wamono art

10/09/2026

Liminal Yoshikatsu Ikeuchi Exhibition will be held at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art from October 13 to 25. It promises to be a special opportunity to experience Ikeuchi’s multifaceted talents—ranging from oil paintings to sound installations—within a space bathed in light.

Artist Statement
Between the act of seeing and the act of hearing, there are some things that do not translate.
A color cannot replace a specific sound, or vice versa.
While sound dissipates in time, a painting remains where it is, as a mark.
The relationship arising between the two is not predetermined,
but reshaped with each look or listen.
The more closely we are involved with a thing, the harder it is to assign it a single meaning.
Light moving through the venue over time slowly alters the look of the whole, as if passing between sound and paintings.
Rather than merging different kinds of expression into one,
in this exhibition I take the conditions that give rise to such changes, and composes them as works.

10/09/2026

30/08/2026

wamono art presents Echoes of Time, a duo exhibition by Hong Kong artist Rebeka Tam and Japanese artist Shiori Kaneko. Rebeka’s work draws from historical traces found on Hong Kong’s public walls, while Kaneko’s sculptures emerge from imagined timelines within abandoned buildings. Together, they reveal how ceramics can hold both transformation and stillness, capturing the fantasy of fixing time itself.
 
Rebeka Tam’s practice begins with walls that evolve constantly as advertisements are removed, paint is reapplied, and traces accumulate or fade. Over repeated visits, she observes how time inscribes itself through subtle marks and erasures, then translates these observations into ceramic surfaces that do not replicate real walls but evoke imagined ones—quiet, layered, and resonant with the city’s shifting histories. The exhibition presents her own photographs alongside her ceramic works, inviting viewers to slow down their pace and attune to Hong Kong’s hidden rhythms and the delicate traces of change.
 
Shiori Kaneko’s sculptures arise from her encounters with decaying architecture. For her, ruins are living timelines that hold past, present, and future at once. She imagines the former life of each structure, the transformations it has undergone, and the future it will meet. Her ceramic forms resemble fantastical ruin‑scapes where worn surfaces and shifting contours feel inscribed by time. Kaneko embraces the beauty of aging and the inevitability of change, expressing figures that “live on by decaying.”
 
In this exhibition, the ever‑shifting flow of time is quietly anchored in the enduring medium of ceramics—a material that retains its form across decades. Each artist brings her own sensibility and originality to the exploration of memory, traces, and the fragile gaze cast upon a world in constant transition, guiding viewers into distinct narrative realms. Echoes of Time invites audiences to immerse themselves in a fantastical space where time seems to be held within the permanence of fired clay.

28/08/2026

wamono art 呈獻〈時光迴響〉—— 由香港藝術家 譚曉怡 與日本藝術家 栞 金子 聯手呈現/合辦的雙人展。譚曉怡 的作品從香港公共牆上所留下的歷史印記出發，而 金子 的作品源自被遺棄的建築內可幻想到的虛構時間軸。合而觀之，它們展示出陶瓷如何同時承載轉化與靜止，捕捉到「把時間定格」的幻想。
 
 
譚曉怡 的創作從會不斷變化的牆面出發：當廣告被移除、油漆再度塗上，痕跡便累積或消散。在反覆的探訪中，她留意到時間如何透過細微的痕跡與磨損慢慢寫下自己的印記， 隨後，她將這些觀察融入陶瓷創作，這些作品並非真實牆壁的複製品，而是引發對虛構牆壁的聯想——寧靜、多層次，並呼應著城市流轉的歷史。展覽同時展示了她的攝影與陶瓷作品，邀請觀眾放慢腳步，細味體會香港隱藏的節奏，以及那些細微變遷的痕跡。
 
栞 金子 的作品是在衰敗的建築物中誕生。在她眼中，廢墟是一條活的時間線，同時承載著過去、現在與未來。她想像著每一座建築昔日的樣貌、它所經歷的轉變，以及它將迎向的未來。她的陶瓷作品像是奇特的廢墟，表面磨損的質地與變幻的輪廓，彷彿被時光所銘刻。 金子 欣賞事物老化的美，以及變化的必然，並傳達了「在凋零中獲得永恆」的涵意。
 
在這次展覽中，時間的無盡變幻，被靜靜地固定在陶瓷這種能長久保留形態的媒介當中。 每一位藝術家都以她個人的感知和創意，來探索記憶、痕跡，以及那投射在一個持續轉變的世界上的目光。引導觀眾進入各自不同的敘事領域。「時光迴響」邀請觀眾沉浸在一個奇幻的空間裡，感受時間彷彿被永存在燒製過的陶土中。

時光迴響譚曉怡 和 栞 金子：時間被封存的陶瓷世界
2026年9月12日－12月12日
星期六：12:00 – 18:00

17/08/2026

We are delighted to share that Yoshikatsu Ikeuchi was recently interviewed by Hiroki Yamamoto, one of Japan’s most prominent contemporary art critics, ahead of Ikeuchi's highly anticipated upcoming museum solo exhibition in Kyoto.
Stay tuned for the insightful conversation.

Yoshikatsu Ikeuchi
Composer and Artist born in Kyoto. Focusing on the "untranslatability" between seeing and hearing, he transforms the differences and shifts in sensory perception into art. Using figurative motifs as an entry point to the act of "seeing," Ikeuchi creates experiences that generate countless possibilities of correspondence through painting and sound installations. In 2016, he composed a piece for the film Rage (music by Ryuichi Sakamoto). In 2025, he held a solo exhibition at the Meiji Kotokan of the Kyoto National Museum. In addition to serving as a Kyoto Cultural Tourism Ambassador, he has recently been collaborating with Kyoto Prefecture to support and nurture young artists.

