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Emerging Kansai artists to watch

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By Jennifer Pastore Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
Kansai is celebrated as the home of comedians, playwrights and traditional performers. Yet some of Japan’s most inventive contemporary visual artists are also working there — often with far less recognition than their counterparts in Tokyo. That relative obscurity belies the region’s artistic pedigree. Encompassing major cities including Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, Kansai is the birthplace of Gutai, the influential postwar avant-garde movement known for its emphasis on materiality and performance.
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At Kohei Nawa’s studio, the world is seen through glass bubbles

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By Jennifer Pastore Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
Inside Sandwich, artist Kohei Nawa’s Kyoto studio, taxidermied deer stand alongside sneakers, a camcorder and an antique chair — a menagerie of objects awaiting transformation. Nearby, finished pieces — a biwa lute, an owl and stacks of photographs — are covered in transparent beads that render them in magnified detail. “I just happened to find this place,” says Nawa of his studio, a former sandwich factory located on the outskirts of the city, near the Uji River.
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At Ueno Station, ‘Freedom’ restored

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By Jennifer Pastore Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
When a sign reading “‘Freedom’ under restoration appeared in Ueno Station last year, it struck a chord online, drawing millions of views. The phrase’s layered meaning helped propel its spread, but it also drew renewed attention to an easily overlooked postwar mural that has watched over the station for more than 70 years.
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