HIROKO KOSHINO

KH Gallery Ginza will host, "Tsurutaro Kataoka, Hiroko Koshino, and Tsunahisa Ogino –The Universe-". While known for his career as an actor who gained popularity through variety shows, Kataoka has also taken painting as a serious part of his life. His artworks display his ability to capture the world from a perspective developed from his broad background. In particular, paintings conveying the warmth with which Kataoka views nature, along with the richness of color, are beloved by people of all ages. Fashion designer Koshino is also a painter who brings her sense of beauty to work in her paintings. For her, the natural progression of the four seasons is the source of all creativity. The vitality of nature is one of the themes she has addressed, and will continue to address throughout her life. Produced from the two painters with a borderless profession, Kataoka and Koshino’s works balance diverseness with a confidence in identity. This exhibition will also be the celebrated first unveiling of Tsunahisa Ogino's works. Launching his career as a professional painter at the recommendation of his father, Kataoka, Ogino has been branching out his means of expression from music to painting. The symbolic world of fantasy continues to develop with a synergistic mix of music and art.
 
This exhibition brings the worldviews of three boundaryless artists under one roof. Kataoka will display unreleased works while Koshino picks up pieces mostly from her new series, and Ogino, the long-awaited collection of works that he had stocked up. We invite you to come explore the grand story developed around the theme, “The Universe,” where genuine quality produced by established artists Kataoka and Koshino is accented with the fresh, youthful sensibilities of Ogino.

Friday, June 17, – Monday, July 18, 2016
Open every day throughout the exhibition period.

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Tsurutaro Kataoka  《Iridescent Clouds》　116.7 × 80.3 cm

Hiroko Koshino 《WORK #1188》　120×120cm

Tsunahisa Ogino 《KING》　116.7 × 91 cm

''Kazumi Kurigami × Hiroko Koshino'' exhibition starting from Saturday, May 21st, at KH Gallery Ginza was introduced in Kobe Shimbun.
In this exhibition, Kurigami and Koshino, both famous artists, reveal photographs and drawings produced by inspiring one another. Koshino says ''I always used many colors when I drew, but I tried to show monochrome world which was hard to convey in a photograph. Mr Kurigami gave me a chance to find new myself.’’

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Father's Day of June 19th is just around the corner.
HIROKO KOSHINO HOMME, “Weekly Golf Digest” magazine, and Aeon retail stores work together to propose gift ideas for Father's Day. You can select items from stylings in three suggested scenes; golf, holiday shopping, and business. Why don’t you give your father HIROKO KOSHINO HOMME items in order to make him more cool, with heartful comment such as "Please stay cool! Daddy♡" The magazine is available in bookstores nationwide – don't forget to get your copy and enjoy!

“Weekly Golf Digest”
May 31st issue: "Golf Style"
June 7th issue: "Holiday Shopping Style"
June 28th issue: "Business Style"

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KH Gallery Ginza presents the Kazumi Kurigami x Hiroko Koshino collaboration exhibit. Kurigami has paved the way for photographic expression, experimenting with everything from ad photography to graphic art and film. Tirelessly challenging the limits of photography, Kurigami communicates the beauty of reality through his works which depict the physical and emotional shifts of Kurigami himself. The all-new pieces displayed in this exhibition apply solarization, a technique that inverts photos’ color scales and gives one a glimpse of an alternate, surreal world. Alongside fashion design, Koshino has long pursued art through the form of painting. The unpredictable and fluid nature of oil painting especially arouses Koshino’s curiosity. For this exhibition, Koshino experiments with her new technique of inversing the tone of black oil strokes drawn on a blank canvas while allowing intentional moments of imbalance. The artworks emerging from the crossing of instinct and the flash of moment are in fact, a sheer reality occurring right in front of one's eyes. The innate beauty residing in the transience of such artwork, Koshino believes, is a sensuality shared by the beauty of charcoal and blank space or photography.
 
Kurigami's photos and Koshino's paintings will be housed inside a large room with high ceilings and no extra decorations to allow viewers to sharpen their senses and explore the true nature of the two-dimensional stoically designed pieces. Let the pieces capturing the gaze of the two artists take over your senses as your imagination wisps you away to a world spreading endlessly with beauty.

Kazumi Kurigami <<”Love Story Beginning From Solitude” Series –Man, Woman, and TV->>
Photograph: solarization, inkjet print

Hiroko Koshino《#1578》oil painting/ canvas

Hiroko Koshino received "Hyogo Prefecture Governor’s Award for Contribution to the Enhanced
Perception of Hyogo."
Last year, her special exhibition of art and fashion was held in Awaji Hanahaku 2015, and drew over 20,000 people. Art and architect lovers enjoy Koshino's drawings in KH Gallery Ashiya designed by renowned architect Mr. Tadao Ando.
In recognition of her longtime contributions to Hyogo Prefecture including the above, she received the honor this time. She will continue her activities as a fashion designer and an artist, and devote to the society by her performance.