Text & Photo Akiko Inoue 2015.10.6
Since the opening of Terrace Mall Shonan, the area around Tsujido Station has been gaining momentum, and news of the birth of a new art space has come as an added boost. The nickname of the new facility is “FAS,” an acronym for Fujisawa City Art Space .
Facility exterior (the 6th floor of the central building is FAS)
Fujisawa City Art Space (FAS), which opened with the aim of "disseminating art from Fujisawa" and with the central pillar of facility management as a place for young artists to create and present their works, is located on the first floor of an office building. It is a compact yet multifunctional space that includes an exhibition room, workshop room, and residence room.
The commemorative first exhibition is titled ``From now on!! The future of art from Fujisawa'' and will be a group exhibition divided into three periods by nine artists connected to Fujisawa. The first period, which began on October 3rd (Saturday), has the subtitle ``Visualize - Each person's mental landscape,'' and four two-dimensional artists are exhibiting works that ``visualize Fujisawa'' using their own methods.
I would like to immediately report on the exhibition.
The first exhibition, ``From now on!! The future of art from Fujisawa,'' introduces four artists in a space that connects exhibition rooms 1 and 2 into one room.
Natsuki Urushibara, who won the Shingo Hoshino Grand Prize at Triennale Toyohashi last year, creates a unique world view through the accumulation of precise and delicate lines.
Natsuki Urushibara《Her Landscape》
The works of Tomoko Aso, who created ``karuta'' based on familiar things related to Fujisawa, will make you feel warm and happy.
Tomoko Aso “Fujisawa Karuta for me” part
Ayumu Matsuura's work, which he took while walking around Enoshima and photographed the scenery, uses waves with various expressions as a motif.
Ayumu Matsuura “Undo the rhythm” part
Kosuke Yoneyama 's new work was born out of the fact that the maps of Fujisawa he had seen since he was a child looked like monsters, and are modeled after the topography of Fujisawa. By the way, the area Mr. Yoneyama is pointing to is exactly around Tsujido Station, where FAS is located.
Kosuke Yoneyama 《Fujisawasaurus sp. (a type of Fujisawasaurus)》
Next, if you take a look at the residence room next to the exhibition room...
Residence room exterior
Mariko Zase and Goro Niizawa, who will be exhibiting in the second period of ``Dialogue with Tri-Angle Works,'' were working on the work.
Left: Goro Niizawa Right: Mariko Kase
When you come to see an exhibition, you can get a glimpse of the production site for the next exhibition, which may be a unique benefit of FAS, which has an open residence room on the same floor. When you go to an exhibition, don't forget to check out the residence rooms. If you're lucky, you might be able to see the production scenes for the next exhibition.
"From now on!! The future of art from Fujisawa" will be held until January 17, 2016. As the title says, From now on = "forever," I hope that this exhibition will be used as a starting point to continue transmitting new art from this place. For exhibition details, see the "Related URL" below.
basic information
Fujisawa City Art Space (FAS)
http://www.city.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp/bunka/FAS/
Address6th floor, Coco Terrace Shonan, 2-2-2 Tsujidojindai, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture
TEL 0466-30-1816
FAX 0466-30-1817
E-mail c.hall@city.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp
