Fujita Jun

Fujita Jun is inspired not only by music but also by the shape of the musical recording. Records, CDs and Mini-discs are the inspirational source for his circular designs. Multitudes of meticulously painted circles adorn his canvases.

Masaaki Sato

Eve is the cover girl on Penthouse and Adam, first in a long line of chauvinists, hits the front cover of Playboy, among rows of magazines as well as packets of Marlboroughs, Twix and Pepsi tins in a painting of a newsstand by Masaaki Sato. A retrospective of Masaaki Sato's work, created in New York where he has lived for the last 30 years, is on display at the Fuji Television Gallery in Yurakucho.

Shinenobu Yoshida

Life is a rainbow for Shinenobu Yoshida. His video installation transforms a rail journey across France into a pulsating pageant of color. Yoshida uses the saturated color keys on his video to transform an unedited recording from a train window, into abstract images of radiant reds blues and yellow/greens---a kaleidoscope of moving images.

Aoki Noe

It's a fiery process this "airy-fairy" art making. Aoki Noe uses an oxyacetylene torch to cut flat sheet steel into strips which she then welds into simple, linear three-dimensional forms. She draws with steel, creating form and space in delicate lattices giving an apparent lightness to her heavy steel sculptures.

Masataka Nakano

It's a fiery process this "airy-fairy" art making. Aoki Noe uses an oxyacetylene torch to cut flat sheet steel into strips which she then welds into simple, linear three-dimensional forms. She draws with steel, creating form and space in delicate lattices giving an apparent lightness to her heavy steel sculptures.

Daisuke Takeya

Daisuke Takeya uses oil painting and an audio/video installation to probe issues of identity. It is a polished work which contrasts human warmth with cool calculating concepts. Projected on one wall is a video image of an industrial skyline. Opposite and on a tiny little monitor embedded in the wall a video displays the heads of 100 people who each in turn, sincerely tell us "I love you."

Nobuyoshi Araki

While appearing like huge pearls Kan Yasuda's marble sculptures are made from patiently chipping away tonnes of stone. The marble Yasuda uses is translucent white and the fine dark veins running deep within the stone make it almost appear to be living. About ten of Kan Yasuda's sculptures are installed in the grounds of the Teien Art Museum.

 Shizuo Miyazaki

At his mini retrospective Shizuo Miyazaki exhibits the landscapes of war. His war was in Manchuria where he fought as a boy soldier. Miyazaki, now in his eighties, was captured and spent years in Russian concentration camps in forced labor. His oil paintings display a dazzling technical brilliance with the best evoking a stillness where every blade of grass is revealed in immaculate detail.

Arata Isozaki

At his mini retrospective Shizuo Miyazaki exhibits the landscapes of war. His war was in Manchuria where he fought as a boy soldier. Miyazaki, now in his eighties, was captured and spent years in Russian concentration camps in forced labor. His oil paintings display a dazzling technical brilliance with the best evoking a stillness where every blade of grass is revealed in immaculate detail.

Koga Harue

The exhibition 'Koga Harue: Exploring the origins of his Art through his Works and Materials' offers a rare insight into the mind of the artist and his sources of inspiration. Through Koga's sketches, notebooks and background materials, including photographs and magazine images, we are given a unique glimpse into his creative process.

Kan Yasuda

While appearing like huge pearls Kan Yasuda's marble sculptures are made from patiently chipping away tonnes of stone. The marble Yasuda uses is translucent white and the fine dark veins running deep within the stone make it almost appear to be living. About ten of Kan Yasuda's sculptures are installed in the grounds of the Teien Art Museum. They form a triumphant gateway along the entrance road into the museum and the surrounding gardens.