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Art Exhibition: Seijiro Niwa “The Way Of Mending Holes” ICN Gallery London
Artist Talk “Frame and picture story”: May 4 14:00 – 15:30
ICN gallery proudly presents “the way of mending holes” by artist Seijiro Niwa from May 2 – 25 2013.
NIwa has been consistently producing photos and 3D works under the theme of picture boundary and human eyesight’s end. The exhibition will feature his latest 2D and 3D works. Read more…
Art Exhibition Review: Works On Nature & Dance/Movement By Hiroko Imada
Expressive moods in colour!
Riverside Studios Gallery London - 16 March – 7 April 2013
On Monday, 18 March Diverse Japan attended a private viewing of the exhibition Works on Nature & Dance/Movement by Japanese artist Hiroko Imada, which is being held at the Riverside Studios Gallery in London from 16 March until 7 April (see foot of post for opening times). The exhibition is registered with Read more…
Exhibition: The Great East Japan Earthquake Press Photo Exhibition London
“Photography is the art of visually carving out a primary moment and making it eternal!” His Excellency Mr Keiichi Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan to the UK
March 2013 marks the second anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated eastern Japan. To celebrate the nation’s courage and international support the Asahi Shimbun, widely regarded as one of Japan’s most respected daily newspapers, and Mitsubishi Corporation have come together to host the Great East Japan Earthquake Press photo Exhibition which Read more…
Art Exhibition: Works On Nature & Dance/Movement By Hiroko Imada
Press release
Date: 10am – 10pm, Sat 16 March – Sun 7 April 2013
Venue: The Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, London, W6 9RL
Japanese artist Hiroko Imada is a graduate of the Slade, and has been living and working in London for over 20 years. She is a member of Palace Wharf Studios, and has drawn much artistic stimulation from its prime riverside location. Read more…
Two Years After: Remembering The Devastation And Celebrating Hope
The Great East Japan Earthquake Press Photo Exhibition Comes to London in March!
Presented by The Asahi Shimbun and Mitsubishi Corporation
The Asahi Shimbun and Mitsubishi Corporation will co-host The Great East Japan Earthquake Press Photo Exhibition in London from Tuesday 5 until Sunday 17 March. The exhibition was held in three Asian cities during 2012: Bangkok, Jakarta and Seoul. Now, the 2013 exhibition marks the second anniversary of the Read more…
Event Coverage: Hyper Japan 2012 Christmas
The UK’s biggest J-culture event!
If Christmas is a time for giving then Hyper Japan 2012 Christmas, which was held on November at Brompton Hall, Earls Court London gave in abundance by way of a spectacular line-up that surpassed the previous event Hyper Japan 2012 Spring, with many of the live acts performing in the Read more…
Improvising within Tradition: Artist Nao Matsunaga And Musician Hibiki Ichikawa Join Forces For A One-Off Special Event
Date: 6 December 2012 from 6:30 – 8:00pm
Location: Daiwa Foundation Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle, London, NW1 4PQ,
As part of Nao Matsunaga’s art exhibition My Primal Memory at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, which started 19 Oct and ends 13 Dec 2012, highly-respected master Tsugaru Shamisen player Hibiki Ichikawa will give a live performance at the special event Improvising within Tradition. Both Matsunaga and Hibiki’s practices stem from training in traditional Read more…
ICN Gallery: First Solo Exhibition In UK By Notable Designer Kouichi Okamoto
Also appearing at Victoria and Albert Museum and Japan Foundation!
ICN Gallery proudly presents a live performance, a talk show and the first solo exhibition in UK by Kouichi Okamoto, a designer with international acclaim who has reputation in various fields including the arts, music and design.
This time, during the London Design Festival 2012, ICN gallery will introduce work including “musical table” and Read more…
Gallery Talk: “Japanese Landscape Prints: Then & Now” Ukiyo-e Pop
Part of the Ukiyo-e & Contemporary Japonism exhibition!
Location: ICN gallery 96-98 Leonard Street, EC2A 4RH London
Date: Thursday 16 August from 7-8pm
Dr. Monika Hinkel’s last talk for the Read more…
Art Exhibition: “Ukiyo-e Pop” – Ukiyo-e & Contemporary Japonism At ICN Gallery London
Location: ICN gallery 96-98 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4RH
Date: 5th July – 8th September 2012
Traditional ukiyo-e woodblock prints and contemporary manga illustration combine for a must-see exhibition at the ICN gallery in London.
A fabulous selection of works from the masters of landscape printings Read more…
Art Exhibition: Lya Nagado “Still Life” ICN Gallery London
Exhibition: 10 May- 23 June 2012 at 96 Leonard Street; London EC2A 4RH
ICN gallery is pleased to present Lya Nagado’s first solo exhibition “Still Life”. Her most recent series takes the viewer to a journey of life mediation through portraits of dolls.
Nagado possesses an extraordinary creative harmony that allows her to construct forms that fully adapts to the mystery and Read more…
Art Exhibition: “What is Ukiyo-e?” – ICN Gallery London
Brilliantly coloured woodblock paintings executed in a technique known as nishiki-e!
Dates: 05 – 28 April 2012 (Closed Sundays)
ICN Gallery proudly presents to you a series of exhibitions that centres on the theme of ukiyo-e. This exhibition, which is the first in the series, serves as an introduction to ukiyo-e that will hopefully enable visitors to better understand its historical origins and Read more…
Art Exhibition: Keiko Masumoto “Kitsch Kōgei” – ICN Gallery London
ICN gallery proudly presents Kitsch Kōgei by artist Keiko Masumoto from 05 – 31 March 2012.
For a long time in Japanese applied arts, the ideas towards “art” and “craft” have been kept separate. However there are some artists who break the mold, and ICN Gallery is pleased to present one of them, Keiko Masumoto.
Using high ceramic craftsmanship, her works include everyday Japanese items such as decorative plates, vases, and tea ceremony instruments. But she breaks the relationship between Read more…
Interview: Award Winning Artist Gen Miyamura At ICN Gallery “Image Langue: Linear Code”
“Image Langue: Linear Code” ICN gallery 19 January – 22 February 2012
The latest exhibition at the ICN gallery in London entitled “Image Langue: Linear Code” is perhaps the most intriguing so far. Award winning contemporary artist Gen Miyamura presents an innovative definition to his Bokusho (abstract expressionist calligraphy) art works as the alphabet and attempts to give Sho (calligraphy) new meaning.
It may at first sound like a complicated Read more…
Exhibition: Gen Miyamura “Image Langue: Linear Code” – Modern Calligraphy
ICN gallery presents IMAGE LANGUE: Linear Code by Gen Miyamura from 19 Jan. – 22 Feb 2012..
Miyamura creates a world of readable abstractions with lines, dots and ink for this international debut exhibition. One of the visionary modern Japanese calligraphy artists of his generation, Gen Miyamura is a pioneer of new image creation by combining an understanding of Sho (calligraphy) as art with his unique view and Japanese calligraphy aesthetics. This exhibition will premiere new artworks from his “Image Langue (2010)” project where the Bokusho-style of calligraphy is given Read more…
