Parallel Perspectives • パラレル パースペクティブ

Last night I went to the opening party of Parallel Perspectives, a solo exhibition of Australian Artist Lyn Derrick at JARFO in Kyoto.

昨日、リン・デリック「パラレル・パースペクティブ」の個人展を立ち寄りました。京都のJARFOさんで初日パーティーをやってました。

Lyn Derrick started her degree in Fine art at the Brisbane Institute of Art at the age of 52, and in this exhibition, we're lucky enough to see paintings, sculpture and installation, which is above and beyond what I expected. Her paintings are especially wonderful, bringing back memories of wonderful Australian beaches.

リンさんはオーストラリアのブリズベン・インスティチュート・オブ・アートで52歳の時勉強を始まりました。この展示で絵・彫刻（金属加工術）・インスタレーションを見えます。僕の期待よりはば広かった。とっても不思議でした。特に彼女の絵はすばらしかった。オーストラリアのビーチを思い出した。

Running until the 31st of July!
７月３１日まで開催！

My Coudai Nakamura Mushroom • 僕の中村晃大キノコ

A new addition to the garden!
庭に新しい追加！

In Winter, I went to gallery 6C to see Coudai Nakamura's exhibition. While there, he taught me how to paint his original faces, and so I became a Nakamura doppelganger • 本人の分身. It was good fun.

今年の冬、ギャラリー6Cへ立ち寄って中村晃大の展示を見た。そこにいる間中村のオリジナル顔の書き方を丁寧におっしゃっていただいて、中村さんの本人の分身になりました。楽しかった。

中村さん、ありがとう！

What's goin' down, July 2010 • 何が起こってんの、2010年7月

Well, I've been a tad bit lazy, skipping the action packed month of June. Not to worry, I'm back and meaner than ever with stuff for July.

Must Sees
It's Art Osaka 2010 this month! The greatest art fair in Kansai will be held at the Dojima Hotel on the 10th and 11th (12:00~19:00). There are 47 rooms to see, with 23 solo exhibitions. 4 floors of the hotel booked solid. It's our FLAGged Event this issue for FLAG 005. ￥1,000 for a 1 day pass.
http://www.artosaka.jp/

Other Recommends
Hirotsune TASHIMA's solo exhibition @ Yoshiako Inoue Gallery (July 7~31)
Shigeo FUKUDA's Visual Jumping @ ddd gallery (July 13~Sep 4)

Keep an eye on these information sites:
Thought I'd do a bit of a spotlight on Konohana-ku this time. I guess because rents cheap, all these creative places are popping up down there.
Konohana Media—http://medias.sitemix.jp/
Buzzing with events and proactive community based art.
Baikado—http://www.baikado.org/
A nice artist in resident program.
Kurome Garou—http://kuromegarou.seesaa.net/
The coolest underground gallery and event, live space in Konohanaku.

What's goin' down, May 2010 • 何が起こってんの、2010年5月

Have a great Golden Week everyone! Rock those exhibitions galleries people! Woot!

Must Sees
Got some hot stuff this month.

You're a fool if you don't make the ART FAIR KYOTO @ The Hotel Montery!
33 galleries including YOD Gallery, Gallery Out of Place, Neutron, Muzz Program Space and stacks of others. If you present you entrance ticket, you'll get a ¥2,000 discount on any art you are interested in buying.

There are 2 FLAGGED exhibitions you MUST see. The first is Junko ISHIRO, "Darkness and White Shadow" @ Gallery Hosokawa. The 'white shadow' refers to the parts of the canvas she has left unpainted on purpose. Paintings that call back memories. The other exhibition is "Pearls" by Tomoko INAGAKI @ The Third Gallery Aya. INAGAKI has been in Germany for the past year, and this is the result. Her previous exhibitions, especially her installations, have been STUNNING. Hard to sell I imagine, but STUNNING. See them both!

