EXHIBITIONS
Sculpture-object
Venue
Ueno/Okachimachi Area
Toeizan Kan'ei-ji Temple (Noble Room)
1-14-11 Uenosakuragi, Taito-ku
Date
11:30–16:30; closed on Mon and Tue
*Open Nov 3 (Nat’l hol.) and 24 (Subst. hol.).
Reference Image: A Shape of the Seed “Ommonma Plant Series”, 2015
Nobuyuki Fujiwara explores the allure of living forms, using them as motifs to create delicate yet dynamic glass sculptures. His fascination with glass stems from sensing light’s power to transform environments and pursuing the possibilities of light-filled spaces. Throughout his long career, he has repeatedly explored and challenged the potential of glass expression, striving to transform these concepts into symbolic forms.
This exhibition presents a group of works created from this practice, displayed in a way that resonates with the space of Toeizan Kan’ei-ji Temple. The Omonma Plant Series, begun around 2009, is a collection inspired by the vitality of plants native to Omonma, a location in Toride City, Ibaraki Prefecture, near the Tone River Basin, where his studio is located. Fujiwara intently senses the life cycle within nature to uniquely combine and reconstruct fragmentary images of plants. These sculptural forms—embodying both the images of “water” and “plants” inherent in glass— are reconfigured at Kan’ei-ji Temple, celebrating its 400th anniversary, where a new spatial vision will be created.
Special Cooperation: Toeizan Kan’ei-ji Temple
Cooperation: Tokyo University of the Arts
Born in 1958, he is currently a professor in the Department of Crafts at Tokyo University of the Arts, where he also serves as Vice Dean. He received his MFA from Tokyo University of the Arts and participated in the Pilchuck Glass School in 1984. He then worked as a designer for Iwata Glass Co., Ltd. until 2001. He is a member of the Japan Glass Artcrafts Association and serves as a trustee of the Association for Glass Art Studies.
His first exhibition was held in 1985, followed by numerous exhibitions to date. His first solo exhibition took place in 1995. He received Honorable Mentions at the 4th Koganezaki VESSELS (Koganezaki Glass Museum) in 2008 and at The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa 2010. He was awarded the Kyohei Prize (Grand Prize) at both the 11th Glass ’08 in Japan and the 12th Glass ’12 in Japan, organized by the Japan Glass Artcrafts Association (JGAA).
Selected Public Collection: Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München, Germany; Contemporary Glass Arts Museum, Turke; Koganezaki Glass Museum Japan, Ishikawaken Notojima Glass Museum, Japan; Hsincyu City Glass Museum,Republic of China.
Ueno/Okachimachi Area
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