
ShugoArts is pleased to present ShugoArts Show, a group exhibition of three photography artists, Yasumasa Morimura, Yuji Ono, and Tomoko Yoneda, from Saturday, February 6 to Saturday, February 27, 2021.
The exhibition will feature more than a dozen Polaroid works from Yasumasa Morimura’s Actress Series, in which he disguises as famous film actresses. In addition, the exhibition will showcase selected artworks from Yuji Ono’s Tableaux series in which the artist reexamines the relationship between painting and photography, as well as Tomoko Yoneda’s Cumulus, After the Thaw, and Between Visible and Invisible series in which she explores the history and memories of the 20th century inherited in places and things. Yasumasa Morimura is scheduled to have an exhibition at the Artizon Museum in October this year, along with his solo exhibition at the Higashiyama Cube in Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in March 2022. Yuji Ono is planning to present the Luminescence series in his long-awaited solo exhibition at ShugoArts in April of this year, and Tomoko Yoneda’s solo exhibition at the Fundación MAPFRE in Madrid, Spain will begin next month on Tuesday, February 9. Please visit us to take advantage of this opportunity.
ShugoArts, established by Shugo Satani in 2000, values its locality, selects its artists regardless of their time and place, and sends out its activities from Tokyo.
Today, it has gotten much easier to appreciate various artworks of all times and places and their meanings, as well as spaces exhibiting artworks, need to be redefined, including contemporary art galleries. ShugoArts prioritises how to realise artists’ own growth as artists or make the most of their accomplishments. In order to nurture their abilities and possibilities, we provide our space for artists to express themselves freely and follow their artistic journeys side by side. Under any circumstances, our mission is to work and grow together with artists who ceaselessly create artworks, which shine a light on life and give it validation.
ShugoArts holds about 7 exhibitions a year and participates in national and international art fairs while simultaneously managing commissions for public spaces and organising performance and talk events. In addition, we also would like to be a part of art histories at large by creating invaluable archives and assisting art institutions.

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