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Osaka Directory 4 supported by RICHARD MILLE

KOTANI Kurumi

2023-11-18 – 2023-12-17

The Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka and The Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association are pleased to present Osaka Directory 4 supported by RICHARD MILLE: KOTANI Kurumi.

Kotani has exhibited paintings that take a variety of approaches to the theme of traces and signs of existence. In the "21g" series, she depicts images that appear to have been drawn by a finger moving across a window covered in condensation. In the "Rust" series , iron rust that has permeated a support becomes a symbol of the passage of time and change.

This exhibition presents the artist’s practice from a variety of angles, focusing on new additions to her current series.

Information about the Exhibition

DatesNovember 18 - December 17, 2023
*Closed on Mondays
Opening hours10:00 – 17:00
VenueNakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 2F Multipurpose space
OrganizerThe Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, the Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association
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Contact usOsaka City Call Center
06-4301-7285
Hours: 8:00 – 21:00 (365 days)

Examples of the artist’s work

  • Taigan[Opposite Shore]
    2023
    116.7×91.0cm

  • 21g
    2020
    80.0×65.0cm
    Photo : Gallery Nomart

  • Flower without bloom
    2021
    162.0×260.0cm
    Photo : Gallery Nomart

  • [Silver] Poppy-04
    2022
    60.6×50.0cm
    Photo : Gallery Nomart

Photo: Hanako Kimura

KOTANI KurumiBorn in Osaka in 1994, Kotani completed the oil painting program at Kyoto University of Art and Design (KUAD) in 2017. Then, in 2019, she received a master's degree from the KUAD Graduate School of Art Major, Art and Design Studies. Major exhibitions include solo exhibitions "Hephaestus" (Gallery Nomart, Osaka, 2022), "Sand to Stardust" (Gallery Nomart, Osaka, 2021), and "BLIND" (MEDEL GALLERY SHU, Tokyo, 2020); group exhibitions "Island with ONI" (WAITINGROOM, Tokyo, 2019) and KUAD ANNUAL 2019 "SPACESHIP EARTH" (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019); and "21g Existence" (Hirakata Kokusai Golf Club, Osaka, 2018).

Related programs

Artist talk

SpeakerKOTANI Kurumi
ModeratorOSHITA Yuji (Associate Curator, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka)
Date11:00 – 12:00 on Saturday, November 18, 2023
VenueNakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 2F Multipurpose space
CapacityApprox. 30 people
AdmissionFree (reservation not required)

About Osaka Directory supported by RICHARD MILLE

Organized jointly by the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka and the Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association, the Osaka Directory series of exhibitions introduces upcoming Kansai-connected artists in a solo exhibition format. Starting from the current year, the annual series will present artists who create new art symbolizing the coming age of the future. The term "directory" is used in IT(Information Technology) to refer to folders and similar structures that are used to organize files. Through this series, the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka stores ‘files’ on promising young artists in the Kansai area in a ‘directory’ from which it can present their work to a wide audience throughout the world and support the launch of their careers on the global scene.