GEISAI#8 Photo Report

  • Winner of the gold medal at GEISAI#6, Erina Matsui also recently opened an exhibition “J’en rêve” at the Foundation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris this Summer.
  • Yamanaka Camera who won the silver prize at GEISAI#6. “I asked myself ‘what is it that I bring to GEISAI?’ and I realized one week ago that the answer can only be silliness so I recreated this work with that in mind.
  • Hosokawa Maki, recipient of the the bronze medal, tried to translate a collage of drawings into a sculptural work.
  • Makiko Kudo, previously scouted by Tomio Koyama at GEIJUTSU DOJO GP,recently held an exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery.
  • Toru Kuwakubo, winner of the Tomio Koyama Prize at GEISAI#5, employed the style of the 20th century masters to create works that were still highly distinctive.
  • Sekiyama Koji won the BUILDING Prize at GEISAI#7. “It’s Tokyo Tower, of course, but there’s some thing different from normal. I want the audience to feela sense of danger, of desperation.
  • Here was Gendai Bijutsu Nitouhei, winner of the ROCKET Prize at GEISAI#6. “Useless Art. Please enjoy it!”
  • Hirotaka Sato received the ROCKET Prize at GEISAI#6. “ These are erotic works mixing a sense of barrenness and peace.”
  • Teppei Kuroyanagi won the ROCKET Prize at GEISAI#7. “Today is 9.11, so I painted myself black in order to make myself a target for racism and classicism and imply that these are also forms of terror.
  • Dancing, laughter, rock and roll! Our powerful live music performances had it all!
  • Keiichi Sokabe’s mesmerized the audience with his beautiful and powerful voice.
  • Manga reader Rikimaru Toho and street musician with drum and keyboards Taske performed a live battle onstage.