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Kaoru Usukubo: “She is.” Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You

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Exhibition

Venue

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Daimaruyu

Kokusai Building

3-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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Daimaruyu

Mitsubishi Corporation Building 

2-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo


                                          
Date

2023.9.23 - 11.5


Venue 1: Mitsubishi Corporation Bldg. All day during the exhibition Venue 2: Kunigiwa Bldg. Weekdays 8:00–23:00 Saturdays 8:00–22:00 Sundays and Holidays 10:00–22:00 *Venue 2 will remain open to the public until the end of March 2024.

Ticket

Free

Exhibition at Mitsubishi Corporation Building Photo: TADA (YUKAI)

9.23 (Sat)–11.5 (Sun)

Venue 1: Mitsubishi Corporation Bldg. (2-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku) Open daily

Venue 2: Kokusai Bldg. (3-1-1 Marunouchi) 8:00–23:00 | Sat –22:00 | Sun & Hol 10:00–22:00

Free

*See also the map below.
*Venue 2 will remain open to the public until the end of March 2024.

Painter Kaoru Usukubo attempts to depict “a world that cannot be controlled by consciousness alone,” employing a unique method involving photography, computer graphics, and oil painting. For the Daimaruyu project, Usukubo will take a new approach by interviewing several women who actually live in the district and depicting their introspective worlds.

The series, which can be considered a collaboration between Usukubo and the women, will be copied and digitally processed into “murals” (sticker print) that will be displayed in the city. The murals tell the story of anonymous individuals working in Daimaruyu, but Usukubo explains, “I want to depict a larger world from personal viewpoints.” The murals will be installed at several locations in the Daimaruyu area, inviting passersby to ponder their meaning and to enjoy imagining freely.


Organizer: Tokyo Biennale
Co-organizer: Daimaru-Yu Art Action Executive Committee
Support: Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.,
Special cooperation: OMY Landlord Council, OMY Area Management Association
Venue cooperation: Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Jisho Property Management Co., Ltd.

*This program will be implemented as one of the "Daimaruyu Art Action".

Audio guide is available here!

 

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Exhibition of Original Paintings

Usukubo's solo exhibition "'She Is.' Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You" is held at around the same time as the Tokyo Biennale 2023.

Date/Time: 2023.9.30 (Sat) – 11.18 (Sat) 11:00–19:00, closed on Sundays and Mondays.
Venue: faro WORKPLACE (1F faro Nakameguro, 3-15-17 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo)

▶︎ Gallery website

Daimaruyu Art Action

The Daimaruyu area (Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho), in addition to being a business district that plays a key role in the Japanese economy, has a history of urban development centered on culture and the arts dating back 100 years, including the construction of Japan's first theater at the dawn of modern Japan. “Daimaruyu Art Action” will implement a number of art projects at the forefront of urban development in the heart of the city, and collaborate with a network of local businesses with a view to "the next 100 years" of taking action to arouse creativity.

Each Linkage to be implemented in the Daimaruyu area in Tokyo Biennale 2023 will collaborate with the following members for its realization.

Daimaruyu SDGs ACT5 Project Executive Committee, Ligare (OMY Area Management Association), The OMY Landlord Council, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., other companies, stores, entrepreneurs and workers in the Daimaruyu area, artist collectives and designers working on social issues, universities and organizations involved in multiculturalism and community development, and others.

Artists・Members

Map

 

東京ビエンナーレ2023「大丸有アートアクション」マップ|Map of Daimaruyu Art Action

<em>She Is. Her Style</em>, 2023. Installation view at Mitsubishi Corporation Bldg. Photo by TADA (YUKAI)

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Kaoru Usukubo: “She is.” Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You

Paintings depicting the introspective world of women in the city will appear as "murals" in the city after being copied and digitally processed.

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Kaoru Usukubo: “She is.” Your Alter Ego Found Right Next to You

Type

Exhibition

Venue

D

Daimaruyu

Kokusai Building

3-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

D

Daimaruyu

Mitsubishi Corporation Building 

2-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo


                                          
Date

2023.9.23 - 11.5


Venue 1: Mitsubishi Corporation Bldg. All day during the exhibition Venue 2: Kunigiwa Bldg. Weekdays 8:00–23:00 Saturdays 8:00–22:00 Sundays and Holidays 10:00–22:00 *Venue 2 will remain open to the public until the end of March 2024.

Ticket

Free

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