Contemporary Arts and Spirits - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Contemporary Arts and Spirits. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Scores Exhibition
A collaborative show between sculptor Kenichi Kanazawa and musician Hirouyuki Ura that investigates whether music and sculpture can exist in unity in a single space. The exhibition features large-scale...More »
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Hisaya Kojima Exhibition
Hisaya Kojima’s works contain a mysterious beauty inspired by photographs from the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico in 1945. Immediately after the nuclear explosion, a fireball the shape of a perfect...More »
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Exhibition Pilot Plant
This year’s annual Pilot Plant exhibition falls on the 20th anniversary of the opening of CAS. The art space, which hosts a variety of talks and symposiums, will take the opportunity to reflect on its...More »
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Pharmakon: Medical-Ecological Approaches for Artistic Sensibilization
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture - Installation - Media Arts - Party
- 2017-12-02 - 2017-12-23
A group contemporary art exhibition featuring five invited artists from France, three Japan-based artists, plus the curator. Pharmakon uses artistic methods to address social and environmental issues in...More »
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Tamaki Kawaguchi Exhibition
Tamaki Kawaguchi applies the concept of a frame, as used in conventional painting, to objects and other everyday things. He applies paint to places such as the window formed by the screen of a computer,...More »
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Paul DeMarinis Exhibition
Electronic media artist Paul DeMarinis has been active since the early 70s, producing an impressive number of performances, sound and computer installations, and interactive works since. The highlight...More »
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Toshinori Odera + Kotaro “Soft Spine”
A pastor born in 1940, Toshinori Odera discovered optical and geometric art in the 60s and continues with his abstract expressions to this day, fifty years later. In his work, Kotaro investigates the...More »
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Ayako Funada “Catch the Pie in the Sky”
Ayako Funada confronts the complex act of consumption through her manipulated advertising images. By omitting the actual product from the image, she tries to get to the root of unfulfilled desire, questioning...More »
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Exhibition PilotPlant “To Marcel Duchamp”
A group exhibition of works. [Exhibiting Artists] Makiko Aoki, Kazuki Akira, Asako Ikegami, Norio Imai, Hiroshi Ohno, Kaori Okano, Kenichi Kanazawa, Motonori Kawamura, Takashi Kunitani, Toshihiro Komatsu,...More »
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Junglim Han Exhibition
In her 2014 exhibition “Weaving Dreams”, Junglim Han portrayed dreams as a drifting illusion. In her 2015 show “Hidden in Slumber”, she visualized dreams by creating a collage of related fragments and...More »
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Locus of Aura
Curated by Tadasu Fujii, this exhibition of installations by three artists reconsiders the mass flow of information in today’s society. More »
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Kazuki Akira Exhibition
An exhibition of works by Kazuki Akira, curated by art critic Takeshi Hirata. [Related Event] Artist Talk Moderator: Takeshi Hirata Date: Sep. 10 (Sat) 16:00 Admission Fee: 500 yenMore »
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Michiro Tokushige “Natural Beauty”
A solo exhibition by Michiro Tokushige of paintings, sculptural works and an installation made up of everyday goods that represent imagined landscapes. [Related Event] Artists Talk Date: Jul.16 (Sat)...More »
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Hiroko Taki Exhibition
Performance art by Hiroko Taki incorporating her own body. [Related Event] Artist’s Talk Moderator: Tomoyuki MItsui (Osaka City Museum Of Modern Art Curator) Date: Jun. 4 (Sat) 16:00 Admission:...More »
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Takeshi Sasaoka “Times 2016”
A solo show by Takeshi Sasaoka, with works based on the idea of “time” - a theme which has concerned him for several years. [Related Event] Artists Talk Date: Mar.26 (Sat) From 16:00 Admission: ¥500 Please...More »
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Beyond Sugar and Spice Vol.2
A group exhibition by Aki Inomata, Mari Katayama, Takeo Yamada, Yumiko Kanno, and Masako Aki with Melectro. [Related Event] Artists Talk + Mari Katayama Mini Live Date: Feb.6 (Sat) From 16:00 Admission:...More »
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Exhibition Pilot Plant “Red”
According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2016 is the year of the monkey. With the Japanese word for monkey, “saru” also meaning “to dispel,” this can be interpreted as good fortune with the dispelling of demons...More »
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Kenichi Kanazawa “Vibratile Shape 2015”
Observing the phenomena of vibration through sculpture, video, photography, and performance using iron as a material. [Related Events] Performance by Kenichi Kanazawa Date: 12/13 (Sun) 18:00 Admission:...More »
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Hirohumi Nakamae “The Future of Existence”
Hirohumi Nakamae’s 2011 installation “Tolerance” filled a space with the text of Article 9 of the Japanese constitution using the reflected light of a mirror. This project presents tables with Article...More »
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Tamotsu Shiihara + Yusuke Taninaka “Kawasu”
A joint exhibition by Tamotsu Shiihara and Yusuke Taninaka. [Related Event] Artists Talk Date: Oct.24 (Sat) 16:00-17:00 Admission: ¥500More »
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Jihoon Park Exhibition
Displaying the works of Jihoon Park.More »
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Minako Nishiyama + Toshihiro Komatsu “On the Exhibition Room”
An exhibition that places at the forefront not the space in which the art lies, but the place where the art takes us. Toshihiro Komatsu uses photography to summon the world beyond the walls, whilst Minako...More »
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Yukari Inoue Exhibition
In her work, Yukari Inoue confronts various issues within society. “The answer is right in front of your eyes. The question is that we are not able to see it.” [Related Event] Artist Talk Date: March.14...More »
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Makiko Aoki “The Joy of Painting”
Expressing the joy that paintings and the act of painting essentially holds, Makiko Aoki’s paintings take the form of tender and transparent people. [Related Event] Artists Talk with Tomoyuki Mitsui Date:...More »
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Pilot Plant/Paper
When text is incorporated in an artwork as a visual, the paper is not merely a base material, but plays an important role as an element of the artwork’s text. The common artistic medium of paper is the...More »
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Eri Hanada “Stock”
Eri Hanada’s works can be described in many ways as “site-specific”— the practice of emphasizing the space where an artwork is placed. However, to Hanada, focusing on a site does not mean using it as a...More »
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Hirofumi Nakamae “Curtains— Connection and Cutoff”
Curtains are devices that cut us off from the outside world while protecting our privacy. They secure spaces, maintaining a delicate sense of distance through loose separations and connections that can...More »
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Masahiro Kawanaka “Her Sounds, Her Memory, Her 13552 Minute.”
