Media publication notice [Monthly Art Collector's September issue]

The September issue of Monthly Art Collectors (on sale August 25, 2023) contains information about upcoming exhibitions at YUGEN Gallery and artists featured.

    • P13 - Introduction Advertisement (Sakkarani Ai・kubomi)
    • P138 - Hidemi Ogata solo exhibition "Yokozuna Hakuho"
    • P145-148 - This month's exhibition guide ( Ichibayashi Yasumichi and Nagao Hiroshi)

Itoshi Saccharani
Itoshi Saccharani
Itoshi Sakhrani
Born in Tokyo in 1987, he has been familiar with oil painting since childhood and grew up in an environment where different cultures intersect. Of British, Indian and Okinawan descent, he was educated at an international school and a Japanese public school, and after graduating he experienced a variety of jobs. He began working full-time as a painter in 2020 and has been attracting attention for his unique style of expression. Saccharani's work is characterized by strong brushstrokes and thick layers of paint, and will be showcasing powerful abstract paintings in which the colors seem to be released into a four-dimensional world through his body and soul.
kubomi
kubomi
She currently lives in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Bunka Fashion College's Apparel Design Department. Since 2018, he has been actively working as an artist, working on store interiors, collaborating with apparel brands, and creating album jacket artwork.
Hidemi Ogata
Hidemi Ogata
Hidemi Ogata
Photographer. Born in Kumamoto Prefecture. After studying under photographer Kaoru Ijima, he moved to the US at the age of 20. In New York, he developed friendships with many artists, including Andy Warhol, and took portraits of black people he met at the legendary club Paradise Garage. After returning to Japan, he made his debut in 1995 with the Blankey Jet City photo book. Artists he has photographed include Andy Warhol, Tadanori Yokoo, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Hanada, Eikichi Yazawa, B'z, Tetsuya Komuro, THE YELLOW MONKEY, and many others. In addition to traveling around Europe and the Middle East to take photographs, he is also actively involved in talk programs and other activities.
Ichibayashi Hokumichi
Ichibayashi Hokumichi
Hokuto Ichibayashi
Ichibayashi Hokuto / Born in Ishikawa, Japan in 1992. Graduated from Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Art, Department of Art and Design, majoring in Japanese painting. Instead of using traditional Japanese painting paints that use minerals, animals, and plants found in nature as coloring materials, he chooses to use acrylic paints and other materials to express the realistic aesthetic sensibility of a generation born and raised in a society surrounded by manmade things. Making full use of traditional Japanese painting techniques, he creates works that incorporate the visual expressions of games and feature the customs of the 2000s and beyond as motifs.
Yoh Nagao
Yoh Nagao
Yoh Nagao
After building a career as a graphic designer and illustrator, he began his career as an artist. In 2012, he moved to Berlin, where he is currently engaged in fieldwork to build close relationships with local communities, driven by his deep interest in ethnology and cultural anthropology. He has traveled around the world, including Namibia, Mexico, Mongolia, and India, and the knowledge and experiences he has gained from these journeys are reflected in his work. He is currently based in Nagoya. This exhibition will feature collages that reconstruct objects and tools that are taken for granted in modern society, and are based on the theme of "future indigenous peoples." Through his unique artworks that skillfully use fashion magazine clippings and other materials, he challenges the authority of art.