Yukimasa Okumura ILMATAR 2020 ©Momo Okabe
TOGA TRIANGLE VOL.04 手相占い/Palm Reading 2021-2022 227x158 mm Oil on steel ©WANTO
TOGA TRIANGLE VOL.03 Hyena 2014 Camphor 80x135x37cm ©Kosuke Ikeshima
TOGA TRIANGLE VOL.03
Untitled, 1970s Acrylic on canvas ⒸSadao Hasegawa
TOGA TRIANGLE VOL.01
Yapoo, the Human Cattle
June 20 (Thu) ~ July 20 (Sat) 2024
Opening Reception: June 20 (Thu) 6-8PM
＊Due to venue restrictions, we will decline to accept flowers.
Gallery Naruyama will introduce the work of Yukimasa Okumura, a painter who is also known as a graphic designer. Okumura's widely known designs are a hybrid style that combines his own Japanese style paintings with computer graphics. This exhibition will be composed of 13 Japanese paintings from his legendary “Yapoo the Human Cattle’’, works that are a stark contrast to his cool, minimalistic jacket designs for the likes of YMO, Kazuhiko Kato, and The Checkers.
Come enjoy the classic facial expressions and and back coloring techniques used to bring this strange science fiction novel to life.
Yukimasa Okumura
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1947. Okumura studied Japanese painting from an early age, under the guidance of his father and aspired to become a Japanese painter. An encounter with graphic design during high school captured his heart and he decided to pursue a career in design despite his parents' opposition.
Graduated from Kuwasawa Design Institute in 1969.
Established The Studio Tokyo Japan (currently TSTJ Inc.) in 1977. He has expanded his field of activities to include art direction, advertising, books, and magazines for YMO, Tatsuro Yamashita, Checkers, etc.
Since the 1980s, he has been presenting graphic works using Japanese painting style and Macintosh. He created an era with graphic design that utilized Japanese painting.
In 2005, he became a professor at Joshibi University of Art and Design, Department of Visual Design, and since 2014 he has been a visiting professor.
In 2023, he published “Yukimasa Okumura Works Collection” (Graphic-sha). While still working as a designer, he is also training in Japanese painting.
[Exhibition/Museum] Roppongi Crossing: New Perspectives on Japanese Art 2004 (Mori Art Museum, 2004), Tokyo Art Meeting VI "TOKYO" Showing the Invisible City (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2015), Japanorama: 1970 A new vision for art since 2017 (Pompidou Center Metz, 2017)
Momo Okabe "DILDO / Bible / ILMATAR"
July 12 (Fri) - August 11 (Sun) 2024
For the fifth project with TOGA TRIANGLE, we will be exhibiting the works of photographer Momo Okabe.
Momo Okabeʼs works, expressed through unique colors, are documents of memories with a beloved lover, feelings of fear and despair towards death,violent energy coming from anger, a personal novel depicting the mental landscape acquired after a long and dark confrontation with the past.The elegy, filled with shocking images of earthquake disasters, debris, and gender reassignment surgery, by no means depicts the sadness of demise,but rather the beginning of a new energy, of courageous conflict portrayed in a very natural way.
This exhibition features eight pieces selected by the artist from “DILDO” a photobook that depicts her relationship
between two lovers who have gone through gender transition, “Bible” which consists of images captured in Tokyo, Miyagi and India,and four pieces from “ILMATAR” which captures a six year period of the artists life including pregnancy and childbirth as an asexual individual.
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TOGA AOYAMA
Mille Roche Building B1F, 5-3-5 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Contact: 03-5962-7875 or aoyama@toga.jp
Approximately 2 minutes from Omotesando A5 exit
There are stairs to the entrance of the store and no elevator, but our store staff will be happy to assist you if you should need any assistance.
Please let us know in advance by phone.
There is no parking.
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WANTO "Thoughts on the Road"
June14 (Fri) - July 10 (Wed) 2024
Opening Reception: May 14 (Tue) 18:00-20:00
WANTO is a graffiti writer who roam the city streets. He captues landscapes using oil paint on steel plates that he uses as a canvas. The distinct rust that accumilates on each piece is one of the highlights of this body of work.
