Hiroshima Art Stroll: Multiple Perspectives along with the River

Venue 1: Dai-2 Misawa Corp. (Art Complex in a Unique Apartment Building)

This venue hosts two exhibitions:

Mayu Watanabe

Imaginary Shores and Flower Travelogue A/W

at TAMENTAI GALLERY Tsurumi-cho Lab., Isao’s art space

Mayu Watanabe is known for creating collage works where she miniaturizes photographed plants and arranges them on imaginary islands. In this exhibition featuring photos of Hiroshima’s plant life, hot springs make an appearance in her imaginary island world! Beyond her microscopic 2D works, this show incorporates sculptures and video to evoke a journey through islands and hot springs. Special merchandise inspired by “hot spring hopping” is also being prepared!

Kaoru Shibuta

wa-on

at gantsuru
Experience works by painter Kaoru Shibuta, who creates improvised pieces based on synesthetic perceptions of sound appearing as colors and shapes. The exhibition features traditional Japanese materials used to create an environment that generates new forms of resonance through the artist’s unique approach to color and form.

Venue 2: Black Gazai (Art Materials Shop)

This venue houses two exhibitions:

Hiroshima Drawing Lab (HDL)
A Line Drawn by Chance [City Walking Edition]

An installation-based project where artists create works related to connections with Hiroshima placed throughout the city streets. The artist-run-space features related materials and documentation of the street installations.

Souya Handa Projects + TAMENTAI
Hiroshima – Inside/Outside

A collaborative exhibition where Isao participates both as a co-curator and exhibiting artist. This project, led by Souya Handa, an artist and independent curator from Hiroshima now based in Tokyo, and TAMENTAI, Isao’s art management business, reexamines Hiroshima through multiple perspectives—those born in Hiroshima, those living in Hiroshima, and those from outside Hiroshima. Following their 2023 collaboration during the G7 Hiroshima Summit, this exhibition coincides with the award-winning show, Take it home, for (__) shall not repeat the error. [Manhattan Project], at apexart, a non-profit organization in New York. Joined by Chihiro Horiguchi, a Fukuoka native now based in Hiroshima as co-curator, the exhibition explores what it means to have roots in, engage with, and depart from Hiroshima through art.

Tour Experience

This tour offers a rare opportunity to view Hiroshima from diverse perspectives—from exhibitions deeply connected to artists’ personal identities to creative works based on local materials. Walking along the Kyobashi River between the two unique venues, you’ll experience a cross-section of Hiroshima’s rich art scene through the eyes of a local art manager and curator who is directly involved with two of the exhibitions you’ll visit.