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Public Art ‘ART GUSH’ in Osaka

2019.1.19

Thirty groups of creators with ties to the Kansai region are participating in an urban development project centered around an art museum in Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture. They will take part in “ART GUSH,” a public art project in which murals will be created at 30 locations, using approximately 30 works from the Kuboso Memorial Art Museum of Izumi City collection as motifs.

Aya Shimohara reinterprets Kitagawa Utamaro’s “Three Beauties of the Time.”
She captures contemporary beauties through her own perspective.

● Izumi City Public Art Project “ART GUSH”
Opening Date : March 21, 2019 (Thursday, National Holiday)
Mural Locations: École Izumi, Izumi City Plaza, Izumi City Waterworks Department Central Water Intake and Distribution Facility, Ishio Junior High School, Miyanoue Park, Manabino Bridge, Nozomino Community Center (under negotiation), and others

● Preview Exhibition
Dates and Times : February 11 (Mon, Holiday) – 16 (Sat), 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM (until 4:00 PM on the final day)
Venue : Izumi City Kuboso Memorial Art Museum (3-6-12 Uchida-cho, Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture) New Wing & Citizens’ Gallery
Admission: Free admission on February 11 (Mon, Holiday) as part of the “Museum Campaign in February”;
February 12 (Tue) – 16 (Sat): General admission 500 yen / High school and college students 300 yen; Free for junior high school students and younger

●Opening Presentation
Date and Time : February 11 (Mon, Holiday), 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Venue : Izumi City Kuboso Memorial Art Museum, Ei (Music) Hall
Admission : Free
Moderator : Atsushi Yamamoto (Producer, ART GUSH)
Talk : “The Public and Creation” Takafumi Kobuki (Art Writer) × Koji Sato (Graphic Designer, Izumi City Resident) × Atsushi Yamamoto
Presentations : Participating Creators (Hiroki Izumiya / Baron Ueda / Saeko Komiya / Mayu Sakahara / tica ishibashi / Happiness☆HiJioka)

Press
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