“There are various places within the streets that I have once walked past. Someone is there, or something is there. They each have their own shapes and colors, and I feel the many emotions that emanate from them. This is a series of paintings that use oil paint to express the loneliness, the laughter, the shine and dampness of each.”
- WANTO
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TOGA AOYAMA
Mille Roche Building B1F, 5-3-5 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Contact: 03-5962-7875 or aoyama@toga.jp
Approximately 2 minutes from Omotesando A5 exit
There are stairs to the entrance of the store and no elevator, but our store staff will be happy to assist you if you should need any assistance.
Please let us know in advance by phone.
There is no parking.
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"KOSUKE IKESHIMA"
May14 (Tue) - June 9(Sun) 2024
Kosuke Ikeshima's wood carvings are finished with only a knife and without using a file, so the natural texture of wood is preserved. By combining this traditional Japanese wood carving technique with Western interpretations, Ikeshima creates works that incorporate perspectives such as mythology and views on life and death. He has also taken an interest in shrine carvings, and in recent years has carved carvings on the main gate of Mt. Hanagi Shaolin Temple in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
This time TOGA TRIANGLE, we introduce you to see life-sized female statues, painted moths, and other creatures carved from wood.
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TOGA AOYAMA
Mille Roche Building B1F, 5-3-5 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Contact: 03-5962-7875 or aoyama@toga.jp
Approximately 2 minutes from Omotesando A5 exit
There are stairs to the entrance of the store and no elevator, but our store staff will be happy to assist you if you should need any assistance.
Please let us know in advance by phone.
There is no parking.
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TOGA TRIANGLE VOL.02
NAGNAGNAG
At the request of his bereaved family, Gallery Naruyama will be introducing the works of the sculptor Shigeru Arai, better known as NAGNAGNAG, who suddenly passed November of last year.
During his lifetime, he led the soft vinyl world with his eerie yet adorable soft vinyl dolls, and his unique hand-painting technique dubbed 'Arai-nuri'. Some may recall his collaboration with graffiti writer WANTO and his exhibition with sculptor Kosuke Ikejima at the Tokyo Art Fair.
We will host an inaugural exhibition following his passing at TOGA TRIANGLE, a new art space within the new TOGA store.
Crowds are expected on the first day of viewing. Numbered tickets will be distributed in front of the store from 11am.
On the first day, up to 4 people will be allowed to enter the exhibition space, and their stay will be limited to 20 minutes.
- Purchases are limited to one item per person or group.
- Purchases cannot be made by proxy.
- Sales will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
- No reservations. Payment will be made on the day and the sale will be completed.
- Purchasers will be required to sign a 5-year non-resale agreement and provide a copy of their ID.
There are many counterfeits of works.
Please be aware that there are even counterfeits made with costumes.
Come feel the energy of the real deal.
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TOGA AOYAMA
Mille Roche Building B1F, 5-3-5 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Contact: 03-5962-7875 or aoyama@toga.jp
Approximately 2 minutes from Omotesando A5 exit
There are stairs to the entrance of the store and no elevator, but our store staff will be happy to assist you if you should need any assistance.
Please let us know in advance by phone.
There is no parking .
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with GALLERY NARUYAMA
Gallery Naruyama will be holding irregular exhibitions at TOGA TRIANGLE, an exhibition space located within TOGA AOYAMA, the new store for fashion brand TOGA.
We would like to present a strong lineup in a small limited space.
TOGA TRIANGLE VOL.01 will exhibit 12 paintings by Sadao Hasegawa from the 1970s, focusing on female figures.
“SADAO HASEGAWA 70s”
March 30 (Sat) - April 30(Tue) 2024
Details on future exhibitions will be announced on TOGA's official SNS, Gallery Naruyama website, and newsletter.
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TOGA AOYAMA
Mille Roche Building B1F, 5-3-5 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 12:00 - 20:00
Contact: 03-5962-7875 or aoyama@toga.jp
Approximately 2 minutes from Omotesando A5 exit
There are stairs to the entrance of the store and no elevator, but our store staff will be happy to assist you if you should need any assistance.
Please let us know in advance by phone.
There is no parking .
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