An exhibition that features Masahiro Kawanaka installation of audio tapes. [Related Event] Artists Talk Date: Nov.8 (Sat) From 16:00 Admission: ¥500 Please refer to the official site for further...More »
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Kayo Funada Exhibition
Kayo Funada uses various media, such as painting, photography, video, installation, and performance, to express her relationship and states of desire with her mother. The works confront the issues of maternal...More »
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As words gain popularity, terms used in the fine-arts industry are adopted in the world of popular music and within mass media. These days, words such as “artist”, “event”, “performance”, “collaboration”,...More »
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Takashi Komori Exhibition
Presenting the idea of “falsehood”: the stuffed head of a cute panda that on closer observation reveals something strange. Takashi Komori takes stuffed animals and camouflages them through a process of...More »
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Jungho Oak Exhibition
Jungho Oak is a Seoul-based artist attracting worldwide attention. He exhibited work at Seoul’s Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art in 2012 and participated in the Glenfiddich Residency Program in the UK in 2013....More »
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Hitoshi Hongoh “Both Sides of It”
An exhibition of work from Hitoshi Hongoh.More »
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Takashi Sasaoka “Water 2014”
Utilizing the materials of light and water Takashi Sasaoka combines these with primitive principles and simple devices to create a space loaded with atmosphere, opening up a delicate interval between sound...More »
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Kenichi Kanazawa Exhibition
Metal sculpture and musical works composed according to formal rules by Kenichi Kanazawa. [Related Event] Performance Talk Event Date: 11th January(Sat) 16:00- Kenichi Kanazawa, Hiroyuki Ura,...More »
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Makiko Aoki “Point”
Drawings by Makiko Aoki are on display. [Related Event] Artist’s talk Moderated by curator Eri Muroi Date: 11/9 (Sat) 16:00 Fee: ¥500More »
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Makiko Aoki “Point”
Drawings by Makiko Aoki. [Related Event] Artist’s Talk Moderated by curator Eri Moroi Date: 11/9 (Sat) 16:00 Fee: ¥500More »
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Midori Araki + Minoru Yoshida Exhibition
Exhibition of performance art by artists Midori Araki and Minoru Yoshida, who address the question of how life and art interact. [Modern Family Performance] 10/26 (Sat) 17:00 Admission: ¥500 (seating...More »
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Anja Gerecke + Stefan Rummel Exhibition
Berlin-based duo Anja Gerecke and Stefan Rummel create installations combining abstract imagery and sound that explore individual perceptions of space, the environment and art.More »
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Hirofumi Nakamae Exhibition
- Media: Painting - Graphics - Photography - Installation - Video and Film - Party - Talks
- 2013-08-31 - 2013-09-21
Hirofumi Nakamae documents his travels to Irkutsk in Siberia in a variety of media: from photography to film and soundscapes. [Artist Talk] 9/14 (Sat) 16:00 *Please refer to the website for details...More »
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Saori Kishimoto “Desire of Electric Pole”
Exhibition of works by Art Shower 2013 CAS winner and student at Kyoto Seika University, Saori Kishimoto. In her work, Kishimoto strives to portray another world, one that is full of dynamism and hope,...More »
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Jimin Chun + Motoki Kawamura “Harutoshura - Mental Sketch Modified” Exhibition
While these two artists both employ objects from everyday life in their works, they differ in that Jimin depicts her innermost thoughts and feelings through drawings and diary entries in addition to everyday...More »
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Masanori Fujiki Exhibition
Born in 1952, Masanori Fujiki works and lives in Hokkaido. He has presented works with a strong art event factor. By revealing the construction of social factors that influence our actions and thoughts...More »
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Kotaro Ushijima + Takamitsu Ota "Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehest"
"Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehest" is derived from the traditional German game for kids, meaning "I see things you cannot see". By asking questions, participants have to guess what a dealer is imagining....More »
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Kikou Tominaga Exhibition
Kikou Tominaga creates work based on calligraphy and prints. He has been introduced in various media, and has established a name for himself in central Japan. Like his father, Tominaga is also a calligrapher....More »
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Kazumi Tsuji "Daily Life"
Kazumi Tsuji has used glass as the main material to express social messages derived from experiences in daily life. Tsuji constantly looks at the ambiguous feelings and perceptions of human beings, especially...More »