Exhibitions at Le Forum in 2024

2024
Exhibition views “Ephemeral Anchorind”, Kate Newby, 2024 © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Exhibition views “Ephemeral Anchorind”, Nicolas Floc’h, 2024 © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Exhibition views “Ephemeral Anchorind”, Takeshi Yasura, 2024 © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
Exhibition views “Ephemeral Anchorind”, Raphaël Zarka, 2024 © Nacása & Partners Inc. / Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
In Tokyo, set in a building with a glass brick façade designed by Renzo Piano, Le Forum is characterised first and foremost by its interplay of light and transparency, imagined as a space open to the city and the most pressing issues of the times. Overseen by curator Reiko Setsuda, Le Forum welcomes artists from Japan and across the world whose work lends itself to both contemplation and reflection.

At Le Forum, the transition from 2023 to 2024 unfolded through a sustained dialogue and keen attention to ecology. Following on from Jaeeun Choi's solo exhibition "La Vita Nuova" in autumn 2023, the new year begins with "Ephemeral Anchoring", the second part of a diptych entitled "Ecology: Dialogue on Circulations". Bringing together four artists, this exhibition explores the circulation of energy between nature and people, and looks to unveil every facet of this phenomenon’s potential.

French photographer and visual artist Nicolas Floc'h (b. 1970), renowned for his images of underwater seascapes, presents a series of prints that document the invisible impacts of human activity on marine ecosystems. Returning to dry land, the "Riding Modern Art" series by visual artist Raphaël Zarka (b. 1977) reveals how the monumental sculptures found in public spaces are reinterpreted through an unlikely medium, namely the skateboarders who appropriate these works to perform their tricks. Meanwhile, an artist who works in situ with an acute attention to her surroundings, American visual artist Kate Newby (b. 1979) presents ceramics created collectively between her home in Texas and Mashiko-machi, a village in central Japan renowned for its pottery. Her creations reflect at once her everyday life and the environment from which they derive. Finally, Japanese artist Takeshi Yasura (b. 1984) adopts an interdisciplinary approach to technology, the living world, inanimate objects and humans, creating installations that attest to an outlook infused with ecological thought. Committed to environmentally responsible artistic practices, the questions raised by the exhibition are extended through a programme of talks with participating artists and through a partnership with "Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living", a parallel event at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum till March 31 that also features Kate Newby and Takeshi Yasura.

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The group show "Ephemeral Anchoring" forms the second chapter of the diptych "Ecology: Dialogue on Circulations".
It brings together works by Nicolas Floc'h, Raphaël Zarka, Kate Newby and Takeshi Yasura, alongside the “Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living” exhibition at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum.
This exhibition explores the circulation of energy between nature and individuals, and looks to unveil every facet of this phenomenon’s potential.

Information

  • Exhibition dates
    • Ecology : Dialogue on Circulations – Dialogue 1,
      "La Vita Nuova", Jaeeun Choi,
      from 14/10/2023 to 28/01/2024
       
    • Ecology : Dialogue on Circulations – Dialogue 2,
      “Ephemeral Anchoring ”, Kate Newby, Yasura Takeshi, Nicolas Floc’h et Raphael Zarka,
      from 16/02/2024 to 26/05/2024
       
    • “come and live , go and live”, Rei Naito,
      from 07/09/2024 to 13/01/2025

     

    Curator

    Reiko Setsuda

  • Practical information

    Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum
    8F 5-4-1 Ginza Chuo-ku 
    104-0061 Tokyo 
    Japan

    Open daily 
    Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Last admission 7:30 p.m.) 
    Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Last admission 6:30 p.m.) 

    Contact: +81(0)3-3569-3300 

    Free Admission

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