ITbM Gallery

The 41st Exhibition of ITbM Gallery

Observation Man – 2: A Trio Exhibition
Artists: Yuichi Kato, Shun Kawami, Yuichiro Maekawa
Term: Sept. 8 (Mon) – Oct. 24 (Fri), 2025
Open: Weekdays from 9:30 to 18:30
Close: Weekends / National holidays (*Exception: Oct. 18 Sat)

加藤優一，川見俊，前川祐一郎の3人のアーティストが，「接点」と「切点」をテーマとする「観察のはらわた-２３人展」と題する展覧会を開催します。
加藤優一は、日常で出会う人々を「接点」と捉え、その人々の胴体をフレームで切り取ったスケッチ「切点」の集積を通じて自分自身の身体と向き合います。彼の作品は、個々の身体の特徴を捉えながらも、普遍的な人間の存在を感じさせます。
川見俊は、家や日用品などの生活の「接点」を素材や対象としてフレームに収め、世界の小さなズレ「切点」を集積します。彼の作品は、退屈な日常に新たな風を吹き込み、そこから自分自身を捉えようとする真摯な試みを表現しています。
前川祐一郎の作品は、とてもシンプルで純粋な絵画を探求しています。彼は色と線、点と面、さまざまな「切点」を駆使して、その瞬間にしか生まれない新鮮で自然そのものの対価となるような「接点」を作り出そうとしています。
この展覧会では、3人のアーティストが「接点」と「切点」の行き来を通じて，私たちの認識を揺さぶり、新たな視点を提供します。

Exhibition features three artists, Yuichi Kato, Shun Kawami, and Yuichiro Maekawa, in an exhibition titled "Observation Man – 2: A Trio Exhibition," themed around points of "attachment" and "detachment."
Yuichi Kato views the people he encounters in daily life as points of "attachment" and confronts his own body through a collection of sketches, points of "detachment," that frame the torsos of these individuals. His works capture the unique characteristics of each body while evoking a universal human presence.
Shun Kawami frames the points of "attachment" in everyday life, such as houses and daily necessities, and collects the small discrepancies, points of "detachment," in the world. His works express a sincere attempt to capture himself by bringing a fresh breeze into mundane daily life.
Yuichiro Maekawa's works explore very simple and pure paintings. He uses detached elements such as colors, lines, dots, and surfaces to create points of "attachment" that serve as fresh and natural counterparts born only in that moment.
In this exhibition, the three artists move between points of "attachment" and "detachment," shaking our perceptions and offering new perspectives.

加藤優一　KATO Yuichi
1973年岐阜県生まれ。1996年名古屋芸術大学美術学部彫刻科卒業。1997年名古屋芸術大学美術学部彫刻科研究生修了。在学時より、平面、立体を制作。1996年に初個展を開催。現在に至るまで個展、グループ展複数あり。近年は平面において、顔を描いていない肖像画、立体においては、抽象的なトルソー、レリーフ等を制作している。

Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1973. Graduated from the Art Division (Sculputure), Nagoya University of Arts in 1996, and completed the Research Program in Sculpture at the same university in 1997. Since his student years, he has been producing both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works, holding his first solo exhibition in 1996, and has continued to present in numerous solo and group exhibitions.
In recent years, his two-dimensional works have focused on portraits without faces, while his three-dimensional works explore abstract torsos and reliefs. Through these forms, he engages with the body as a site of both “attachment” and “detachment,” evoking the individuality and universality of human presence.

川見俊　KAWAMI Shun
1981年静岡県生まれ。2002年カーネギーメロン大学(アメリカ) 短期留学。2004年名古屋造形芸術大学視覚伝達デザインコース卒業。2004年名古屋造形芸術大学彫刻コース研究生前期修了。現在浜松市在住。主に東海エリアにて展覧会多数。特定の形式にこだわらず様々なタイプの作品を制作。主なモチーフは「地元」。最近は地元のお土産品の制作販売に力を入れている。

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1981. Studied at Carnegie Mellon University (USA) in 2002. Graduated from the Visual Communication Design Course at Nagoya Zokei University in 2004, and completed the first term of the Research Program in Sculpture at the same university that same year. Currently based in Hamamatsu, he has participated in numerous exhibitions mainly in the Tokai region.
Without confining himself to a specific medium or format, he creates diverse works with “locality” as his primary motif. Recently, he has been focusing on producing and selling souvenirs rooted in his hometown, reflecting his ongoing attempt to capture and reframe everyday life as points of “attachment” and “detachment.”

前川祐一郎　MAEKAWA Yuichiro
1981年静岡県生まれ。2007年愛知県立芸術大学美術学部美術科油画卒業。2009年愛知県立芸術大学大学院美術研究科油画修了。在学時より、絵画を中心に制作。2006年の展覧会の後、現在に至るまで個展、グループ展複数あり。近年は抽象と具象を行き来するような絵画作品を継続して制作している。

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1981. Graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Arts, Aichi University of the Arts in 2007, and completed the Graduate School of Fine Arts (Oil Painting) at the same university in 2009. Since his student years, he has focused on painting, participating in solo and group exhibitions beginning with his first show in 2006.
His recent works continue to move fluidly between abstraction and figuration, exploring pure painterly elements—color, line, dot, and surface—as moments of “attachment” that emerge from deliberate “detachment,” generating fresh visual encounters that exist only in the present moment.