HIROKO KOSHINO

KH Gallery Ashiya will hold the special exhibition “Kenji Etori x Hiroko Koshino”. Etori’s three-dimensional plastic works are human figures molded and shaped from human bodies using wire nets. Their emerging surface creates a vague existence. Attracted by their light atmosphere, Koshino invited Etori for collaboration. Etori who creates human outline from flat wire nets with his hand, and Koshino who has been questioning human spiritual richness through clothes—works by these two artists pursue how the surface should be and depict the inner spirit and life. 
 
In the exhibition, the installation of Etori’s human figure modeled and clothed with a light cloth by Koshino will be displayed along with their individual works. Its creation process is just like the fashion scene where she would make clothes using hands in front of a model. Drapes, twists and volume created in the hands of Koshino cover the body softly and create liveliness, and summer sunlight that shines on the concrete walls produces a dramatic atmosphere. 
Please come enjoy the collaboration by the two artists who question the human body and spirit through art and fashion.

Sunday, June 24 – Friday, August 10, 2018
11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Open by reservation, no reservation required for Sundays
Reservation: [Admission Reservation Form] in “ASHIYA GALLERY” page on our website
Closed: Every Wednesday; Friday, August 3; Saturday, August 4; other event days

KH Gallery Ginza will hold the exhibition “Sumi-no-Kiseki”. Sumi, or Japanese ink, is a material Hiroko Koshino is most familiar with. Since her school days when she started drawing fashion style sketches with Sumi to today, she has always worked with Sumi by her side.
The beauty of Sumi and blank space is born from the relation between Japanese paper, Sumi and water. Sumi’s flow and smudge, not always controllable, sometimes create unexpected beauty. Hiroko Koshino always found new beauty in such instantaneous works and developed them to a higher level. A strained air and gentle time—two contradictory images—coexist in traces drawn by Sumi and lead the observers to quietness. As many people in the Orient have found the mystery of the universe and human spirit in Sumi, Hiroko Koshino has been attracted to and deeply in love with the depth of Sumi.
 
At the exhibition, her past and recent artworks that feature Sumi’s rhythmic shade, smudge and beautiful thin ink will be displayed. For Hiroko Koshino, Sumi is a special material that guides one from the instant to the eternal, and to spiritual depth. Please come enjoy the refined beauty of refreshing Sumi and blank space that makes you forget the summer heat.
 
*It has been a year since the release of the Western tableware “Sumi-no-Toki” series produced in collaboration by Nikko and Hiroko Koshino. Some of the products will be available for purchase at the exhibition.

Wednesday, June 13 – Friday, August 10, 2018　10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Closed: June 17 (Sun.), July 1 (Sun.), July 15 (Sun.), July 29 (Sun.)

By popular demand, the Homage to Klimt exhibition has been extended with some changes.
Gustav Klimt, a painter in Vienna at the end of the 19th century, created his own style influenced by Japanese traditional arts and crafts. This new exhibition features works created by Hiroko Koshino that exude Japanese style. The contemporary-feeling works are born from a combination of her spirit of respect for nature and gorgeous gold. Please visit this world of harmony between West and East.

Wednesday, May 23 – Wednesday, June 6, 2018　10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Closed: Sunday, May 27 and Sunday, June 3

《WORK #1146》

《WORK #1148》

The vocal group Le Velvets makes unique songs in a wide range of genres from classical music to rock, pops and jazz.  
Hiroko Koshino has been designing some of their costumes since last year. All the members of Le Velvets graduated from music colleges. Many of you must have been enchanted by their voice, soft like high-quality silk. Please look forward to their work as well as their costumes!

NHK TV drama series “Carnation” which took Japan by storm in autumn 2011 will be back on TV with the heroine Itoko!

“Carnation” is a drama inspired by Ayako, a pioneer of Japanese fashion field and the mother of three Koshino sisters.
It follows the main character Itoko living through the turbulent times of Taisho and Showa, when people’s fashion changed from Japanese to Western style, and bringing up alone her three daughters who would later become globally successful designers.

Itoko gave us energy and courage every morning, and many of you must have been waiting to feel such excitement again. Please check it out.

Broadcasting schedule: Every Monday-Friday, starting on Monday, April 9, 2018  4:20 pm – 4:50 pm (15-min. x 151 episodes in total, 2 episodes a day)

Broadcasting station: NHK General TV

https://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/90000/290759.html