Ten work friends will exhibit water color landscapes depicting people and animals.

To celebrate its coming tenth anniversary this exhibition will showcase the "The Means of State Aid" cartoon, which was featured in the economics section of the Mainichi Newspaper Saturday edition since May 1998. *Exhibiting at the 1F entrance hall

[Image: "Brilliant Glazes" 52.5x7cm]

Live performances: May 11th (Sat) Sakyuu BITE May 12th (Sun) 17:00- Alientom, Dendorokakaria

[Image: Hayato Minoda "Prediction 1" (2008) 101.5x80.5cm Oil on Canvas]

"Private happenings are the motif of my work. I do not make works in the same way I write my diary but in fact I don't understand how much difference there is between these things. I don't want the responsibility for my diary but I want the responsibility for my work." (Statement by the artist) *Exhibiting at space 1F

*Exhibiting at space 2F

[Image: Koji Ito]

This exhibition displays miniature figures who live in a small apartment. They enjoy their ordinary life, such as relaxing, doing yoga, reading the newspaper, thinking... Matsuura also showcases his fantasy creatures at a separate display space.

[Image: Hiroko Nakakita "Emono" 27.3×54.6cm（3S×2点) ]

The exhibition eliminates the boundaries between traditional and contemporary art.

The exhibition features 100 participants, each one of them will present a 30-second production using a sound box. *Exhibiting at KAVC gallery

At Gallery Ryo a live model sketching workshop is held once a month. This exhibition showcases the drawings from the past workshops. Since each artist sees things in a differently, the same model will have been interpreted and drawn in many ways.

This exhibition showcases monochrome pictures taken in Italy, France, and Hokkaido. [Image: Akiyo Kojima]

Yuge's illustration work employs Indian-ink drawings and Japanese traditional goods, such as hanging scrolls, folding fans, and kimono.

On its 6th edition, the exhibition features works from 72 artists of various media and styles.

Under the theme of "The Palm of Buddha" some new works by Aiko Miyanaga, Kazuki Hitoosa and Tomoko Shioyasu. "The Palm of Buddha" ("In the hands of the gods") tends usually to be associated with the idea of manipulation without being aware of it. However, drawing not only from this concept, the aim of this exhibition is an experimentation with how contemporary art can look anew at universal values, that of worshipping "the Palm of the Buddha", of being protected and encouraged, of seizing the benevolence of a certain source. Opening Event: May 10th (Saturday) 14:00-17:00 Artists' Talk: 14:00-16:00 Reception Party: 16:00-17:00

This is an exhibition of works that have captured the mysterious power of light.

[Image: Kazuo Takiguchi "Go"]

*Exhibiting at AMI

[Image: Yasuhiro Tanigawa]

"Flower reflection," Yoshikazu Yoshida's first solo exhibition, showcases photographs capturing the reflection of cherry blossoms on the surface of water. For this series of photographs, Yoshida used the fixed-point observation method, favored for a long time by many photographers. However, with this fixed-point method, precisely because it is at a fixed point, the area's slight movements, the wavering, the quivering the eye cannot see, all are conveyed even better. Moreover, by images layered with the changes of the seasons, viewers will find their perspectives multiplying and proliferating.

Zenitani moved to Spain in 1990 and currently is working in the Costa-Brava area, north of Barcelona. This exhibition is based on the theme of prayer. Visitors will see a tranquil imaginary landscape, and an inquiring into the deepening of color.

[Image: Kozue Hibino ]

Bunyo Ide and Hideo Midori are both held in esteem in Nihonga circles. The pair's work has a charm rooted in their finely drawn lines and subtle forms, and, adding the deeply expressive sketchings of Takashi Yasuzumi, the gallery will show 20 new works of this trio. [Image: Bunyo Ide "Ryokuko - Kibune River"]

The 200 works on display are all originals.

"If a painting has no intensity, if it has no emotion, then it is worth nothing." (Statement by the artist) *Exhibiting at 58

Since the Heian period "The Tale of Genji" has continued to be read for a thousand years, truly deserving the label of timeless classic. This special exhibition will introduce the places in Mie with a connection to the work. Emaki (illustrated scrolls), Byobu (folding screens) and many folios will be on display. Art Talk: May 25th (Sun) 13:30-15:00 Exhibition Explanation: May 25th (Sun) 11:30-12:00 Exhibition Explanation: June 7th (Sat) 16:00-16:30

Guillaume Leingre seeks to create works using constrained conception and production techniques with a great knowledge of both historical and contemporary contexts. With Une exposition de photographies/An exhibition of photographs, Guillaume Leingre reaches the very disturbing equilibrium of creating "silent photographs". Photographs of virtual spaces and multiplicating cells. Primitive photographs. Primordial photographs. They work like looking glasses where a shameless reality repeats on a mathematical algorithm. That’s what we found there, in the obsolescence and captivating mystery of the QR Code, a photograph that recalls a mandala structure dedicated to the relentless beauty of an exponentially abstract world. [Image: "QR Code"　(2008) gelatin silver print, 40x40cm]