Other Recommends
22 Pieces of Surfactant @ CASO
Creative Moments @ SoHo Gallery (May 25th~June 13th) FLAGGED
Junko ISHIRO "Darkness and White Shadow" @ Gallery Hosokawa (May.17~Jun.12) FLAGGED
Tomoko INAGAKI "Pearls" @ The Third Gallery Aya (May.7~22) FLAGGED
Keisuke JINBA @ 2kw Gallery (May.3~15)
BeBe Re:S, Shunsuke ITO & Naoki HAYASE - LIVE 16th May (16:00 Open) ¥2,000
@ いとう写真 http://re-s.jp/beberes
Art Fair ULTRA KYOTO @ The Sugimoto House, tangible cultural properties of Kyoto-city (May.15+16, 11:00~19:00), ¥3,000

Keep an eye on these information sites:
Follow us at FLAG on twitter:
http://twitter.com/FLAG_Osaka
Goto San powers this thing. He's awesome, absolutely pumping out information from Osaka.

Tsunagari D Delicious Bookmarks
http://delicious.com/TsunagariD/TsunagariD
My Personal Mix bag of everything I come across. You have been warned.

FLAG 004! (Foreigner's Live Art Guide • 外国人のためのライブアートガイド)

FLAG 004!

Shovel vol.5 • シャベル vol.5

It's that Creative gathering "Shovel" vol.5 time again!
クリエイティブギャザリング「シャベル vol.5」4月24日（土）に開催します！

"Shovel" is a creative gathering allowing creative types to bring together their recommended objects or places, collected ideas and creative topics.

As the name suggests, "Shaberu (chat)" and "Shovel" allows people to dig deeper into creative things, objects and people in a lighthearted chatty atmosphere.

「シャベル」は、おすすめのモノや場所、あたためているアイデアなど、
クリエイティブなトピックを持ち寄るクリエイティブギャザリングです。

「しゃべる」と「シャベル（道具）」をかけたタイトル通り、
井戸端会議感覚で気軽にしゃべりながら、コト、モノ、ヒトを掘り下げます。

Feel free to join us!

Time: Apr. 24th (Sat) 19:00 - 21:00
Place: OOO
Participation Fee: 500 Yen (inc. 1 drink)
Things to bring:
Materials related to something you'd like to either show, discuss or recommend (if you require sound and video, please bring your data with you)

Application or inquiries: oootoiawase[at]gmail.com (OOO)

日時：4月24日（土）19:00〜21:00
場所：OOO
料金：500円（ワンドリンク付き）
持参するもの：
他人に勧めたいコト、モノ、ヒトに関する資料もしくはトピック

oootoiawase[at]gmail.com（担当：後藤）まで

Festart 2010 FLAG Art Walk • フェスタアート2010年FLAGアートワーク

Not many people know that Osaka is loaded with Galleries. The Nishi-Tenma and Kita Senba areas are overflowing with all kinds, and our FLAG Art Walk this Saturday is a great chance to take a step into places you've never been before a see some great art.

I'll bet you every second place will bust out tea for us as well. And no, they won't hound you to buy pictures, so you SHOULD COME. It'll be great! Hanging out with us is cool too.

大阪とはギャラリーだらけでございます。西天満〜北船場を巡るFestartギャラリーツアーを今週土曜日行いますので、是非是非参加をしてください。行ったことない所バッカリ。

アートの商売に掛からないので心配しないで来て下さい。僕たちと散歩だけでもいい感じでしょう？

When: April 17th, 1:00pm~6:00pm　（４月１７日、13:00~18:00）
Where: Start from Yodoyabashi Station (M17) EXIT 13 （地下鉄淀屋橋駅 13番出口）
How Much: Only ¥500!

Bring walking shoes and your copy of FLAG!
FLAGといい靴を持ってきて！

詳 しくは　oootoiawase@gmail.com　まで連 絡して下さい。
Mail the above address if you're interested!

If you'd like to come at the last minute, or can't find us, call Duncan on 090-6600-2898!
土 壇場で来そうでしたら、もしかして僕たち探せない場合、ダンカンに電話として下さい!


Planned walking tour (details may change):

Meet: Subway Yodoyabashi Station (Midosuji Line, M17), EXIT 13

1. Gallery Nii
2. Sai Gallery
3. Kouichi Fine Arts
4. Port Gallery T
5. Tsuchiya Contemporary Art Gallery
6. Yamaki Art Gallery
7. Gallery Fukuzumi
8. MEM
9. Gallery Kaze
10. Gallery Takigawa
11. Art Salon Yamazaki
12. Gallery Fukuda

We will be having a break sometime in the middle.
途中で休憩するつもりです。

See you there!!!