Hiroki Yamamoto 
Cultural Studies Scholar and Associate Professor at Jissen Women’s University. Yamamoto graduated in Social Science at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo in 2010 and completed his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts (UAL), London in 2013. In 2018, he received a PhD from the University of the Arts London. His single-authored publications are The History of Contemporary Art: Euro-America, Japan, and Transnational (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2019), Art of the Post-Anthropocene (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2022), Introduction to Contemporary Art (Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 2025), and What is Local Art Festival (Heibonsha, 2026).
 

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03/07/2026

本次展覽展出了兩位駐巴黎的當代日本藝術家作品，分別是阿琦．路迷和奧諾黛拉．有機。阿琦．路迷運用攝影、繪畫和素描等媒介，探討何為人工以及我們所看到的事物等問題。奧諾黛拉．有機不斷創作出引發關於攝影是什麼以及影像是什麼的基本問題的作品。她透過實驗性的攝影創作各種作品，探索從這些問題中浮現的主題。儘管這兩位藝術家共享同一個創作空間和時間，但他們各自追求著個人的創作。他們的作品擁有各自獨特的特質，背後則是他們自己的哲學、思想和表達方法。這個展覽在同一空間中介紹了他們的代表性系列作品，如阿琦．路迷的《traceryscape》和奧諾黛拉．有機的《世界並不小 - 1826》，從而營造出一種神秘的聯覺之感。
聯覺
阿琦．路迷x奧諾黛拉．有機

– 2026年6月20日 
星期六，12:00 – 18:00 
星期一至星期五 | 僅限預約（WhatsApp +852 6822 2962） 
星期日及公眾假期休息

This exhibition features works by two contemporary Japanese artists based in Paris, Aki Lumi and Yuki Onodera.  Aki Lumi uses photography, drawings and sketches to explore questions such as what is artificial and what we see. Yuki Onodera constantly creates works that raise fundamental questions about what photography is and what images are. She uses photography to experimentally create a variety of works that explore themes that emerge from these questions.  While these two artists share the same creative space and time, they each pursue their own individual creative endeavors. Their works each possess unique qualities, backed by their own philosophies, ideas, and methods of expression. This exhibition introduces their representative series such as Aki Lumi's "Traceryscape" and Yuki Onodera's "The World Is Not Small - 1826," in the same space, creating a mysterious sense of synesthesia.

Synesthesia
Aki Lumi x Yuki Onodera
– 20 June 2026
Saturdays, 12:00 – 18:00
Mon – Fri | Appointments only (WhatsApp + 852 6822 2962)
Closed on Sun and Public Holidays

10/06/2026

山上渡 ×袁璟：我的学校是街头、自然和人们的日常
山上渡近日接受艺术评论家、译者袁璟专访，文章发表于《信睿周报》林叶与袁璟主理的“艺与思”专栏。

对话双方围绕山上渡的成长经历与创作实践展开，探讨其如何在街头文化、自然观察与跨地域经验的影响下形成独特的艺术语言，并围绕“连接”“边界”等贯穿其创作的重要命题展开讨论。

林叶和袁璟作为长期深耕中日当代艺术的写作者与策展人，他们曾译介包括杉本博司《艺术的起源》、奈良美智《始于空无一物的世界》在内的多部重要著作。持续通过研究、翻译、评论与访谈工作，向中文世界介绍日本当代艺术的发展脉络与重要实践。

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07/06/2026

wamono art and BUNDLE STUDIO held a special talk event to commemorate the screening of a documentary film about the “Japanese Avant-Garde Art 1910-1970” exhibition held at the Centre Pompidou in 1986.

Part 1 featured Aomi Okabe, one of the commissioners (curators) of the “Japanese Avant-Garde Art 1910-1970” exhibition, with art journalist Yoshio Suzuki serving as moderator.

The theme was “Exploring the Exhibition that Opened Japanese Avant-Garde Art to the World.”

The discussion delved into the behind-the-scenes story of how the legendary “Japanese Avant-Garde Art 1910-1970” exhibition came to be, and explored its impact on the art world that followed. Ms. Okabe also shared anecdotes from that time, including his interactions with participating artists and memorable events during the exhibition.

This was a unique opportunity to trace the trajectory of expression that has been passed down through generations, through the words of Aomi Okabe, who continues to work energetically on cross-border curation as an independent curator.

In the second part, we invited architect Noriaki Okabe, who was part of the design team for the Centre Pompidou and also designed the venue for the “Japanese Avant-Garde Art 1910-1970” exhibition, as our guest. The moderator of the talk was architect Kenichi Teramoto, who curated the UAE Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition and won the Golden Lion Award.

The theme was “From the Centre Pompidou Site: Considering Architecture as Exhibition Space.”

We were able to hear stories that only someone who has actually experienced museum architecture and the relationship between art and space can tell. Furthermore, through a dialogue between architects with extensive international experience, we explored the possibilities of architecture as a physical space that connects the past, present, and future.

Event date: 8 December 2025 at BUNDLE STUDIO, Chiba

28/05/2026

Kei Hasegawa has installed “Rising” 2026, Bamboo (Madake), 170 x 143 x 35 cm at the Takafuji, a plant engineering-centered technolory group in Oita prefecture, Japan. 長谷川絢氏が、「游う」（ゆう）, 2026年、真竹、170 x 143 x 35 cmを大分の株式会社タカフジ様本社ビルへ設置いたしました。

26/05/2026

wamono art has published a book about Noriyuki Haraguchi “How freely I can open up this space and time I am sharing”, written by Yasuyuki Nakai, Curator, The National museum of Art, Osaka.
wamono artは、国立国際美術館研究員の中井康之氏が執筆した原口典之氏の本 “原口典之であること”を2022年に出版しました。
64 pages. English / 中文 / 日本語