Go through the space next to the parking lot.

The space painted in white is the "hibit" space.

This is the entrance.

The space of hibit is a space that was originally a storeroom and has been cleaned and turned into an exhibition space. It is a space with a sense of privacy. The name "hibit" was given by the person who named it, and he named it by combining the word "hibit" in the word "exhibition" and "hibi-to" (with days and days). It's nice!

I thought that the works of Mr. Katsuhisa Sato and Mr. Fuminao Suenaga were on display but there was a name I didn't know... Is it a group exhibition of young artists?

From the left Taketoshi Saito "S Park", Akane Mizue "Beebe-kun"

Akane Mizue "Mii-chan", Kakuyo Irokawa "Bird"

Mii-chan. It looks like a cat, but it's not a cat. Mii-chan. The star on the side looks like a barrette. Her clothes melted in the river, and I felt she is like a goddess like the Mona Lisa.

Coffee and tarts arrived while I was watching the work.

I will have Katsuhisa Sato's work in the background. A delicious tart that will impress any tart lover. Today's tart is a sweet potato and apple tart.

it's delicious.

This beautiful coffee cup is made by Masanobu Ando. 

After having a cup of tea and taking a break, it turns out that Mr. Sato and Mr. Suenaga made the hibit exhibition I mentioned earlier! ! On the back of the caption list, there is a description of the exhibition "Making a Name". (quoted with omission)

Make a Name
Date: March 17, 2018
Venue: blanClass (Yokohama)
Planning: Fuminao Suenaga
Participants: Ari Okubo, Katsuhisa Sato, Jumbo Suzuki, Fuminao Suenaga, Hirohiro Tomii

One thing that has always bothered me is that the names of artists whose names have been remembered in history are distinctive. Artists who are currently active have distinctive names that are easy to associate with the image of their work. Perhaps, at the time of the name, something about the artist is decided. With this in mind, I came up with a one-day exhibition and event to overturn the circuit of "artists create works" and think about the possibility of "artists' names create works". I would like to experience how the impression of the work that appears in the combination of "name", "work" and "title" changes in an experimental setting, and discuss the effect of the name on the artist.

Requests to Participating Artists
・Please forget about the works you usually make and make one piece of work.
・Please give an artist name suitable for the work. Please also attach the data of the work (title, size, material, production year).
・Pass the fictitious artist name and work data to another participating artist. I will not give you the real thing. The artist who received the work should create another work without looking at the work.
・A one-day exhibition will be held as a group exhibition of multiple fictitious artists by collecting the above. The above process will not be disclosed at the venue. Therefore, the audience does not know that the fictional artist's two works are by different creators.
・A talk event will be held at night. Participating artists will be invited to attend. On the spot, I will testify who made which work. Also, I wish we could have a discussion about the "name of the artist".

So, the group exhibition of young artists at hibit was the work that Mr. Sato and Mr. Suenaga exhibited at the time of this exhibition.

Three-dimensional "bird" is Mr. Suenaga's work
Three of the paintings are Mr. Sato's works.

Taketoshi Saito "S Park" (Produced by Katsuhisa Sato)

Kadoya Irokawa “Bird” (produced by Fuminao Suenaga)

It's an interesting project. It's an attempt because there is a work as an artist. What kind of work would I make if I received a name and a caption list? It's fun to imagine. And I felt that there is also a place where I look at the work by relying on the name.

And the shelf behind the painting.

Don't forget to collect information from here. Collection of exhibition information. Where should I go next?

There is also a cat drinking water with the work in the background.

Luke will see you off on your way home.

If you get tired of the busyness of December, please come and take a break. And experience their works and receive something.

Exhibition information

Synchronize with this and that of the same era before you know it.
I pay close attention to the difference between what's in front of me and what's nearby, where my senses work.
I want to be away from the present for just a moment
 so that I don't miss the clues.

“Sukoshi Saki" (a little further)

Katsuhisa Sato + Fuminao Suenaga

Saturday, November 2, 2019 - Saturday, December 21, 2019
Wed-Thu｜12:00-17:00 Fri-Sat｜12:00-19:00
Sun, Mon, Tue｜Closed

See Saw gallery＋hibit
2-29 Mikanyamacho, Mizuho Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture 467-0041
3-minute walk from Subway Meijo Line "Sogo Rehabilitation Center Station" Exit 1
tel.052-833-5831 mail [email protected]
www.seesaw-gallery.com

Katsuhisa Sato

1973 Born in Hiroshima Prefecture
1999 Completed oil painting course at Aichi University of the Arts

｜Main solo exhibitions｜
2019 "Mujun Spreading Leisure Sheets" Kodama Gallery｜Tennozu, Tokyo
2016 “I pretended to be” Kodama Gallery｜Shiragane, Tokyo
"Something is what" See Saw gallery＋hibit, Aichi

｜Major group exhibitions｜
2019 "Who will open the world?" Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
"Aichi Art Chronicle 1919-2019" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi
2018 "Current Location of Painting" Sapporo Odori Underground Gallery 500m Museum, Hokkaido
2016 "Aichi Triennale 2016" Nagoya City Art Museum, Aichi
2013 “Anti-Gravity Floating | Time Travel | Parallel World” Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
2012 “Real Japanesque: Japanese Contemporary Art in the World” The National Museum of Art, Osaka

Fuminao Suenaga

1974 Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture
1999 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Art, Art I (Painting)

｜Main solo exhibitions｜
2018 "Search Result" Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
2015 "Camouflage" Gallery Nakano, Yamaguchi
2014 "APMoA Project, ARCH vol.11 'Museum Piece'" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi
2012 "Yamaguchi Artist Support Project 'Kageri'" Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi
2011 "imitate" See Saw gallery＋hibit, Aichi
｜Major group exhibitions｜
2019 “Opening the Art Center Phase II” Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
"Weavers of 100 Years - Modern and Contemporary Japanese Art in Flux", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2015 “Sinking Line 2015” Former Tokorozawa Municipal Second School Lunch Center, Saitama
2014 "1974 Part 1 Born in 1974" The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma
2013 "VOCA Exhibition 2013 Prospects of Contemporary Art - New 2D Artists" Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

Katsuhisa Sato + Fuminao Suenaga

Saturday, November 2, 2019 - Saturday, December 21, 2019
Wed-Thu｜12:00-17:00 Fri-Sat｜12:00-19:00
Sun, Mon, Tue｜Closed