various contemporary art pieces appearing on the floors of ISETAN MEN'S building over four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The exhibitions will be held in cubic exhibition spaces called SI (Store Identity)* installed on the four floors.

*SI (Store Identity) is the welcoming space at the ISETAN MEN'S building, which was reborn in March 2019 with the new statement "As a man, and As a human." Artworks are displayed according to the theme set each season.


Four installations, each tailored to the floor's theme, will appear.

1. Ken Kagami (Affiliated gallery: MISAKO & ROSEN)


A maverick of contemporary art delivers a brilliant work for Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building
  • ■ Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building 1st Floor = Main Entrance, Men's Accessories



    Ken Kagami "Fashion" (2020) Mixed media, Dimension variable © Ken Kagami, Courtesy of Misako & Rosen
  • Ken Kagami was born in Tokyo in 1974. He continues to create art based in Tokyo, drawing inspiration from everyday events and phrases from art history. For this exhibition at Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building he will present site-specific works that draw on various elements such as "fashion," "department store," and "men's."


2. Tetsuro Kano (Affiliated gallery: Yuka Tsuruno Gallery)


An installation that pierces the viewer with the artist's concerns.
 
  • ■ Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building 2nd Floor = Men's Creators

    Reference image *Actual exhibited works may differ.

    Tetsuro Kano, "Every Part Unique" (2019), 150 x 150 x 63 cm, mixed media (glass, wood, found objects), Photo: Ken Kato, (C) the Artist, Courtesy of Yuka Tsuruno Gallery

    Tetsuro Kano was born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1980. He has been working to create new "landscapes" as drawings on space by combining ready-made objects and plants. In the installations he has been working on since 2009, he has begun to incorporate the "perspective of others," such as birds. In Kano's world of work, objects and spaces are treated in a way that deviates from the meaning and function they originally had, which suspends human values and ways of perceiving, prompting new perceptions and the imagination of multiple worlds that we are not usually aware of.



3. Susumu Koshimizu (Affiliated gallery: Tokyo Gallery + BTAP)


A representative work by an artist who led the Mono-ha movement, an important artistic trend in postwar Japanese art history.
  • ■ Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building 4th Floor = Men's Luxury

    Susumu Koshimizu, “Etude of Ariadne” (2007) (with rope) 78(h)×185×175cm, (without rope) 73.5(h)×55×110cm, chestnut tree, steel, hemp rope, Photo by Kei Okano, Courtesy of Tokyo Gallery+BTAP

    Susumu Koshimizu was born in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture in 1944. He currently works in Kyoto and Osaka. Since the late 1960s, he has created works using wood, stone, paper, clay, iron, and other materials, emphasizing the relationships between different materials. He was a central artist of the Mono-ha art movement around 1970 and has been active in exhibitions both in Japan and abroad, including the Venice and São Paulo Biennials.

4. Ittah Yoda (Retailer: Sprout Curation)


Contemporary art that utilizes 3D printers without adding layers to the subject of interest.
  • ■ Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building 6th Floor = Men's Contemporary
    Ittah Yoda, “Philaé” (2020) Polyurethane, silicone, thermochromic pigment Stand: 3D polyamide / Printer output approx. 20 x 16 x 35.5 cm Courtesy of Sprout Curation

  • Itta Yoda is an artist duo formed in 2015 by Virgille Itta (born in France in 1981) and Kai Yoda (born in Tokyo in 1982), who studied sculpture and photography respectively at the Royal College of Art in London. They explore the post-human phase with experiential works using VR and algorithms, sculptures created from shapes generated from these works using 3D printers and traditional casting, and layered paintings using mediums that change color with temperature and ultraviolet light. Their major solo exhibitions include "Descending Body | Fragments of Memory" (2018 @ Sprout Curation) and "I think mango you say salmon" (2016 @ Annka Kultys Gallery, London), and they have been invited to numerous group exhibitions throughout Europe. This time, they will present sculptural works created by extracting data from the algorithms of experiential VR (virtual reality) works, outputting it with a 3D printer, creating a mold based on that, and then casting resin and pigments that change color with temperature.


Event Information
CADAN×ISETAN MEN'S: Spring Takeover
  • March 4th (Wednesday) - June 16th (Tuesday)
  • Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 6th floors

Future plans
CADAN×ISETAN MEN'S: Summer Takeover
■Wednesday, June 17th to Tuesday, September 15th
CADAN×ISETAN MEN'S: Autumn Takeover
■September 16th (Wednesday) - December 15th (Tuesday)
CADAN×ISETAN MEN'S: Winter Takeover
■From December 16th (Wednesday) to March 2021


Organizer: Isetan Shinjuku Store, Men's Building
Cooperation: Japan Contemporary Art Dealers Association

Text: ISETAN MEN'S net

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