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What Time Is It Now?—Yukitai Komura and Takuro Tamayama
Japanese original:
今はいつのことか―小村雪岱と玉山拓郎
Takuro Tamayama has made a new installation for Shiseido Gallery from frosted-glass light, translucent cloth and a mirror-polished stainless-steel surface; the view changes as visitors move. Its counterpart is Setsutai Komura (1887–1940), who worked in Shiseido's design department, which handled posters and packaging, from 1918 to 1923. Three works from that time are shown with footage and materials on the Ginza of his day. The curator is Jin Qiuyu.
1 / 4 Image: Shiseido Gallery 本展キービジュアル
- Dates
- Nov 3, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027
- Venue
- Shiseido Gallery (資生堂ギャラリー) · Shimbashi & Shiodome
- Address
- 東京都中央区銀座8-8-3 東京銀座資生堂ビル地下1階About 4 min on foot from Exit A2 of Ginza Station (Tokyo Metro) and from Exit 1 of Shimbashi Station (subway); about 5 min from the Ginza Exit of JR Shimbashi Station.Open in Google Maps
- Hours
- 11:00–19:00Closed: Mon
- Admission
- FreeOriginal: 無料
Visit planning
The calendar entry covers the whole run of the exhibition. Please check opening hours and closing days before your visit.
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Same neighborhood · Shimbashi & Shiodome
Shows open on the same days as this one are listed first (regular closing days only).
Credits
- Artists
- Takuro Tamayama, Setsutai Komura
- Curators
- Jin Qiuyu
- Organized by
- Shiseido Gallery
- Loans from
- Shiseido Corporate Museum
Knowledge cards
Installation ArtインスタレーションThree-dimensional work that does not sit on a wall or a pedestal but changes how a whole space feels, and that visitors walk into.Read moreClose
01About
Installations are often made for one particular site, and visitors move through them, so where you stand is part of the looking. Materials range from everyday objects and natural materials to video and sound, and a work may be permanent or taken down when the exhibition closes. As the name of an art form, “installation” is first recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1969; in 1958 Allan Kaprow called the indoor spaces he transformed “Environments.” The events the Gutai Art Association staged in Japan from 1954 are counted among early installation art, and they influenced Kaprow. Some artists step inside their own installations: Aki Sasamoto builds spaces from string, tubes, household things and sound, then talks and moves within them, so that the work becomes an event that changes over time.
02In the gallery
Look from the entrance, from the middle and from a corner. Notice how the light, the sound, and the path you take change the work.
Wall label terms in Japanese
- インスタレーション
- Installation
- サイトスペシフィック
- Site-specific
- エンヴァイラメント（環境）
- Environment
- 具体美術協会
- Gutai Art Association
- パフォーマンス
- Performance
03Notes
Installations are mostly made for a particular place, and where you stand is part of the looking.
This time, at What Time Is It Now?—Yukitai Komura and Takuro Tamayama —
After moving to a few spots, where do you think the work begins, and where does it end?