Kavi Gupta Gallery
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • News
  • Viewing Room
  • Editions
  • Events & Art Fairs
  • Public Works
  • Podcast
  • Information
  • Mission
Menu

Tomokazu Matsuyama,Wheels of Fortune: Meiji Jingu Forest Festival of Art | Shibuya City, Tokyo

Past exhibition
20 March - 13 December 2020
  • Overview
  • Installation Views
  • Press
Overview
Tomokazu Matsuyama,Wheels of Fortune, Meiji Jingu Forest Festival of Art | Shibuya City, Tokyo

“Tenkukaikatsu” (天空海闊) means “expanding into a clear, never-ending sky”.

 

An outstanding feature of Meiji Shrine, one of the most important shrines and temples in Japan, is the 700,000 square meters of forest that encompass the inner and outer gardens. Nowadays, the Meiji Shrine forests are loved and enjoyed as a sanctuary of nature within the city, but what is not widely known is that they were actually planted by hand, one hundred years ago. Using the latest ideas in forestry, landscape design and city planning of the time, the forests were planted by young volunteers from across the country, as a model of sustainable nature in the city. We believe that, through this exhibition, this fact will be instructive as we consider the role of nature and the city in the hundred years to come.

 

This will be the first time an outdoor sculpture exhibition has been held in the shrine forest.

 

The five contemporary artists who will show their works have visited the shrine many times in preparation, confirmed the positioning of their sculptures, learned of the history and culture of the shrine, and incorporated the awe and respect they have gained there into their work. The sculptures in the woods stand quietly strong in concert with the trees around them. We hope you will enjoy the chance to view these new artworks in the surrounding of the sacred forests.

 

— Curatorial text courtesy of the Jingu Arts Festival

 
Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Installation Views
  • M25 0121 Copy 2 Scaled
  • M25 0011 Copy Scaled
  • M25 0035 Copy Scaled
  • M25 0172 Copy 1 Scaled
  • M25 0026 Copy 1 Scaled
  • M25 0145 Copy 2 Scaled
  • M25 0174 Copy 2 Scaled
  • M25 0194 Copy Scaled
Press
  • Tomokazu Matsuyama at Meiji Jingu Forest Festival of Art

    Nathalie Soo, The Artling, May 17, 2020
  • Tomokazu Matsuyama Celebrates Meiji Shrine Centennial With Massive 15-Foot Sculpture

    Gabrielle Leung, Hypebeast, April 9, 2020

Related artist

  • Tomokazu Matsuyama

    Tomokazu Matsuyama

Back to exhibitions

Contact: +1  708-480-2882

General Inquiries: info@kavigupta.com

Media Inquiries: media@kavigupta.com

Client & Sales Inquiries: client@kavigupta.com

Publications: Kavi Gupta Editions

Facebook Twitter Instagram Newsletter

Kavi Gupta Washington Blvd

835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607

Hours | Tue–Fri: 11 am–6 pm, Sat: 12 pm–5 pm

Kavi Gupta Elizabeth St

219 N. Elizabeth St. Chicago, IL 60607 
Hours | By appointment only

 

 

Kavi Gupta Warehouse

2108 S. California Ave. Chicago, IL 60608

Kavi Gupta New Buffalo

215 E. Buffalo St. #219 New Buffalo, MI 49117

Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Artsy, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
View on Google Maps
Ocula, opens in a new tab.
Manage cookies
2025 Kavi Gupta
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences